1960s in comics

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Video 1960s in comics

Events and publications

1960

July

• House of Mystery #100, edited by Jack Schiff. (DC Comics)

1961

• Amazing Adventures #1 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #1 - Marvel Comics

1962

• Amazing Fantasy #15 renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy - Marvel Comics (last issue)
  • First appearance of Spider-Man
• Incredible Hulk #1 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics

1963

• The Amazing Spider-Man #1 - Marvel Comics
• Avengers #1 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #1 -[Marvel Comics

1964

• The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #1 - Marvel Comics
• Marine War Heroes #1-18 - Charlton
• Marines Attack #1-9 - Charlton
• Marvel Tales Annual #1 -

1965

• Journey into Mystery Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Marvel Collector's Item Classics #1 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #1 - Marvel Comics

1966

• Sally the Witch, by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, is first serialized on Ribon.

March

• Tales to Astonish #77: "Bruce Banner is the Hulk," drawn by John Romita (Marvel Comics)
• Black Fury, with issue #57 (March /April cover-date), canceled by Charlton.

April

• April 28: Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh passes away at age 58.

May

• Daredevil #16 (Marvel Comics): "Enter Spider-Man," drawn by John Romita
• Ghostly Tales #1 (Charlton)

June

• First appearance of Poison Ivy in Batman #181 (DC Comics).

July

• Marvel Tales #3 renamed from Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel Comics)

August

• The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (Marvel Comics): "How Green Was My Goblin"

September

• 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.

November

• The Flash #165: Barry Allen marries Iris West (DC Comics).

1967

January

• Batgirl debuts in Detective Comics #359. The issue was titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" and was written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Carmine Infantino (DC Comics)

December

• Mac Raboy dies at age 53.

1968

• Zap Comix #1 self-published; begins the underground comix movement

1969

• The Golden Age character Phantom Stranger makes his first Silver Age appearance in Showcase #80.

July

• Long-time DC Comics logo designer and letterer Ira Schnapp dies at age 76.

September

• Classics Illustrated cartoonist Alex Blum dies at age 80.

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