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Notable events of 1971 in comics.
Events
January
- January 6: The first episode of Kees Stip and Nico Visscher's newspaper gag-a-day comic In de Wolken is published. It will run until 1979. [1]
- January 10: The castle of Nederhorst den Berg in the Netherlands burns down, also destroying Marten Toonder's comic studio.[2]
- January 12: In Beyond the windy isles). This story marks the debut of the dark lady Venexiana Stevenson, a recurring antagonist of the captain.
- January 28: The Zombies, lacking the requisite "literary" background, remain taboo.
- January 30: Al Capp and Raeburn Van Buren's Abbie an' Slats comes to a close after nearly 34 years of syndication.[4]
- Blackmark published by Bantam Books. Conceived and drawn by Gil Kane, and scripted by Archie Goodwin from an outline by Kane, it is one of the first American graphic novels.
- "Bronze Age.
- Bad Day for Troop A by Carl Barks.
- Jean-Claude Mézières.
February
- The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom.
- World's Finest Comics #200: "Prisoners of the Immortal World!" by Mike Friedrich, Dick Dillin, and Joe Giella. (DC Comics)
- New Gods #1 (February /March ) (DC Comics) by Jack Kirby
- First appearances of Orion
- Monsters on the Prowl. (Marvel Comics)
Spring
- after 288 issues.
March
- March 2: The first episode of Bill Tidy's The Fosdyke Saga appears in print. The series will continue until 1985. [6]
- March 4: The first episode of the Uderzo, is prepublished in Pilote.
- March 11: The final episode of Andries Brandt's Horre, Harm en Hella is published.[7]
- March 14: In the story La resa dei conti (The showdown), by Claudio Nizzi and Carlo Boscarato, Larry Yuma gets his definitive name (in the two previous episodes, the character was called Dave).[8]
- March 20: Andries Brandt and Jan Van Haasteren's Aafje Anders makes its debut. After a few stories Robert Hamilton and Richard Klokkers take over the artwork. The series will run until 17 April 1973.[7]
- The Avengers #85 (Marvel Comics)
- First appearance of the Tom Thumb, and Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)
- Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., with issue #18, canceled by Marvel.
- Creatures on the Loose. (Marvel Comics)
- Ka-Zar, with issue #3, is canceled by Marvel.
- Bill Griffith's Zippy the Pinhead makes it debut.
April
- April 1: in Uderzo.
- April: The final issue of the long-running French satirical cartoons and comics magazine Le Rire is published.
- Mister Miracle #1 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Mister Miracle
May
- May 8: Al Capp is charged with sexual harassment, sodomy, attempted adultery and indecent exposure. The trial on 12 February 1972 will eventually only fine him for attempted adultery in a plea bargain, but damages his public image and the popularity of Li'l Abner beyond repair. [9]
- May 10: The final episode of John M. Burns' The Seekers is published.[10][11]
- May 11: in Le journal de Tintin, first chapter of Rush by Jean Graton.
- Action Comics #400: "My Son... Is He Man or Beast?", by Leo Dorfman, Curt Swan, and Murphy Anderson.
- The "John Romita, Sr., it is recognized as the first mainstream comic publication which portrayed and condemned drug abuse, and was published without the seal of approval of the Comics Code Authority.
- Detective Comics #411 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Talia al Ghul[12]
- Forever People #2 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Desaad
- Mister Miracle #2 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Granny Goodness
- With the publication of Savage Tales #1, Marvel creates its black-and-white magazine line, which published material that doesn't carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority.
- First appearance of Man-Thing
June
- June 10: In Pilote, the first chapter of the Blueberry story L'Homme qui valait 500 000 $ is published by Jean Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud.
- June 12: The first issue of the British comics magazine Knockoutis published.
- June 12: Knockout.
- June 17: In San Diego, California, Peanuts Day is declared. [13]
- June 26: The final episode of Marten Toonder's Koning Hollewijn is published.[14]
- Batman #232 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Ra's al Ghul[15]
- The "Kree-Skrull War" story arc, written by Roy Thomas, begins in The Avengers #89 (running through issue #97, March 1972).
- John Romita, Sr.
- Mike Royer. (Gold Key)
- Hollywood Romances, with issue #59, cancelled by Charlton.
- The first issue of the Italian humor series Abelarda, le avventure di una nonna terribile (The adventures of a terrible grandma), is published by Bianconi.
July
- 10-16 July: The first episode of De Generaal is published. It will run until 1997.[16]
- 20 July: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Marcie makes her debut. [13]
- July 25: in Il Giornalino, debut of the Science-fiction series Gli Astrostoppisti (The star hitchhikers) by Alfredo Castelli and Nevio Zeccara.[17]
- House of Secrets #92 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Swamp Thing[18]
- The woman appearing on the cover of this issue was modeled after future comics writer Louise Simonson.[19]
- The Incredible Hulk #141 (Marvel Comics)
- First appearance of Doc Samson
- Timmy the Timid Ghost (vol. 2), with issue #23, canceled by Charlton.
August
- August 3: in .
- August 5: In the obscenity case against the British underground magazine Oz and their issue Schoolkids Oz the publishers are convicted. Particularly a pornographic parody of the children's comic Rupert Bear made by a 16-year old pupil named Vivian Berger drew a lot of controversy. However, within a few months the sentences are overturned. [20]
- August 22: Henry Formhals quits drawing Freckles and His Friends, bringing the newspaper comic to a close after nearly 55 years of syndication.
- DC Comics raises the price of its typical comic book from 15 cents to 25 cents, and the page-count from 36 to 52 by adding reprints and new backup features.[21][22]
- The "Denny O'Neil and drawn by Neal Adams, begins in Green Lantern #85 (August/September cover date) (concluding in issue #86).[23](DC Comics)
September
- September 9: in Spirou, first chapter of L'Abbaye truquée by Jean Claude Fournier.
- September 18: Vic Neill first publishes The McTickles in The Beano.
- September 23:
- In Spirou Jean-Marie Brouyère and Malik's series Archie Cash makes its debut. [24]
- In Pif Gadget, the Corto Maltese story L'ange à la fenetre d'orient, by Hugo Pratt is first published. Set in Venice, it begins a new arc of Corto Maltese's adventures, with the First World War as background (Celtic Tales).
- September 25: The final issue of the British comics magazine TV Century 21 is published.
- September 30: The first episode of Asterix and the Laurel Wreath, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, is prepublished in Pilote.
- The Amazing Spider-Man #100: "The Spider or the Man?", by Stan Lee, Gil Kane, and Frank Giacoia. "The Six Arms Saga" story-arc begins (running through issue #102).
- With issue #20, Ghost Manor vol. 1 changes its title to Ghostly Haunts.
October
- October 7: In Tintin, the first chapter of the Bruno Brazil story La Nuit des Chacals (The Jackals’ Night) by Greg and William Vance is prepublished.
- October 22: In Copenhagen the comics store Fantask opens its doors, which will become the oldest Danish comics store in the world.[25]
- October 22: first issue of the Italian magazine Menelik (Tattiloeditore) dedicated to quality erotic comics.
- The Brave and the Bold #98 (written by Bob Haney) — Jim Aparo's first issue as artist. Haney and Aparo continue to contribute the majority of issues until the series' finale in July 1983.
- In the Days of the Mob #1 and Spirit World #1, two one-shot black-and-white magazines by Jack Kirby.[26]
- Mister Miracle #4 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of Big Barda
- The Amazing Spider-Man #101 (Marvel Comics)
- First appearance of Morbius, the Living Vampire
- Girls' Romances (1950 series), with issue #160, is cancelled by DC.
- Under the sign of Capricorn, by Hugo Pratt, album reckoning six Corto Maltese's adventures set in the Caribbean and in Brazil.
November
- Marvel Comics, following rival DC's lead, raises the price of its typical comic book from 15 cents to 25 cents, and the page-count from 36 to 52.
- Kree-Skrull War" story arc begun in issue #89 of the title.
- DC Special (1968 series), with issue #15 (November /December cover date), is cancelled by DC.
December
- December 3: The first episode of Jean-Pol's Annie en Peter is published in Zonnestraal. It will run in this magazine until 1980, but the series itself will continue until 1987. [27]
- December 16: in
- December 28 :
- In Tintin magazine the first chapter of Michel Vaillant story Losing Streak by Jean Graton is prepublished.
- The Suske en Wiske story De Gekke Gokker kicks off in the newspapers De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad. It's the first story where creator Willy Vandersteen passes on the pencil to his successor Paul Geerts. [29]
- Marcel Gotlib launches his gag comic Hamster Jovial in the magazine Rock et Folk. [30]
- After a month-long experimentation with 25-cent comics, Marvel reduces the price of a typical comic to 20 cents, and returns the page-count from 52 to 36 pages.
- Los Angeles Comic Book Company in Los Angeles.
- Mandroidpower armor.
- Marvel Feature #1 (Marvel Comics)
- First appearance of The Defenders
- Green Lantern #87 (DC Comics)
- First appearance of John Stewart
Specific date unknown
- The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine/fanzine CISO-Magazine is published by Danny De Laet. It will change its name into Stripgids in 1974 and receive a new chief editor, Jan Smet.
- The Finnish Comics Society is established.[31]
- The final episode of Fuku-Chan by Ryuichi Yokoyama is published.[32]
- HUMO and develops his gag comics Piet Peuk and Balthazar de Groene Steenvreter. [33]
- The Forever People, New Gods, and Mister Miracle — while continuing his run on Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. Kirby writes and draws all four titles during the year.
- Early in the year, DC Comics editorial director Carmine Infantino is promoted to publisher.
- Bill Schanes and Steve Schanes co-found Pacific Comics, starting out as a mail-order company selling to consumers via ads in the Comics Buyer's Guide.
- The Air Pirates collective is formed in San Francisco.
- Italian editor Renzo Barbieri launches two new horror-erotic series: Oltretomba (Underworld) and Lucifera.
- Denis Gifford publishes the books Discovering Comics and Stap Me: History of the British Newspaper Strip (1971). [33]
- Dutch comic artist Nico van Welzenes publishes his pornographic comics Peter Pik and Superlul. [37]
Births
August
- August 12: Michel Koeniguer, French comics artist (The Bridge, Bomb Road, Misty Mission, Berlin sera notre tombeau), (d. 2021).[38]
Deaths
January
- January 17: Oscar Knudsen, Danish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 72. [39]
- January 27: E. Simms Campbell, American comics artist (Harlem Girls, Cuties), dies at age 65.[40]
February
- February 18: Walter Booth, British comics artist (Professor Potash), dies at age 81.[41]
- February 24: Jan Bouman, Dutch comics artist and illustrator (Lijntrekker), dies at age 56.[42]
- February 21: Ercüment Kalmik, Turkish painter and comics artist (Çetin Kaptan, a.k.a. Çetinin), dies at age 61 or 62. [43]
March
- March 10: Ladislaus Kmoch, aka Ludwig Kmoch, Austrian illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (Tobias Seicherl), dies at age 73.[44]
April
- April 23: Marius J.G. Thomassen, aka Mathos, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (De Avonturen van Flits, de herder en Bull, de dog), dies at age 81.[45]
- April: David Law, Scottish comics artist (Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, Beryl the Peril, Corporal Clott), dies at age 63.[46]
May
- May 10: Ted Mathijsen, aka Roberic, Dutch comics artist (Ted Start), dies at age 44.[47]
June
- June 5: Otto Waffenschmied, German comics artist (Muck und Puck, Max und Miki), dies at age 69. [48]
- June 9: Russell R. Winterbotham, American novelist and comics writer (scripted Red Ryder[49] and Kevin the Bold [50]), dies at age 66.[51]
- June 27: Catrinus Tas, Dutch cartoonist, dies at age 42. [52]
- June: Henri Dimpre, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 64. [53]
- June: Carl Rose, aka Earl Cros, American cartoonist (I say it's spinach), illustrator and comics artist (Our New Age), dies at age 68.[54]
July
- July 2: Art Helfant, American comics artist (Timid Tim, Boitram the Boiglar and Heathcliff the Hobo), dies at age 72 or 73.[55]
- July 7: Ub Iwerks, American animator and comics artist (Mickey Mouse), dies at age 70.[56]
- July 19: Garry Cleveland Myers Sr., American psychologist and comics writer (Highlights for Children), dies at age 87. [57]
- July 24: Lou Fine, American comics artist (worked for Jumbo Comics, Quality Comics), dies at age 56.[58]
August
- Specific date unknown: Julius Svendsen, Norwegian-American comics artist and animator (Disney comics), dies at age 51 or 52.[59]
October
- October 25:
November
- November: Hy Gage, American comics artist (Miss Information), dies at age 93.[61]
- November 28: Vasil Zahariev, Bulgarian painter and comics artist, dies at age 76. [62]
December
- December 20: Walt Disney Company) and brother of Walt Disney, dies at age 78 from an intracranial hemorrhage.
- December 22: Godfried Bomans, Dutch novelist, columnist and comics writer (De Avonturen van Pa Pinkelman,[63] Dick Parker[64]), dies at age 58 from a heart attack.
- December 23: Gray Croucher, aka Gray, British-Belgian comics artist and illustrator (Rikske en Fikske), dies at age 51.[65]
- December 28: Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz Productions), dies at age 80 from a heart attack.
- Specific date unknown: Joe Easley, American comics artist and illustrator (Along the Iron Pike), dies at age 87.[66]
Specific date unknown
- Georges Bourdin, French illustrator and comics artist (L'Histoire de Cochise), dies at age 83 or 84. [67]
- The Spider), dies at age 65 or 66.[68]
- Lev Gleason, American comics publisher (Lev Gleason Publications), dies at age 62 or 63.[69]
- James Jewell, Scottish comics artist (Wee Peem), dies at age 73.
- Noé Solano Vargas, Costa Rican comics artist (Candelario), dies at age 71 or 72.[70]
Exhibitions
- April 18–May 2: New York City — first exhibition of comic books[71]
- September 8–November 7: 75 Years of the Comics, New York Cultural Center, New York — curated by Maurice Horn[72]
Conventions
- January 2: Miamicon '71 (Miami, Florida)[73]
- February 27–28: Bram Stokes and Dez Skinn; guest of honor: Frank Bellamy; other guests include Frank Dickens, Mick Farren, and Edward Barker[74]
- Summer: Name TK (Boston, Massachusetts)[75]
- June 17–20: Houstoncon '71 (Houston, Texas)[75] — official guests include Kirk Alyn at his first fan convention
- July 2–4: for his return to comics:
I came back into the field because of [convention organizer Phil Seuling]. I remember [him] calling me in New London, [Connecticut], where I was sitting there as chairman of the board of Croft Publishing Co. My secretary said, 'There's a Mr. Seuling on the phone and he's talking about a comics convention. What is that?' She said, 'I didn't know you were a cartoonist, Mr. Eisner.' 'Oh, yes,' I said, 'secretly; I'm a closet cartoonist.' I came down and was stunned at the existence of the whole world. ... That was a world that I had left, and I found it very exciting, very stimulating".[78]
- July 8–11: D-Con '71 (Sheraton-Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas)[75] — 6th annual Southwesterncon; guest of honor: Robert Bloch[79]
- August 6–8: Edmund Hamilton, Jack Kirby
- August 14–15: Bud Plant, Dave Cockrum,[75] Dennis O'Neil,[81] Ted White, Len Wein, Mark Hanerfeld, Marv Wolfman, and Gerry Conway[82]
- August 20-21: Miamicon II (Miami, Florida)[83]
- November 26–28: New Yorker Hotel, New York City) — first iteration of this trade show,[84][85] produced by two 14-year-old Queens schoolboys, Adam Malin and Gary Berman;[86] guest: Jim Steranko[87]
Awards
Goethe Awards
Presented July 3,
- Favorite Artist: TK
- Favorite Writer: TK
- Favorite Editor: TK
- Favorite Comic Book: TK
- Favorite Comic-Book Story: TK
- Favorite Comic-Book Character: TK
- Favorite Fanzine: The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom[88]
- Favorite Fan Writer: Tony Isabella[93]
Shazam Awards
Presented in 1972 for comics published in 1971:
- Best Continuing Feature: Conan the Barbarian (Marvel)
- Best Individual Story: "Snowbirds Don't Fly", by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85 (DC)
- Best Writer (Dramatic Division): Roy Thomas
- Best Penciller (Dramatic Division): Neal Adams
- Best Inker (Dramatic Division): Dick Giordano
- Best Writer (Humor Division): John Albano
- Best Penciller (Humor Division): Dan DeCarlo
- Best Inker (Humor Division): Henry Scarpelli
- Best Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
- Best Colorist: Tatjana Wood
- Best Foreign Artist: Frank Bellamy
- Outstanding New Talent: (tie)
- Special Recognition: Gil Kane, "for Blackmark, his paperback comics novel"
- Special Achievement by an Individual: Jack Kirby, "for his Fourth World series in Forever People, New Gods, Mister Miracle, Jimmy Olsen"
- Hall of Fame: Will Eisner
First issues by title
Charlton Comics
Ghost Manor vol. 2
- Release: October Editor: Sal Gentile.
- Release: September Editor: Sal Gentile.
- Release: September Editor: Sal Gentile.
DC Comics
Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love
- Release: February /March Editor: Dorothy Woolfolk. Artist: Tony DeZuniga.
DC 100 Page Super Spectacular: debuts with issue #4
- Release: September /October Editor: Joe Orlando.
- Release: February /March Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.
- Release: September /October Editor: Murray Boltinoff.
- Release: April. Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.
- Release: February /March Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.
- Release: September /October Editor: Joe Kubert.
Marvel Comics
- Release: June. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Ross Andru and Wally Wood.
- Release: December. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Ross Andru and Bill Everett.
- Release: November. Writer: Gardner Fox. Artists: Syd Shores and Wally Wood.
- Release: May by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Stan Lee.
Independent titles
Air Pirates Funnies
- Release: July by Last Gasp's imprint "Hell Comics".
- Release: February 20 by Polystyle Publications.
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
- Release: February by Rip Off Press. Writer/Artist: Gilbert Shelton.
Mickey Rat
- Release: December by Los Angeles Comic Book Company. Writer/Artist: Robert Armstrong.
- Release: February 6 by IPC Magazines.
Initial appearance by character name
DC Comics
- Ra's al Ghul, in Batman #232 (June)
- Talia al Ghul, in Detective Comics #411 (May)
- Big Barda, in Mister Miracle #04 (October)
- Beautiful Dreamer, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Serifan, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Vykin, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Mark Moonrider, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Big Bear, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Black Racer, in New Gods #03 (July)
- Justice League of America#87 (February)
- Blue Jay
- Silver Sorceress
- Desaad, in Forever People#02 (May)
- Fastbak, in New Gods#05 (November)
- Doctor Bedlam, in Mister Miracle #02 (May/June)
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen#136 (March)
- Mokkari, in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olse#135 (January)
- Glorious Godfrey, in Forever People #03 (June)
- Gnarrk, in Teen Titans #33 (June)
- Granny Goodness, in Mister Miracle #02 (May/June)
- Highfather, in New Gods #01 (February /March )
- Infinity-Man, in Forever People #01 (March)
- Kalibak, in New Gods#1 (February /March )
- Lightray, in New Gods#01 (February /March )
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen#139 (July)
- Mantis, in Forever People #02 (June)
- Justice League of America#94 (November)
- Metron, in New Gods#01 (February/March)
- Mister Miracle, in Mister Miracle #01 (April)
- Oberon in Mister Miracle #01 (April)
- Orion, in New Gods#01 (February/March)
- John Stewart, in Green Lantern#87 (December)
- Sonny Sumo, in Forever People #04 (September)
- Swamp Thing, in House of Secrets #92 (July)
- Virman Vundabar, in Mister Miracle #05 (December)
Marvel Comics
- The Defenders, in Marvel Feature #1 (December)
- Jarella, in The Incredible Hulk #140 (June)
- Man-Thing, in Savage Tales #1 (May)
- Mockingbird, in Astonishing Tales #6 (June)
- Morbius, the Living Vampire, in The Amazing Spider-Man #101 (October)
- Overmind, in Fantastic Four #113 (August)
- Doc Samson, in The Incredible Hulk #141 (July)
- Serpent Men, in Kull the Conqueror #2 (September)
- Spymaster, in Iron Man#33
- Squadron Supreme, in The Avengers #85 (March)
- Blue Eagle
- Doctor Spectrum (Joseph Ledger)
- Golden Archer
- Hyperion (Mark Milton)
- Lady Lark
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond, Earth-712)
- Tom Thumb
- Whizzer (Stanley Stewart)
- Valkyrie (Samantha Parrington), in The Incredible Hulk #142 (August)
Independent titles
- Dirty Duck, in Air PiratesFunnies #1 (July, Last Gasp)
- Yama, wizard, Tex Willer's antagonist, in Il figlio di Mefisto (March, Bonelli)
- Zippy the Pinhead, in Real Pulp Comix #1 (March, Print Mint)
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