Notable events of 1942 in comics.
Events and publications
January January: Holyoke Publishing purchases the publishing rights to Cat-Man Comics and Captain Aero Comics from Helnit Publishing. 4Most Comics (1942 series) #1 - Novelty Press Action Comics (1938 series) #44 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #70 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #34 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #8 - DC Comics: First appearance of Wonder Woman Batman (1940 series) #8 - DC Comics Big 3 (1940 series) #7 - Fox Feature Syndicate: Final Issue Bulletman (1941 series) #3 - Fawcett Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #6 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #6 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #20 - Quality Comics Daring Mystery Comics (1940 series) #8 - Final issue, renamed Comedy Comics starting with issue #9. Detective Comics (1937 series) #59 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #25 - DC Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #27 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #22 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #75 - DC Comics Mystery Men Comics (1939 series) #30 - Fox Feature Syndicate Sensation Comics #1 (1942 series) #1 - DC ComicsWallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 40: "Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8." Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #14 - DC Comics Target Comics (1941 series) #11 - Novelty Press The Eagle (1941 series) #4 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue The Flame (1940 series) #8 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics U.S. Jones (1941 series) #2 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue V...- Comics (1942 series) #1 - Fox Feature Syndicate Weird Comics (1940 series) #20 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue Whiz Comics (1940 series) #26 - Fawcett Comics Wonderworld Comics #33 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue
February
February 10. In Italy, after the outbreak of the war with USA, Tuffolino, by Federico Petrocchi and Pier Lorenzo De Vita, replaces Topolino (Mickey Mouse), until then the only American comic tolerated by the Fascist censure. The new comic, a shameless plagiarism of the Disney original, with human characters instead of animals, lasts until December 1943. Action Comics (1938 series) #45 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #71 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #35 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #9 - DC Comics Blue Beetle (1939 series) #11 - Fox Feature Syndicate Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #2 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #7 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #7 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #21 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #60 - DC Comics Dime Comics #1 - Leo Bachle reinvents the Canadian national personification Johnny Canuck as a superhero comic. Flash Comics (1940 series) #26 - DC Comics Green Mask (1940 series) #9 - Fox Feature Syndicate Jingle Jangle Comics #1 - Eastern Color Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #28 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #23 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #76 - DC Comics Mystery Men Comics (1939 series) #31 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue Sensation Comics (1942 series) #2 — DC Comics: In this issue the Wonder Woman characters Etta Candy and Doctor Poison make their debut. Spy Smasher (1941 series) #3 - Fawcett Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics Target Comics (1941 series) #12 - Novelty Press Whiz Comics (1940 series) #27 - Fawcett Comics
March March 6: The Captain Marvel villain Ibac makes his debut. March 6: Fox Feature Syndicate goes bankrupt, canceling several titles with Blue Beetle moving to Holyoke Publishing (issues 11-30) until Fox regained Blue Beetle in 1944. March 11: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Zieke Hertog marks the debut of Olivier B. Bommel's faithful butler Joost. March 15: The final episode of Tailspin Tommy, at this point drawn by Reynold Brown, is published. . The Dutch comics magazine Sjors is banned on Nazi orders. It will reappear after the war in June 1947. The final issue of Blue Ribbon Comics is published. The final issue of Human Top is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #46 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #72 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #36 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #9 - DC Comics Bulletman (1941 series) #4 - Fawcett Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #3 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #8 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #8 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #22 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #61 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #27 - DC Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #29 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #24 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #77 - DC Comics Mystic Comics (1940 series) #8 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #3 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #6 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #15 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #1 - Novelty Press V...- Comics (1942 series) #2 - Fox Feature Syndicate, Final Issue Whiz Comics (1940 series) #28 - Fawcett Comics
Spring Issue 4Most Comics (1942 series) #2 - Novelty Press All Flash Quarterly (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics America's Greatest Comics (1941 series) #2 - Fawcett Comics Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #3 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #7 - Timely Comics Leading Comics (1941 series) #2 - DC Comics Minute-Man (1941 series) #3 - Fawcett Comics: Final issue Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics Wow Comics (1940 series) #5 - Fawcett Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
April April 16: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story Het Monster-Ei marks the debut of Wammes Waggel. April 20: The first episode of Crockett Johnson's Barnaby is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #47 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #73 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #37 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #10 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #10 - DC Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #4 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #9 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #9 - Holyoke Publishing Comedy Comics (1942 series) #9 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #62 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #28 - DC Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #1 - Timely Comics. In its first issue Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper makes its debut. Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #30 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #25 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #78 - DC Comics Red Ryder Comics, with issue #6, taken over from Hawley by Dell Comics. Sensation Comics (1942 series) #4 — DC Comics Spy Smasher (1941 series) #4 - Fawcett Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #7 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #2 - Novelty Press Whiz Comics (1940 series) #29 - Fawcett Comics
May May 15: In the U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Santa Anita, California at the Assembly Center, Chris Ishii creates the comic strip Li'l Neebo for the prisoners. The series is later continued by, respectively, Tom Okamoto and Jack Ito until 1944. May 16: The British comics magazine Funny Wonder merges with another magazine Wonder. The final episode of Tailspin Tommy, originally created by Hal Forrest, is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #48 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #74 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #38 - DC Comics Bulletman (1941 series) #5 - Fawcett Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #5 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #10 - Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #11 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #10 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #23 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #63 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #29 - DC Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #31 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #26 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #79 - DC Comics Mystic Comics (1940 series) #9 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #5 - DC Comics: In this issue the supervillain Paula von Gunther makes her debut. Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #8 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #16 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #3 - Novelty Press U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics Whiz Comics (1940 series) #30 - Fawcett Comics
June June 11: Hergé's Tintin story The Secret of the Unicorn is prepublished in Le Soir. Halfway the story butler Nestor and the castle of Marlinspike Hall make their debut. June 13: The final episode of comic strip The Shadow by Walter B. Gibson and Vernon Greene is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #49 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #75 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #39 - DC Comics All Star Comics (1940 series) #11 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #11 - DC Comics Blue Beetle (1939 series) #12 - Holyoke Publishing Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #6 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #15 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #12 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #11 - Holyoke Publishing Comedy Comics (1942 series) #10 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #64 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #30 - DC Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #2 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #32 - Timely Comics Master Comics (1940 series) #27 - Fawcett Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #80 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #6 - DC Comics Spy Smasher (1941 series) #5 - Fawcett Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #9 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #4 - Novelty Press Yank, the Army Weekly #1 - Harvey Comics: In its first issue George Baker's Sad Sack makes its debut. Whiz Comics (1940 series) #31 - Fawcett Comics
Summer Issue All Flash Quarterly (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics. In this issue the villain trio Winky, Blinky, and Noddy make their debut. All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics America's Greatest Comics (1941 series) #3 - Fawcett Comics Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #8 - Timely Comics Leading Comics (1941 series) #3 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics Wonder Woman (1942 series) #1 - DC Comics, which marks the first stand-alone series of William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter's Wonder Woman. In its first issue supervillain Ares makes his debut. World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #6 - DC Comics U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
July The American comics magazine The Funnies changes its name to New Funnies. Action Comics (1938 series) #50 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #76 - DC Comics All-American Comics (1939 series) #40 - DC Comics Bulletman (1941 series) #6 - Fawcett Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #7 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #16 - Timely Comics Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series) #13 - Fawcett Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #12 - Holyoke Publishing