Notable events of 1939 in comics. Ace Comics (1937 series) #22 – David McKay Publications Action Comics (1938 series) #8 – National Allied Publications...

become Marvel Comics. Founded in 1939, during the era called the Golden Age of comic books, "Timely" was the umbrella name for the comics division of pulp...

Detective Comics #27 is an American comic book of the Detective Comics anthology series known for debuting the superhero Batman in a featured story called...

publication. In 1939, pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman expanded into the newly emerging comic book field by buying content from comics packager Funnies...

was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with...

appearing by name in Action Comics #16 (Sept. 1939), Metropolis is depicted as a prosperous and massive city in the Northeastern United States, in close proximity...

company All-American Publications in 1939. Detective Comics, Inc. soon launched a new anthology title, entitled Action Comics. Issue#1, cover dated June 1938...

krypton. The planet was first mentioned in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) and made its first appearance in Superman #1 (1939). Krypton is also the native world...

Marvel superhero comics dating from Marvel Comics #1, published in 1939),[citation needed] and featured detailed information on each issue in a particular...

(and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 (cover-dated May 1939). A second series of the...

in business: American Comics Group (1939–1967) Crestwood Publications (1940–1968) Gilberton (1941–1971) Dell Comics (1929–1974) Fawcett Comics (1939–1953...

company began in 1939 as M.L.J. Magazines, Inc., which primarily published superhero comics. The initial Archie characters were created in 1941 by publisher...

Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book Detective Comics on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy...

in Fox Comics' Mystery Men Comics #1 (cover-dated August 1939), with art by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski (as Charles Nicholas), though the Grand Comics...

material originally included in these issues, i.e., Sub-Mariner (1941) #1, Marvel Comics (1939) #1 and Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #10, 17 This Marvel Omnibus...

Comics are a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically takes the form of a sequence...

Sorcerer, later became mainstays of the DC Comics line. All-American Comics published 102 issues from April 1939 to October 1948. The series was an anthology...

comic books, who founded the comics magazine company Timely Comics in 1939. Timely Comics would go on to become Marvel Comics, one of the United States'...

appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic...

published by DC Comics based upon the mentioning of the island within Plato's works Timaeus and Critias. First appearing in More Fun Comics #87 (May 1942)...

Borduria is a fictional country in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It is located in the Balkans and has a rivalry...

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Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939). In Batman's origin story, Joe Chill is the mugger who murders...

Pennyworth in a main role. Martha Wayne first appeared in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939) in a story by Bob Kane and Bill Finger which detailed the...

Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s...

are first appearances of popular superheroes. Another, Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939), is the first appearance of the Golden Age Human Torch but is...

a particular version of Aquaman in DC Comics. One of the earliest mentions of Atlantis occurs in Action Comics #17, in a "Zatara the Magician" story. The...

appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer and artist Carl Burgos, he first appeared in Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939),...

Beano #1 1939 in comics - debut: Batman; published: Superman #1 (reprints from Action Comics); Establishment of Marvel Comics 1940 in comics - debut:...

a reporter in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). His name was later revealed in Superman #2 (1939). Perry White replaced him as the Editor-in-Chief of the...