• Notable events of 1939 in comics. Ace Comics (1937 series) #22 – David McKay Publications Action Comics (1938 series) #8 – National Allied Publications...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    company All-American Publications in 1939. Detective Comics, Inc. soon launched a new anthology title, entitled Action Comics. Issue#1, cover dated June 1938...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • buying content from comics packager Funnies, Inc. On August 31, 1939, his first effort, Marvel Comics #1 (cover-dated Oct. 1939), from his company Timely...
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  • 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...
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  • Marvel superhero comics dating from Marvel Comics #1, published in 1939),[citation needed] and featured detailed information on each issue in a particular...
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    that appeared in American comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate. The Flame first appeared in Wonderworld Comics #3 (July 1939) and was created...
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  • (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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Batman (redirect from Batman (comics))
    Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book Detective Comics on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe continuity, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne...
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  • 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...
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  • Aquaman. Its depiction is most recognizable one within DC Comics, first appearing in Adventure Comics #260 (May 1959), and was created by Robert Bernstein...
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  • in business: American Comics Group (1939–1967) Crestwood Publications (1940–1968) Gilberton (1941–1971) Dell Comics (1929–1974) Fawcett Comics (1939–1953...
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  • 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...
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    Borduria (category 1939 in comics)
    Бордурија) 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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    1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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  • Superman (redirect from Superman in comics)
    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...
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    The World's Fair Goblin (1939); DC Comics published a 1939 New York World's Fair Comics comic book, followed by a 1940 edition in the next year. It became...
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    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'...
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  • See also: 1920s in comics, other events of the 1930s, 1940s in comics and the list of years in comics Publications: 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 -...
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  • First appearance (category Comics terminology)
    are first appearances of popular superheroes. Another, Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939), is the first appearance of the Golden Age Human Torch but is...
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  • Origin of Batman (category 1939 comics debuts)
    appeared in Detective Comics #33 (November 1939), and was retold in graphic novels such as Batman: Year One. The character's origin was first depicted in Detective...
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    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...
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  • superhero Batman and his allies. Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes...
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  • Joe Chill (category Comics characters introduced in 1939)
    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...
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  • Beano #1 1939 in comics - debut: Batman; published: Superman #1 (reprints from Action Comics); Establishment of Marvel Comics 1940 in comics - debut:...
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