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Friday, December 5, 2014

Notable events of 1942 in comics. See also List of years in comics.



Events and publications



Year overall

  • Joe Simon and Jack Kirby leave Timely Comics and move to National Comics (now DC Comics).

January

  • All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics
  • Daring Mystery Comics (1940 series) #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #27 - Timely Comics
  • Sensation Comics #1 (cover date) featuring Wonder Woman â€" DC Comics
  • U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics

February

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #28 - Timely Comics

March

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #29 - Timely Comics

April

  • All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
  • Human Torch (1940 series) #7 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #30 - Timely Comics
  • Red Ryder Comics, with issue #6, taken over from Hawley by Dell Comics.
  • Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
  • U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics

May

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #31 - Timely Comics

June

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #15 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #32 - Timely Comics

July

  • All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #16 - Timely Comics
  • Crime Does Not Pay debuts with issue #22, continuing the numbering of Silver Streak Comics â€" Lev Gleason Publications
  • Human Torch (1940 series) #8 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #33 - Timely Comics
  • Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
  • U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics

August

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #17 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #34 - Timely Comics

September

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #18 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #35 - Timely Comics

October

  • All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #19 - Timely Comics
  • Human Torch (1940 series) #9 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #36 - Timely Comics
  • Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics

November

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) 20 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #37 - Timely Comics

December

  • Captain America Comics (1941 series) #21 - Timely Comics
  • Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #38 - Timely Comics
  • Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics
  • U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
  • Eugen Semitjov begins publishing Allan Kämpe

First issues by title



  • Boy Commandos, cover-dated Winter, published by DC Comics.
  • Hangman Comics, cover-dated Spring, published by MLJ Magazines Inc.
  • Sensation Comics, cover-dated January, published by DC Comics.
  • Wonder Woman, cover-dated Summer, published by DC Comics.


Initial appearances by character name



  • False-Face in Leading Comics #2 (National Comics, Spring), created by Mort Weisinger and Creig Flessel
  • Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane) in Sensation Comics #1 (DC Comics, January), created by Charles Resizenstein and Hal Sharpe

References





 
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