1960s in comics

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See also: 1950s in comics, other events of the 1960s, 1970s in comics and the list of years in comics

Events and publications[]

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1960[]

July[]

• House of Mystery #100, edited by Jack Schiff. (DC Comics)

1961[]

• Amazing Adventures #1 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #1 - Marvel Comics

1962[]

• Amazing Fantasy #15 renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy - Marvel Comics (last issue)
  • First appearance of Spider-Man
• Incredible Hulk #1 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics

1963[]

• The Amazing Spider-Man #1 - Marvel Comics
• Avengers #1 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #1 -[Marvel Comics

1964[]

• The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #1 - Marvel Comics
• #1-18 - Charlton
• #1-9 - Charlton
• Marvel Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics

1965[]

• Journey into Mystery Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Marvel Collector's Item Classics #1 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #1 - Marvel Comics

1966[]

• Sally the Witch, by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, is first serialized on Ribon.

March[]

• Tales to Astonish #77: "Bruce Banner is the Hulk," drawn by John Romita (Marvel Comics)
• Black Fury, with issue #57 (March /April cover-date), canceled by Charlton.

April[]

• April 28: Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh passes away at age 58.

May[]

• Daredevil #16 (Marvel Comics): "Enter Spider-Man," drawn by John Romita
• Ghostly Tales #1 (Charlton)

June[]

• First appearance of Poison Ivy in Batman #181 (DC Comics).

July[]

• Marvel Tales #3 renamed from Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel Comics)

August[]

• The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (Marvel Comics): "How Green Was My Goblin"

September[]

• The Amazing Spider-Man #40 (Marvel Comics): "Spidey Saves The Day"
• Thor Annual #2 renamed from Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel Comics)
• With issue #110, DC Comics suspends publication of Mystery in Space (1951 series); the title is temporarily revived in 1980.

November[]

• The Flash #165: Barry Allen marries Iris West (DC Comics).

1967[]

January[]

• Batgirl debuts in Detective Comics #359. The issue was titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" and was written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Carmine Infantino (DC Comics)

December[]

• Mac Raboy dies at age 53.

1968[]

• Zap Comix #1 self-published; begins the underground comix movement

1969[]

• The Golden Age character Phantom Stranger makes his first Silver Age appearance in Showcase #80.

July[]

• Long-time DC Comics logo designer and letterer Ira Schnapp dies at age 76.

September[]

• Classics Illustrated cartoonist Alex Blum dies at age 80.