1964 in comics

[|Publications]

[|January]

• January 1: Jaxon's God Nose makes its debut. It's one of the earliest underground comix.
• January 6: Jay Heavilin and Frank B. Johnson's Einstein makes its debut. It will run until 13 [|February] 1965.
• January 10 - March 23: Berlin v. E.C. Publications, Inc.: The estates of Irving Berlin and other songwriters sue EC Comics over a parody in Mad Magazine special #11, but lose their case.
• January 11: The first issue of the British illustrated girls' magazine Jackie is published. It will run until 3 July 1993.
• January 24: The final issue of Hans G. Kresse's Eric de Noorman is published.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #8 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #3 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #22 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #100 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #114 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #116 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #49 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #51 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #67 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #3 - Marvel Comics

  February

• The Amazing Spider-Man #9 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #23 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #101 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #38 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #117 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #50 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #52 - Marvel Comics

  March

• March 5: Marcel Remacle's Hultrasson makes its debut.
• March 11: Carlo Porciani and Mario Faustinelli's Kolosso makes its debut.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #10 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #4 - first Silver Age Captain America - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #24 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #102 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #115 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #6 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #118 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #51 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #53 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #68 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #4 - Marvel Comics

  April

• April 1: In the 119th issue of Mad Al Jaffee's Mad Fold-in makes its debut.
• Richard E. Hughes and Ogden Whitney's Herbie Popnecker, who debuted in 1958, is first published as its own title.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #11 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #1 - Marvel Comics
• *First appearance of Daredevil
• Fantastic Four #25 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four Annual #2 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #103 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #39 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #119 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #52 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #54 - Marvel Comics

  May

• May 16: Malcolm Judge's Billy Whizz makes its debut in The Beano.
• May 23: The final episode of Philip Mendoza's The Adventures of Katie Country Mouse is published.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #12 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #5 - Marvel Comics
• Detective Comics #327 Writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino begin the "New Look" Batman and Robin and give the character a more detective-oriented direction
• Fantastic Four #26 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #104 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #116 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #7 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #120 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #53 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #55 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #69 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #5 - Marvel Comics

  June

• June 11: Mike Roy's Akwas makes its debut. It will run until 28 March 1965.
• June 20: The first issue of the British comics magazine Wham! is published and will run until 13 January 1968. In the first issue Leo Baxendale's Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy makes its debut.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #13 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #2 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #27 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #105 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #40 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #121 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #54 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #56 - Marvel Comics

  July

• July 10: Nicholas Garland's Barry McKenzie makes its debut in the British satirical magazine Private Eye.
• July 11: In Leo Baxendale's Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy the villain Grimly Feendish makes his debut.
• July 12: Marcel Gotlib's Gai-Luron makes its debut.
• July 20: Eric Bradbury's Charlie Peace makes its debut.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #14 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #6 - Marvel Comics
• The Brave and the Bold #54 - The teaming of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad by writer Bob Haney and artist Bruno Premiani led to the creation of the Teen Titans.
• Fantastic Four #28 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #106 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #117 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #122 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #55 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #57 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #70 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #6 - Marvel Comics

  August

• August 2: Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard introduce Fethry Duck, a character who will become prominent in Donald Duck's comics.
• Max Bunker and Roberto Raviola 's Kriminal makes its debut. It will run until November 1974.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #15 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #7 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #3 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #29 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #107 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #41 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #9 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #123 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #56 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #58 - Marvel Comics

  September

• September 29: Quino's Mafalda makes its debut. It will run until 25 June 1973.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #16 - Marvel Comics
• The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #8 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #30 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #108 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #118 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #10 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #124 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #57 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #59 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #71 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #7 - Marvel Comics

  October

• October 3: The final issue of the British girls' comics magazine Girl is published.
• October 26: Jan Green's comic strip Hey Swingy! is first published and will run until 1970.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #17 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #9 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #4 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #31 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #109 - Marvel Comics
• Marvel Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #42 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #11 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #125 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #58 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #60 - Marvel Comics

  November

• November 9: Brant Parker and Johnny Hart's The Wizard of Id makes its debut.
• November 11: Pat Tourret and Jenny Butterworth's Tiffany Jones makes its debut.
• Al Shapiro's Harry Chess makes his debut.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #18 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #10 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #32 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #110 - Marvel Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw #119 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #12 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #126 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #59 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #61 - Marvel Comics
• Two-Gun Kid #72 - Marvel Comics
• Uncanny X-Men #8 - Marvel Comics

  December

• December 1: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine Satanik is published and will run until 1974. In its first issue Max Bunker and Roberto Raviola 's Satanik makes its debut.
• December 7: Mars Ravelo and Mars T. Santana's Lastikman makes its debut.
• December 17: Morris and Pierre Vankeer start an editorial in Spirou, which launches the enduring term Ninth Art for the comics medium.
• Pat Masulli's Sarge Steel makes its debut.
• The Amazing Spider-Man #19 - Marvel Comics
• The Avengers #11 - Marvel Comics
• Daredevil #5 - Marvel Comics
• Fantastic Four #33 - Marvel Comics
• Journey into Mystery #111 - Marvel Comics
• Rawhide Kid #43 - Marvel Comics
• Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #13 - Marvel Comics
• Strange Tales #127 - Marvel Comics
• Tales of Suspense #60 - Marvel Comics
• Tales to Astonish #62 - Marvel Comics

  Deaths

January

• January 17: Percy Cocking, British comics artist, dies at age 82.

  February

• February 10: Charlie Pease, British comics artist, dies at age 59.
• February 28: Jens R. Nilssen, Norwegian illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 83.

  March

• March 23: Helge Forsslund, Swedish comics artist, dies at age 63.

  July

• July 1: Antonio Rubino, Italian comics artist, animator, playwright and poet, dies at age 84.
• July 9: Piet Broos, Dutch comics artist, passes away at age 53.

  August

• August 9: Fontaine Fox, American comics artist, dies at age 80.
• August 10: Carlo Cossio, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 57.

  September

• September 17: Jean Ray, aka John Flanders, Belgian novelist and comics writer, passes away at age 77.

  November

• November 5: Mabel Lucie Attwell, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 85.

  December

• December 8: Percy Crosby, American comics artist, dies at age 83.
• December 16: Phil Davis, American comics artist, dies at age 58 from a heart attack.
• December 28: Cliff Sterrett, American comics artist, dies at age 81.

  Specific date unknown

• Al Carreno, Mexican comics artist, dies at age 58 or 59.
• Yves Marie Marcel De Jaegher, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85.
• Bob Kuwahara, aka Bob Kay, Japanese-American animator and comics artist, dies at age 62 or 63.
• C. M. Payne, American comics artist, passes away at age 92 or 93.

  Conventions

• March 21–22: "Alley Tally" — organized by Jerry Bails at Bails' house with the purpose of counting "the Alley Award ballots for 1963;" attendees include Ronn Foss, Don Glut, Don and Maggie Thompson, Mike Vosburg, and Grass Green. Serves as a precursor to the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, which debuts in 1965.
• May 9–10: Unnamed convention — "several dozen" attendees; dealer room and film showings
• May 24: Unnamed convention — organized by teenagers Robert Brusch and Dave Szurek; c. 80 attendees; dealer room and film showings
• July 24: Tri-State Con a.k.a. "New York Comicon" — one-day convention organized by 16-year-old Bernie Bubnis and fellow enthusiast Ron Fradkin, c. 100 attendees; official guests include Steve Ditko, Flo Steinberg, and Tom Gill. Considered to be the first true comics convention.

  First issues by title

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

• Black Hand , in Green Lantern#29
• Mister Twister , in Brave and Bold#54
• Katma Tui, in Green Lantern#30
• Ultraman , in Justice League of America#29
• Power Ring , in Justice League of America#29
• Johnny Quick, in Justice League of America#29
• Superwoman, in Justice League of America#29
• Owlman , in Justice League of America#29
• Zatanna, in Hawkman #04
• Timber Wolf , in Adventure Comics #327
• Mento , in Doom Patrol #91
• Vril Dox, in Superman #167
• Monsieur Mallah, in Doom Patrol #86
• Mr. Nobody , in Doom Patrol #86
• Brain , in Doom Patrol #86
• T. O. Morrow, in The Flash #143
• Time Trapper, Adventure Comics #317
• Madame Rouge, in Doom Patrol #86
• Nura Nal, in Adventure Comics #317
• Dan Garret, in Blue Beetle #01
• Sarge Steel, in Sarge Steel #01
• Spider Girl, in Action Comics #323
• Garguax, in Doom Patrol #91
• Duplicate Boy, in Adventure Comics #324
• Beast Boy, in Adventure Comics #324
• Brain Storm, in Justice League of America #32

  Other publishers