15 March:DC Comics files a lawsuit against
Fox Feature Syndicate for copyright infringement of
Superman by Fox’s character Wonder Man first appearing in Wonder Comics #1 (May 1939). In 1940 DC won the suit and Fox was forced to stop using the Wonder Man character. He only appeared in Wonder Comics #1. In 1964
Marvel Comics would introduce their
Wonder Man with no association with Fox’s character.
Double Action Comics #1 —
National Allied Publications. Released only in New York City newsstands, Double Action Comics was most likely an "
ashcan", a limited-run publication produced simply to register the title. It had a black-and-white cover,[5] with the contents pulled from Action Comics No. 2.[6]
January 20: Victor Bergdahl, Swedish animator and comics artist (Kapten Grogg), dies at age 60.[13][14]
June
June 28: Joz De Swerts, Belgian illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (worked for Zonneland), dies at age 49.[15]
July
July 4:
Louis Wain, British painter and illustrator (illustrations starring anthropomorphic cats), dies at age 78.[16]
July 25: A.E. Hayward, American comics artist (Somebody's Stenog), dies at age 55.[17]
August
August 14: T.E. Powers, American comics artist (Our Moving Pictures, Mr. Nobody Holme), dies at the age of 69.[18]
September
September 8: Elie Smalhout, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (made
text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 49.[19]
September 29: Luc Lafnet, aka Davine, Visnet, O. Lucas, Pol, Luc, Belgian-French comics artist (Bizouk et Pélik, Zizette, assisted on Spirou et Fantasio, Bibor et Tribar), dies at age 40 from pancreatic cancer.[20]
October
October 10:
Benjamin Rabier, French comics artist, illustrator, animator and advertising artist (Gédéon, Tintin-Lutin, designed La Vache Qui Rit), dies at age 74.[21]
^
abWallace, Daniel (2010). "1930s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 25.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Superman's runaway popularity as part of Action Comics earned him his own comic. This was a real breakthrough for the time, as characters introduced in comic books had never before been so successful as to warrant their own titles.
^Morales, Alisande (July 17, 2013).
"Wonder Women: On and Off Paper". Ali's Alley. Alisande Morales-Caraballo. Archived from
the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
^One copy with a color cover has been proven to be a hoax.
^The first mention of Double Action Comics No. 1 is in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide No. 10 (Robert M. Overstreet, 1980). Additional information regarding Double Action can be found on page A-19 of the market report, which notes that, "four more copies of Double Action turned up and sold for record prices. All of these copies were in excellent condition with white cover and pages. Even a No. 1 was included in the four, the rest being No. 2's." The existence of a Very Good copy has been confirmed by both
Robert Overstreet and
John K. Snyder III.
^Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 24: "DC's second superstar debuted in the lead story of this issue, written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, though the character was missing many of the elements that would make him a legend."
15 March:DC Comics files a lawsuit against
Fox Feature Syndicate for copyright infringement of
Superman by Fox’s character Wonder Man first appearing in Wonder Comics #1 (May 1939). In 1940 DC won the suit and Fox was forced to stop using the Wonder Man character. He only appeared in Wonder Comics #1. In 1964
Marvel Comics would introduce their
Wonder Man with no association with Fox’s character.
Double Action Comics #1 —
National Allied Publications. Released only in New York City newsstands, Double Action Comics was most likely an "
ashcan", a limited-run publication produced simply to register the title. It had a black-and-white cover,[5] with the contents pulled from Action Comics No. 2.[6]
January 20: Victor Bergdahl, Swedish animator and comics artist (Kapten Grogg), dies at age 60.[13][14]
June
June 28: Joz De Swerts, Belgian illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (worked for Zonneland), dies at age 49.[15]
July
July 4:
Louis Wain, British painter and illustrator (illustrations starring anthropomorphic cats), dies at age 78.[16]
July 25: A.E. Hayward, American comics artist (Somebody's Stenog), dies at age 55.[17]
August
August 14: T.E. Powers, American comics artist (Our Moving Pictures, Mr. Nobody Holme), dies at the age of 69.[18]
September
September 8: Elie Smalhout, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (made
text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 49.[19]
September 29: Luc Lafnet, aka Davine, Visnet, O. Lucas, Pol, Luc, Belgian-French comics artist (Bizouk et Pélik, Zizette, assisted on Spirou et Fantasio, Bibor et Tribar), dies at age 40 from pancreatic cancer.[20]
October
October 10:
Benjamin Rabier, French comics artist, illustrator, animator and advertising artist (Gédéon, Tintin-Lutin, designed La Vache Qui Rit), dies at age 74.[21]
^
abWallace, Daniel (2010). "1930s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle.
Dorling Kindersley. p. 25.
ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Superman's runaway popularity as part of Action Comics earned him his own comic. This was a real breakthrough for the time, as characters introduced in comic books had never before been so successful as to warrant their own titles.
^Morales, Alisande (July 17, 2013).
"Wonder Women: On and Off Paper". Ali's Alley. Alisande Morales-Caraballo. Archived from
the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
^One copy with a color cover has been proven to be a hoax.
^The first mention of Double Action Comics No. 1 is in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide No. 10 (Robert M. Overstreet, 1980). Additional information regarding Double Action can be found on page A-19 of the market report, which notes that, "four more copies of Double Action turned up and sold for record prices. All of these copies were in excellent condition with white cover and pages. Even a No. 1 was included in the four, the rest being No. 2's." The existence of a Very Good copy has been confirmed by both
Robert Overstreet and
John K. Snyder III.
^Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 24: "DC's second superstar debuted in the lead story of this issue, written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, though the character was missing many of the elements that would make him a legend."