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1963
1962 in comics

Notable events of 1963 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events[]

Year overall[]

  • In Italy, Diabolik, started softly the previous year, becomes a growing success and finds its definitive shape. In a series of classic stories (The elusive criminal, Diabolik arrested, Atrocious revenge, Buried alive) Diabolik begins to use the Jaguar E-Type, the rubber masks and the shelters, leaves his cover identity as Walter Dorian, ends dramatically his affair with the nurse Elisabeth Gray and begins a long love-story with Eva Kant.

January[]

  • January 26: The first issue of the British comics magazine Boys' World is published. It will run until 1964.[1]
  • The first issue of the Catholic magazine (The Boys’ herald) is published in Padua by the Friars Minor of the Basilica of Saint Anthony.. In the next decades, the magazine, in spite of its limited distribution, will host the works of important cartoonists such as Dino Battaglia and Hugo Pratt.
  • Sergio Aragones makes his debut in MAD Magazine #76.
  • Jack Miller and Joe Certa's Zook makes his debut.[2]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #10 – Marvel Comics
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #5 – Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #88 – Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #108 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #104 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #37 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #39 – Marvel Comics
  • Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #61 – Marvel Comics
  • The Purple Smurfs (original title Les Schtroumpfs noirs), by Peyo, first album of the Smurfs.
  • Oddbal Odissey by Carl Barks, on Uncle Scrooge.

February[]

  • February 16: The final issue of the British comics magazine Knockout is published, after which it merges with Valiant.
  • February 4: The first chapter of Jacovitti’s Baby Rocket, about the interstellar adventures of a half-notch gangster, is published in Il giorno dei ragazzi.
  • February 7: The first episode of Asterix and the Banquet by Goscinny and Uderzo, is prepublished in Pilote. The story marks the debut of Dogmatix, Obelix' dog.[3]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #11 – Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #89 – Marvel Comics
  • Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. marks the debut of Russ Manning's Magnus Robot Fighter.
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #32 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #105 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #38 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #40 – Marvel Comics

March[]

  • March 2: The final issue of the British comics magazine Swift is published. It merges with Eagle afterwards.
  • March 3: In L'arresto di Diabolik, the third issue of Angela Giussani and Luciana Giussani's Diabolik, Eva Kant makes her debut. Because this story, the two sisters endure a proceedings for "incitement to corruption".[4]
  • March 10–17: The story Topolino e l’uomo di Altacraz (Mickey and the man of Altacraz), by Romano Scarpa is first prepublished in Topolino, a story vaguely inspired by Birdman of Alcatraz.
  • March 18: Jerry Marcus' Trudy makes its debut. It will run until 2000.[5]
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #1 – Marvel Comics
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #12 – Marvel Comics (First battle of The Thing and The Hulk)
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #6 – Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #90 – Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #109 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #106 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #39 – Marvel Comics – First appearance of Iron Man
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #41 – Marvel Comics
  • Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #62 – Marvel Comics
  • 'Uncle Scrooge, The Status Seeker by Carl Barks, on Uncle Scrooge.

April[]

  • April 13: The first issue of the Flemish children's magazine Ohee is published, supplement of the newspaper Het Volk. It will run until 31 December 1977.[6]
  • Black Cat (1946 series), with issue #65, canceled by Harvey Comics
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #13 – Marvel Comics
  • Fantastic Four Annual (1963 series) #1 – Marvel Comics

Reintroduction of Atlantis into Marvel Comics continuity.

May[]

June[]

  • June 1: The final episode of Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas' Sam's Strip is published.[7][8]
  • June 8: The final episode of Ken Reid's Jonah is published in The Beano.
  • June 11: The final episode of 's Holle Pinkel is published.[9]
  • June 16: The first issue of ABC dei ragazzi (The boys’ ABC, supplement to the weekly magazine ABC), is published in Milan.
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #15 – Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #93 – Marvel Comics
  • My Greatest Adventure #80 – DC Comics – first appearance of the Doom Patrol, created by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani.
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #34 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #109 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales Annual (1962 series) #2 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #42 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #44 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of the Wasp

  • Young Love #38 (June/July issue) — final issue published by Prize Comics; title sold to and continued by DC Comics
  • Young Romance #124 (June/July issue) — final issue published by Prize Comics; title sold to and continued by DC Comics
  • A Duck's-eye View of Europe, by Carl Barks, on Walt Disney's Comics and Stories..

July[]

First appearance of Doctor Octopus

  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #16 – Marvel Comics
  • Gunsmoke Western (1955 series), with issue #77, canceled by Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #94 – Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #111 – Marvel Comics
  • Sgt. Fury (1963 series) #2 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #110 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Doctor Strange, Ancient One & Nightmare (Marvel Comics)

August[]

  • August 8: The first episode of Jacques Devos' Génial Olivier is published in Spirou.[11]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #17 – Marvel Comics
  • House of Secrets #61 – DC Comics. First appearance of Eclipso by writer Bob Haney and artist Lee Elias[12]
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #95 – Marvel Comics
  • Justice League of America #21 – the first team-up of the Justice League and the Justice Society of America as well as the first use of the term "Crisis" in reference to a crossover between Golden Age and Silver Age characters.[13]
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #35 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #111 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Baron Mordo and Asbestos Man.

September[]

First appearance of Sandman

  • Avengers (1963 series) #1 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Avengers

  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #18 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Super-Skrull

  • Green Lantern #23 – DC Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #96 – Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #112 – Marvel Comics
  • Sgt. Fury (1963 series) #3 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #112 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #45 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Jack Frost, Happy Hogan & Pepper Potts

  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #47 – Marvel Comics
  • Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #65 – Marvel Comics
  • Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) #1 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of The X Men (Consisting of Professor X, Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and Iceman), Magneto, & Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

  • Young Love #39 (September/October issue) — DC Comics, continuing numbering from Prize Comics series

October[]

November[]

  • November 7: Greg's Achille Talon makes its debut.[17]
  • November 16: The British comics magazine The Wizard merges with The Rover and becomes Rover and Wizard, under which title it will continue until August 1969.
  • November 22: The comic strip Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House by Gerald Gardner and Frank B. Johnson is cancelled after U.S. President John F. Kennedy is murdered. The comic had only ran for about a few months.[18]
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #6 – Marvel Comics
  • Avengers (1963 series) #2 – Marvel Comics
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #20 – Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #98 – Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #113 – Marvel Comics
  • Sgt. Fury (1963 series) #4 – Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #114 – Marvel Comics
    • Begins monthly Doctor Strange back-up story
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #47 – Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #49 – Marvel Comics
    • First appearance of Henry "Hank" Pym as Giant-Man
  • Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #66 – Marvel Comics
  • Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) #2 – Marvel Comics

December[]

  • December 5: The first episode of Asterix and Cleopatra, by Goscinny and Uderzo, is prepublished in Pilote..
  • December 12: A tiny dog, introduced in René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix album Asterix and the Banquet earlier this year, receives a name through a readers' contest: Dogmatix, which is first revealed to the public in an issue of Pilote.[3]
  • December 12: The final episode of Clarence D. Russell's Pete the Tramp is published.
  • December 18: The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine, De Kleine Zondagsvriend is published.[19]
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #7 – Marvel Comics
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #21 – Marvel Comics

First appearance of Hate-Monger, First Nick Fury in present day.

First appearance of Iron Man's red & gold armor

  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #50 – Marvel Comics.
  • In Italy, the first issue of (Bianconi), containing Popeye’s adventures written by Italian authors, produced by (Mondadori) is published.
  • The first issue of the Italian monthly Il piccolo ranger is published (Bonelli).

Specific date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • January 2: Joaquín Buigas, Spanish comics writer (La familia Ulises), dies at age 76.
  • January 18: Francisco Valença, Portuguese comics artist and illustrator, passes away at age 80.[23]

February[]

  • February 18: Vadim Lazarkevich, Russian-Bulgarian illustrator and comics artist (Vesel Putniks Balloon, The Little Barber), passes away at age 67.[24]
  • February 26: Charles Folkard, British illustrator and comics artist (Teddy Tail), dies at age 84.[25]

March[]

  • March 23: Maurice Boyer, aka Moriss, French actor, comedian, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, dies at age 88.[26]
  • Specific date in March unknown: Koos Schadée, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age. [27]

May[]

  • May 3: Alejandro Del Prado, aka Calé, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist (Buenos Aires Intimo), dies at age 37.[28]

July[]

  • July 2: Alicia Patterson, American publisher and comics writer (Deathless Deer), dies at age 56 of complications following stomach surgery for an ulcer.
  • July 7: François-Joseph Herman, Belgian comics artist (worked for and made several one-shot stories of his own for Tintin), passes away at age 31.[29]
  • July 28: Violet Moore Higgins, American illustrator and comics artist (Drowsy Dick), dies at age 76.[30]

August[]

  • August 16: Ralph Fuller, American comics artist (Oaky Doaks), passes away at age 73.[31]
  • August 30: Jan Lunde, Norwegian comics artist (Pappa og Pjokken, Skomakker Bekk of Tvililligene Hans, Professor Skjeel, Dimpen og Dumpen), dies at age 74.[32]
  • August 31: Willem Gerrit van de Hulst, Sr., Dutch novelist and comics writer (In de Soete Suikerbol[33]), dies at age 83.[34]

September[]

  • September 19: David Low, New Zealand-British cartoonist and comics artist (Colonel Blimp), passes away at age 62.[35]
  • September 20: Jan Wiegman, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 79.[36]

October[]

  • October 9: Leonard Sansone, American comics artist (Wolf Man, Willie), dies in a traffic accident at age 46.[37]
  • October 23: Clarence D. Russell, American comics artist (Pete the Tramp, The Tucker Twins), dies at age 68.[38]
  • October 25: Lewis Baumer, British caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93.[39]

December[]

  • December 1: Jimmy Hatlo, American comics artist (They'll Do It Every Time, Little Iodine), dies at age 65.[40]
  • December 12: Wynne W. Davies, Australian illustrator and comics artist (The Strange Adventures of Percy the Pommy), passes away at age 71.[41]
  • December 18: Bruce Russell, aka Bruce Barr, American sports cartoonist and comics artist (Rollo Rollingstone), passes away at age 60. [42]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Gilbert Lawford Dalton, British comics writer (Wilson the Wonder Athlete), dies at age 48 or 49.
  • Andrés Guevara, Paraguayan illustrator and comics artist (Blanca Nieve y Pío-Pío), dies at age 58 or 59.[43]
  • Katsuishi Kabashima, Japanese illustrator and comic artist (The Adventures of Sho-Chan), dies at age 74 or 75. [44]
  • Harry Mace, American comics artist (Amy), dies at age 40.[45]
  • Arthur Mansbridge, British illustrator and comics artist (worked for the magazine Golden), dies at age 85.[46]
  • Les Such, Australian comics artist (Buster Braddock, Rip Weston), dies at age 62 or 63. [47]
  • Arnold Warden, British comics artist (Snowdrop's Zoo, Tuffy and His Magic Tail), dies at age 70 or 71.[48]

First issues by title[]

DC Comics[]

Metal Men

Release: April/May. Writer: Robert Kanigher. Artist: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito

Marvel Comics[]

The Amazing Spider-Man

Release: March. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Steve Ditko

The Avengers

Release: September. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos

Release: May. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

The X-Men

Release: September. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

Other publishers[]

Das Kampf

Release: by Vaughn Bodē (self-published). Writer/Artist: Vaughn Bodē

Initial appearance by character name[]

DC Comics[]

Marvel Comics[]

Independent publishers[]

  • Dogmatix, by Goscinny and Uderzo, in Asterix and the banquet.
  • Eva Kant, Diabolik’s lover and partner, by the Giussani sisters, in Diabolik arrested (March).
  • Madame Min – Disney (June)
  • , mad scientist and Zagor’s antagonist, by Guido Nolitta and Gallieno Ferri, in On the Titan's footprints (August)
  • Blueberry, by Charlier and Giraud, in Fort Navajo (October)

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