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Zog

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help needed from GA history buffs
« on: June 20, 2009, 12:49:29 AM »

I run the Vintage comic hub....
I have topics that appear every few minutes...I need more
in this format...list of current topics

tTopics = {
   [1] = "In 1827, Rudolphe Topffer created a comic strip \"The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck\"",
   [2] = "In 1895, Richard Outcault's Yellow Kid was the first comic strip to use balloons.",
   [3] = "In 1859, Wilhelm Bush published caricatures comic called \"Max und Moritz\".",
   [4] = "In 1895, \"Yellow Kid\" debuted in the New York City newspaper \"The World\".",
   [5] = "In 1940, \"Brenda Starr\" the first cartoon strip written by a woman.",
   [6] = "In 1932, Siegel and Shuster create Superman.",
   [7] = "In 1939, Bob Kane creates Batman.",
   [8] = "In 1939, C.C. Beck creates Captain Marvel.",
   [9] = "In 1941, psychologist William Moulton Marston creates Wonder Woman.",
   [10] = "In 1940, Batman becomes the first superhero with a sidekick: Robin",
   [11] = "In 1941, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby create Captain America.",
   [12] = "In 1939, Martin Goodman founds Timely Comics.",
   [13] = "In 1939, Red Tornado, the first female superhero appears.",
   [14] = "In 1936, Lee Falk creates Phantom",
   [15] = "In 1884,  \"Ally Sloper's Half Holiday\", was published in the UK.",
   [16] = "In 1899, a Funny Folks comic book came out a close first stab at a format to the modern comic",
   [17] = "In 1901, The Blackberries came out and is the first known full color comic book.",
   [18] = "In 1910, Mutt & Jeff created a new format, reprinting daily strips in black and white.",
   [19] = "In 1922, the first monthly comic book came out, Comics Monthly and lasted 12 issues. Price of 10 cents.",
   [20] = "In 1926, Little Orphan Annie and Smitty comics came out. Price 60 cents.",
   [21] = "In 1929, Dell Publishing took a crack at a regular Comic Book. The comic was called The Funnies.",
   [22] = "In 1930 - 31, Walt Disney publishers the Mickey Mouse Book.",
   [23] = "In 1930, first issue of Tijuana Bibles, a sexual content comic.",
   [24] = "In 1936, The Clock, widely accepted as being the first American masked superhero, created by George Brenner.",
   [25] = "In 1942, Mary Marvel, the first female version of a male superhero debuts",
   [26] = "In 1939, Marvel Comics #1 published by Timely Comics.",
   [27] = "In 1976, National Periodical Publications offically became DC Comics.",
}

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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2009, 02:48:00 PM »

1903 - Buster Brown and His Resolutions, F.A. Stokes Co.; The first nationally distributed comic

1930 - The Mickey Mouse Book, Bibo & Lang; The 1st Disney licensed book.

1932 - The Adventures of Dick Tracy, published by Whitman, was the first Big Little Book.

1933 - Century Of Comics #nn, Eastern Color; The 2nd GA comic book and first 100 pgs. comic

May 1934 - Famous Funnies #1 (dated July) went on sale. The first monthly comic book ran for 218 issues over the next 21 years.

Feb 1935 - New Fun was the first 'DC' comic book.

Oct 1935 - New Fun Comics #6, DC; The 1st Siegel & Shuster work in comics appears.

Feb. 1937 - Western Picture Stories 1 & Star Ranger 1, Centaur; tie for first western themed comic.

Mar 1937 - The first issue of Detective Comics was published.

Jan. 14, 1938 - Wags #46; The first app of Sheena.

Sep 1938 - Funny Pages v2 #10, Centaur; first Appearance of The Arrow.

Sep 1938 - Jumbo Comics #1, The first app of Sheena in America and the first Fiction House comic book.

1939 - Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, the first app. of the Sub-Mariner.

May 1939 - Wonder Comics #1, Fox; Features Wonderman, the 1st Superman imitator also the first to be sued by DC for infringement.

Nov. 1939 - Amazing Man Comics #7, Centaur; Jane The Magician from Mars - First female super-powered hero in comics.

Dec. 1939 - Silver Streak #1; The first Lev Gleason comic book.

Jan. 1940 - Flash Comics #1, DC; The first appearance of Flash, Hawkman, & Johnny Thunder.

Jan. 1940 - Pep Comics #1, MLJ/Archie; The 1st appearance of Shield, the first patriotic superhero.

Jan. 1940 - Planet Comics #1, Fiction House; The first all science fiction comic book.

Feb. 1940 - More Fun Comics #52, DC; The first appearance of The Spectre.

Feb. 1940 - Whiz Comics #2 (#1), Fawcett; The first appearance of Captain Marvel & Spy Smasher, 1st Fawcett comic book

Mar. 1940 - Adventure Comics #48, DC; The first appearance of Hourman

Mar. 1940 - Four Color Ser. 1 #4, Dell; The first four color Donald Duck comic

Apr. 1940 - Action Comics #23, DC; The first appearance of Lex Luthor

Apr. 1940 - Detective Comics #38, DC; The first appearance of Robin, the boy wonder.

Spring 1940 - Batman #1, DC; The first two Joker stories; first appearance of Catwoman.

May 1940 - More Fun Comics #55, DC; The first appearance of Dr. Fate.

Jun. 2, 1940 - Will Eisner's first Spirit appearance in weekly newspaper strip.

Jul 1940 - All American Comics #16, DC; The first appearance of Green Lantern.

Jul 1940 - Blue Bolt #3, Fox; The first appearance of Simon & Kirby story art.

Sep 1940 - Silver Streak #6, Lev Gleason's first appearance of Daredevil.

May 8, 1940 - Chicago Daily News Literary Editor Sterling North denounced comic books as "a poisonous mushroom growth of the last two years," adding that comics were "guilty of a cultural slaughter of the innocents."

Apr 1941 - Adventure Comics #61, DC; The first appearance of Starman.

Jul 1941 - Freelance appears in Canada's first WW2 home brewed comic - Anglo-American Freelance Comics (No. 1)

Aug. 1941 - Military Comics #1, Quality; The first appearance of Blackhawk.

Oct. 1941 - Famous Funnies #100, Eastern; The first comic book to reach issue #100.

Nov. 1941 - More Fun Comics #73, DC; The first appearance of Aquaman, Green Arrow and Speedy.

Dec. 1941 - Pep Comics #22, MLJ/Archie; The first appearance of Archie.

Dec. 1941 - Whiz Comics #25, Fawcett; The first appearance of Captain Marvel Jr.

Fall 1941 - Looney Tunes #1, Dell; The first appearance of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig & Elmer Fudd in comics.

Dec-Jan 1942 - All Star Comics #8, DC; The first appearance of Wonder Woman.

Dec-Jan 1942 - Animal Comics #1, Dell; The first appearance of Pogo by Walt Kelly.

1942 - Stan Lee became editor at Timely, when Simon and Kirby left for DC.

Jul. 1942 - Crime Does Not Pay #22, Lev Gleason; The first Crime comic.

Aug 1942 - Four Color (Donald Duck) #9, Dell; The first appearance of Barks work on Donald Duck.

Fall 1942 - E.C. started
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 05:39:23 PM »

Have to correct you as regards Sheena I'm afraid, Jumbo Comics Number One was her first AMERICAN apperance but she had been seen MONTHS before that in England and the Commonweath when she debuted in the pages of Wags_046 dated January 14th 1938.

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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 06:24:41 PM »

Thanks Nigel, I've added it.
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 06:44:43 PM »

Actually, there are a few errors worth noting:

1939 - Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, the first app. of the Sub-Mariner and Human Torch.


No Torch, just Subby.

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May 6, 1940 - Will Eisner's first Spirit appearance in weekly newspaper strip.


That should be June 2, 1940.

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Feb. 1942 - Whiz Comics #2 (#1), Fawcett; The first appearance of Captain Marvel & Spy Smasher, 1st Fawcett comic book


That should be Feb. 1940.

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May-Jun 1950 - Weird Fantasy #13 (#1), Weird Science #12; EC's publishes first series devoted to science fiction.


Planet Comics was the first science fiction comic which was published in Jan. 1940. Unless you mean W.F. and W.S. were the first EC science fiction comics.

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Nov-Dec. 1958 - Showcase #17, DC; The first appearance of Legion of Adam Strange.


Only one Adam Strange--not a legion.

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May 1959 - Action Comics #252, DC; The first appearance of Legion of Supergirl.


Ibid.

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Aug. 1959 - Mystery In Space #53, DC; The first appearance of Adam Strange.


Actually, the beginning of Adam Strange in his own series.

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Spring 1961 - Comics fandom emerged with the (almost simultaneous) publication of two amateur magazines devoted to comics: Alter Ego and Comic Art.


EC fans of the 1950s would disagree with this.

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Apr. 1977 - Black Lightning #1, DC; comics first black hero to get his own comic.


What about Lobo, the Dell African-American hero with his own comic dated Dec. 1965. And Hero for Hire, first issue dated June, 1972?

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May 1979 - Daredevil #158, Marvel; The first appearance of Frank Miller art in Daredevil.


The first Miller Daredevil artwork actually appeared in issues # 27 & 28 of Spectacular Spider-Man, starting in Feb. 1979.

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Oct. 1987 - Watchmen #1, DC; Beginning of Alan Moore's landmark maxi.


Correct date is Sept. 1986.

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All pulled from the old Free Comic Book Day website.  Corrections are welcomed.


I hope I wasn't too nit-picky. Still, you did a great job, Yoc!

--Ken Q
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 07:59:27 PM »

 ;D

Thank you all, kindly

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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 08:13:10 PM »

February 1937 - Western Picture Stories 1 & Star Ranger 1 - tie for 1st western comic
September 1938 - Funny Pages volume 2 number 10 - 1st Appearance of The Arrow
November 1939 - Amazing Man Comics 7 - Jane The Magician from Mars - 1st super-powered female hero in comics
December 1970 - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 134 - 1st appearance of Darkseid
July 1986 - New England Comics Newsletter 14 - 1st appearance of The Tick in two-page story
December 1991 - Evil Ernie 1 - 1st appearance of Lady Death
April 1992 - Youngblood 1 - 1st Image comic - sets sales record for Independent publishers
May 1992 - Spawn 1 - sets new sales record for Independent publishers

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1966-70 - "The Illustrated Comic Collectors Handbook" volumes 1-4 - by G.B. Love & Raymond Miller with additional artwork by Don Newton & Biljo White - series featured profiles on Golden Age heroes
1969 - Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age - by Jerry G. Bails - index of superheroes' appearances
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2009, 08:52:27 PM »

I am somewhat in awe of what passes for "GA History" these days...

Even when we were discussing the "ages" definitions, nobody ever got past 1961 as the end of the GA.

The only thing I can add is that you can find INNUMERABLE exceptions to the statement [5] = "In 1940, \"Brenda Starr\" the first cartoon strip written by a woman." just with a cursory glance at Women and the Comics by Robbins and Yronwode.

Peace. Jim (|:{>
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 09:10:15 PM »

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The only thing I can add is that you can find INNUMERABLE exceptions to the statement [5] = "In 1940, \"Brenda Starr\" the first cartoon strip written by a woman." just with a cursory glance at Women and the Comics by Robbins and Yronwode.


I know Tarpe Mills did "Daredevil Barry Flin" in Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 n4, April 1939 and "Cat-Man" in Amazing Man Comics 5, Sept 1939, not sure about other work she did that might have been earlier or if any other female creators predate those two features.

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I am somewhat in awe of what passes for "GA History" these days...


I only went beyond "The Golden Age" because it seemed that Zog wanted general topics to use, not just those about the Golden Age.  I do admit that it would be interesting to try and convince people that Golden Age ended in 1992.
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 09:16:46 PM »

Well, they aren't all GA but it's trivia, does that matter?
And Zog and cherry pick the ones he wants so what the heck right?

I've added all the above corrections.

I also added in a special one at the end.  :);)
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 09:18:07 PM »

October 1941-Classic Comics_001 from Gilberton Publications featuring "The Three Musketeers" with issue 35 this became Classics Illustrated and went on to notch up 169 issues by Winter 1971.

might also be worth adding: April 1939 as the date Motion Picture Funnies was first released.

and:

Marvel Comics_001 October/November 1939, first ever Timely/Marvel Comic Book, Introduced the Original Human Torch. title changed to Marvel Mystery Comics with second issue and lasted until # 092 June 1949.

-Nigel
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 10:11:20 PM »

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May 8, 1940 - Chicago Daily News Literary Editor Sterling North denounced comic books as "a poisonous mushroom growth of the last two years," adding that comics were "guilty of a cultural slaughter of the innocents."


Wow, sounds kinda harsh, but it also seems that the guy was worried that he would lose a small group of readers who might only read the funny pages in his paper, so maybe he was knocking the competition in the hopes that his readers would feel the same way?  Just a thought.

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Feb. 1937 - Western Picture Stories 1 & Star Ranger 1, Centaur; tie for first western themed comic.


Star Ranger was published by Chesler Publications (aka Harry A Chesler) while WPS was from Comics Magazine Company Inc (aka Centaur).  WPS was cancelled before CMC sold-out to Ultem, so technically the two titles were never published by the same company.

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1969 - Collector's Guide: The First Heroic Age - by Jerry G. Bails - index of superheroes' appearances.


Should update that to say "Golden Age superheroes' appearances".  Sorry I didn't catch that before I posted my reply earlier.
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2009, 10:40:15 PM »


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The only thing I can add is that you can find INNUMERABLE exceptions to the statement [5] = "In 1940, \"Brenda Starr\" the first cartoon strip written by a woman." just with a cursory glance at Women and the Comics by Robbins and Yronwode.


I know Tarpe Mills did "Daredevil Barry Flin" in Amazing Mystery Funnies v2 n4, April 1939 and "Cat-Man" in Amazing Man Comics 5, Sept 1939, not sure about other work she did that might have been earlier or if any other female creators predate those two features.

I'm not sure just what is being talked about here, bchat,
as Brenda Starr debuted in 1940 in NEWSPAPERS not in comic books, and the entry reads "first cartoon strip" not "first comic book cartoon strip". If it's "first cartoon strip," then it's erroneous by about 40 years, and if it's "first comic book cartoon strip" it's inaccurate on the face of it and you've just named a couple of earlier exceptions yourself. Either way, it's not accurate.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2009, 01:20:44 AM »

I'm not sure just what is being talked about here, bchat,
as Brenda Starr debuted in 1940 in NEWSPAPERS not in comic books, and the entry reads "first cartoon strip" not "first comic book cartoon strip". If it's "first cartoon strip," then it's erroneous by about 40 years...


Rose Cecil O'Neill and Nell Brinkley would certainly agree.

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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2009, 02:19:26 AM »

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I'm not sure just what is being talked about here, bchat,


That's because I was doing three things at once, read your post too fast and started babbling aimlessly.  The main phrase I overlooked when reading everything was "cartoon strip" which resulted in my rambling-on about Tarpe Mills [who shouldn't be overlooked in Zog's list, anyway].
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Re: help needed from GA history buffs
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2009, 03:17:58 AM »

 I might as well add my two cents to this topic as well (all dates are the cover date unless otherwise mentioned):


   July 1940 - National Comics #1 (Quality); Intro and 1st appearence Uncle Sam (comics' @nd super-patriot) and 1st appearence Wonder Boy (first "super-boy" character and predicessor of DC's Superboy).

   November 1940 - Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Timely/Marvel); Introduction of The Vision, the first notable creation of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for Timely/Marvel.

  Winter 1940/1941 - All-Star Comics #3 (DC); The first appearence of the Justice Society of America (original line-up ; The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Atom, Dr. Fate, The Spectre, The Sandman, & Hour-Man), comics' very first super team. They would appear in All-Star Comics until issue #57 (February-March, 1951) (final line-up; The Flash, Hawkman, Green Lantern, The Atom, Dr. Mid-Nite, Wonder Woman, and Black Canary).

   May 1941 - Pep Comics #17 (MLJ/Archie); Origin and first apperence of The Hangman and the death of The Comet (first superhero death in comics).

   Winter 1941-1942 - Leading Comics #1 (DC); First apperence of The Seven Soldiers of Victory (line-up: The Vigilante; The Green Arrow & Speedy; The Shining Knight; The Star-Spangled Kid & Stripesy; & The Crimson Avenger & Wing [unnoficial Eigth soldier]), DC's - and comics' - second super team. They would appear in the first 14 issues of Leading Comics up until the Spring 1945 issue.

   Summer, 1946 & Winter, 1946 - 1947 - All-Winners Comics #s 19 & 21 (Timely/Marvel); Only apperences of The All-Winners Squad (line-up: Captain America & Bucky; The Human Torch & Toro; The Sub-Mariner; The Whizzer; and Miss America), the only super-team to come from Timely/Marvel during the Golden Age and Marvel's very first super-team not to mention the inspiration for Roy Thomas' later strip The Invaders.

  And that's just scratching the surface.
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