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1966

Notable events of 1966 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications[]

Year overall[]

  • Myron Fass founds Eerie Publications and M. F. Enterprises
  • In Italy, while the success of Satanik generates several black comics with female protagonists (Samantha, Masokis, Super women, Jena), all short lived, the writer and publisher Renzo Barbieri launches the first explicitly erotic comics (the spy-story Goldrake, the peplum Messalina, the swashbuckler Isabella).

January[]

  • January 1: The final episode of Theo Fünke Kupper's De Verstrooide Professor is published.[1]
  • January 4: Greg and Hermann's Bernard Prince makes his debut.[2]
  • January 8: The final issue of the Italian comics magazine Il Vittorioso is published.
  • January 9: For the first time since 1952 a new episode of Will Eisner's The Spirit is published. [3]
  • January 21: The final episode of 's Kapitein Rob is published.[4] The artist died one day earlier.
  • January 22: The first issue of the British comics magazine Lady Penelope is published. It will run until 13 December 1969.
  • Adventure Comics (1938 series) #340 - DC Comics - The first appearance of Computo by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Curt Swan.
  • Hawkman (1964 series) #11 - DC Comics - The first appearance of the Shrike by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson
  • House of Mystery (1951 series) #156 - DC Comics - First Dial H for Hero by writer Dave Wood and artist Jim Mooney
  • Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt (1966 series) #1 - Charlton Comics - The first appearance of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt by creator Pete Morisi

February[]

  • February 5: The first issue of the British comics magazine Smash is published. It will run until April 1971.
  • February 6: Bob West's Theophilus makes its debut. It will run until 19 April 2002.[5]
  • February 10: Francis' Marc Lebut et son Voisin debuts in Spirou, where it will run for 20 years. [6]
  • February 27: Dick Cavalli's Winthrop makes its debut, after debuting under the different name Morty Meekle on 9 January 1956. The series will run until 1994.
  • In Quino's Mafalda Miguelito makes his debut. [7]
  • The first episode of Max Bunker and Roberto Raviola (Magnus) 's Gesebel is published. It will run until October 1967.
  • Vibranium makes its first Marvel Universe appearance, in Daredevil #13
  • Adventure Comics (1938 series) #341 - DC Comics - Triplicate Girl becomes Duo Damsel when Computo destroys one of her duplicates.
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #125 - Marvel Comics - Final issue of the series. Becomes Thor with next issue
  • Justice League of America (1960 series) #42 - DC Comics - Metamorpho refuses membership in the Justice League
  • Showcase (1956 series) #60 - DC Comics - The first Silver-Age appearance of the Spectre by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson
  • Fightin' Air Force, with issue #53, is canceled by Charlton.

March[]

  • March 1: The first episode of José Miguel Heredia's Perro Mundo is published. [8]
  • Adventure Comics (1938 series) #342 - DC Comics - Star Boy is expelled from the Legion.
  • Challengers of the Unknown (1958 series) #48 - DC Comics - Doom Patrol cross-over
  • Doom Patrol (1964 series) #102 - DC Comics - Challengers of the Unknown cross-over
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #48 - Marvel Comics - First appearance of the Silver Surfer and Galactus by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby
  • Green Lantern (1960 series) #43 - DC Comics - First appearance of Major Disaster by writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane
  • Justice League of America (1960 series) #43 - DC Comics - First appearance of the Royal Flush Gang by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #75 - Marvel Comics - first appearance of Sharon Carter and Batroc the Leaper by writer Stan Lee and artists[citation needed][clarification needed] Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers
  • Thor (1952 series) #126 - Marvel Comics - Title becomes Thor. Previously Journey into Mystery

April[]

  • April 2: Francisco Ibáñez Talavera's Pepe Gotera y Otilio makes its debut.
  • April 7: In Peyo's The Smurfs the characters Smurfette and Poetry Smurf makes their debut in the story La Schtroumpfette.[9]
  • April 16: The final episode of Little Annie Rooney is published.[10]
  • Lenny of Laredo (Print Mint) — the underground printing and distribution business publishes its first comic, a reprint of Joel Beck's self-published title[11]

May[]

  • May 1: The first issue of the American comics magazine Ghostly Tales is published. It will run until October 1984.
  • May 2: John M. Burns' The Seekers makes its debut in The Daily Sketch. It will run until 1971.[12][13]
  • May 21: Martin Lodewijk's Agent 327 makes its debut in the Dutch comics magazine Pep.[14]
  • The final episode of the Superman newspaper comic is published.
  • The Ultimate Nullifier makes its Marvel Universe debut, in Fantastic Four #50
  • Ghostly Tales debuts with issue #55, taking over the numbering of . (Charlton)
  • Judomaster debuts with issue #89, taking over the numbering of . (Charlton)
  • Fightin' Navy, with issue #125, ceases publication (it is briefly revived in 1983). (Charlton)

June[]

  • June 1: In the 103th issue of Mad Paul Coker's Horrifying Clichés series makes its debut.[15]
  • June 18: The final issue of the British comics magazine Ranger is published. It merges with Look and Learn on 25 June.
  • Fantastic Four #51, "This Man... This Monster!" by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (Marvel Comics)

Summer[]

  • The first issue of Wally Wood's underground comics magazine Witzend is published.[16]

July[]

August[]

September[]

  • September 3: The final episode of Edwina Dumm's Cap Stubbs and Tippie is published. It will run until February 1983.
  • The first issue of the American comics magazine Eerie is published.[citation needed]
  • The first issue of the Provo magazine God, Nederland en Oranje is published. Two cartoons by Willem lead to a court case for insulting public authority and lèse-majesté. He will in 1968 eventually only be sentenced for the first account, not the second. [19]
  • 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.

October[]

  • After the first edition was held in Bordighera, Italy, the year before the Lucca Comics festival is now held in Lucca, Italy, where it is still held to this day as one of the oldest comics festivals in the world. [20]
  • At the University of Strasbourg André Bertrand creates the four-page comic strip La Retour de la Colonne Durutti (The Return of the Durutti Column, 1966), which is distributed as a pamphlet during student protests. [21]

November[]

December[]

  • December 18: in Topolino, The Miner's Granddaughter, by Romano Scarpa; debut of Diclie Duck.
  • The first episode of Giorgio Cavedon and Sandro Angiolini's Isabella is published.[23]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • January 20: Pieter Kuhn, Dutch comics artist (Kapitein Rob), dies at age 55.[4]

February[]

  • February 13:
    • George Scarbo, American comics artist (Be Sure You're Right, Closeup and Comedy, The Comic Zoo, Zoo's Whoo, Tinymites, The Great American Home, Radiomania, Ticklers), passes away at the age of 67. [24]
    • Tony Royle, British comics artist (continued Belinda), dies at age 66. [25]

March[]

  • March 8: Francisco Darnis, Spanish comics artist (Nick Pecho de Hiero, El Jabato), dies at age 56. [26]
  • March 15: Henriette Willebeek le Mair, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (reillustrated Heinrich Hoffmann's Der Struwwelpeter), passes away at age 76.[27]

April[]

  • April 5: Charles Raab, American comics artist (Foreign Correspondent, assisted on Terry and the Pirates, Charlie Chan, continued The Adventures of Patsy), dies at age 57. [28]
  • April 28:
    • Jesse Marsh, American comics artist and animator (Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, comics based on Gene Autry), passes away at age 58.[29][30]
    • Gladys Parker, American comics artist (Mopsy, continued Flapper Fanny Says), dies at the age of 56.[31]

June[]

  • June 8: Clyde Lamb, American comics artist (Herman), dies at age 53. [32]

July[]

  • July 16: Leslie Elton, American animator and comics artist (Jack Daw's Adventures), dies at age 72.[33]

August[]

  • August 24: , Bulgarian caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist, passes away at age 63.[34]

October[]

  • Henry Louis Diamond, British comics artist (Mikey Midge the Merry Midget), dies at age 62.[35]

November[]

December[]

Specific date unknown[]

  • Jeff Hayes, American comics artist (continued Adamson's Adventures as Silent Sam), dies at age 62 or 63.[38]
  • Pierre Mouchot, aka Chott, French comics publisher and comics artist (Éditions Piere Mouchot, Société d'Éditions Rhodaniennes), dies at age 54 or 55. [39]
  • S.K. Perkins, British comics artist (Spadger's XI, The Adventures of Elsie, Winnie and Johnny, Smiler the Sweeper), passes away at age 76 or 77. [40]
  • Jon Small, British comics artist (Bulletman), dies at an unknown age. [41]
  • Giorgio Scudellari, Chilean-Italian comics artist (illegal Mickey Mouse newspaper comics, continued Fulmine), dies at age 57 or 58. [42]
  • Ed Wheelan, American cartoonist (Minute Movies), dies at age 80.[43]

Conventions[]

  • July 23–24: New York Comicon (Park Sheraton Hotel, New York City) — produced by John Benson[44] — guests include Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Otto Binder, Len Brown, Larry Ivie, Jack Binder, Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, Archie Goodwin, bhob Stewart, Klaus Nordling, Sal Trapani, Rocke Mastroserio and Ted White; keynote speech by Kirby, a discussion about censorship between Don Thompson and Comics Code Authority acting administrator Leonard Darvin, a panel about the Golden Age of Comics, and one on the "so-called 'Forgotten ’50s,' particularly EC Comics. Bhob Stewart, on a panel with Archie Goodwin and Ted White, predicts that there will soon be "underground comics" just as there are already "underground films."[45]
  • July 23–24: (Hotel Southland, Dallas, Texas) — c. 70 attendees; organized by Larry Herndon; official guest is Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors executive secretary/"Academy Con" promoter [46]
  • August 12–14: Academy Con II (City Squire Inn, New York City)[44] — produced by ; official guests include Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Bill Everett, Carmine Infantino, Julius Schwartz, and Bill Finger[44][47]
  • Fall: Salone Internazionale del Comics (Lucca, Italy) — 2nd annual show moves to a small piazza in the center of Lucca

First issues by title[]

Harvey Comics[]

Bunny
Release: December.
Release: December. Writer: Otto Binder. Artist: Bill Draut
Spyman
Release: September. Artists: George Tuska, Jim Steranko, Dick Ayers

Other publishers[]

Comandante Mark - Sergio Bonelli editore
Release: September Artist: EsseGesse
Fantasy Masterpieces — Marvel Comics
Release: February. Editor: Stan Lee
Gesebel —
Release: February. Writer: Max Bunker. Artist: Magnus
Golden Legacy — Fitzgerald Publishing Co.
Writer: . Artist:
— M. F. Enterprises
Release: February. Writer: Bob Powell. Artist: Bob Powell
Lady Penelope — City Magazines
Release: 22 January.
Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt — Charlton Comics
Release: January. Writer: Pete Morisi. Artist: Pete Morisi
Smash! — International Publishing Corporation
Release: February 1966. Editor: Albert Cosser ("Cos")
-
Release: July - Artist: Pier Carpi
Teen Titans — DC Comics
Release: January. Writer: Bob Haney. Artist: Nick Cardy
— Tower Comics
Release: January. Artist:  [fr]
(listed as vol. 1, #10) — Eerie Publications
Release: January. Editor: Roger Elwood
witzend — Wally Wood (self-published)
Release: Summer. Editor: Wally Wood
Zorro — Gold Key Comics
Release: January. Artist: Alex Toth

Initial appearances by character name[]

Charlton Comics[]

DC Comics[]

Harvey Comics[]

Marvel Comics[]

Other publishers[]

  • Emil Eagle - Disney (May)
  • Diclie Duck, by Romano Scarpa, in Topolino (December)

References[]

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  5. ^ "Bob West". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Francis". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "Quino". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "José Miguel Heredia". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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