Notable events of 1948 in comics.
Events and publications
Year Overall
January
February
March
Spring
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
March
May
Specific date unknown
Deaths
January
March
- : Mary Tourtel, British illustrator and comics artist (Rupert Bear), dies at age 74.
- : Freddie Langeler, Dutch comics artist (Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak, Bobby den Speurder, Barendje Kwik, Bello Blafmeier), dies at age 49.
- : Wally Wallgren, American comics artist (Inbad the Sailor, Tired Timothy, Helpful Hints, Hoosegow Herman), dies at age 65.
April
- : Wallace Morgan, American illustrator and comics artist (a comic strip adaptation of the novel Cluny Brown), dies at age 72 or 73.
May
- : Herbert Morton Stoops, American illustrator and comics artist (continued Have You Seen Alonso?), dies at age 60.
- : Vincent Krassousky, A.K.A. Vica, Russian-French comics writer and artist (Vica), dies at age 45.
June
- : Jimmy Frise, Canadian comics artist (Life's Little Comedies, later Birdseye Centre), dies at age 57.
July
August
- : Feliu Elias, aka Apa, Spanish caricaturist, painter, art critic and comics artist (Las Hazañas del Pitafras), dies at age 59.
September
October
- : Bert Green, British animator and comics artist (Stella and Gertie, Kids), dies at age 63.
- : Ippei Okamoto, Japanese manga artist (Kuma o Tazumete, Tanpô Gashu, Kanraku, Match no Bou, Monomiyusan), dies at age 62.
November
December
- : Fukujiro Yokoi, Japanese comics artist (Putchar in Wonderland), dies at age 36 from TB.
Specific date unknown
- Jack Farr, American comics artist (Little Willie, Mr. Jolt, Chubby, If They Came Back And Did It Over Again Today, Bringing Up Bill, Bradley, Vitamin Vic, Donny the Dreamer, Gadget Man, Iron Munro, Romeo the Robot, Three-Ring Binks), dies at age 48 or 49.
- Christian Haugen, Norwegian novelist and comics writer, whose stories were adapted into comics by Arent Christensen, dies at age 53 or 54.
- Joan GarcÃÂa Junceda, Spanish illustrator and comics artist (Les ExtraordinÃÂ ries Aventures d'en Massagran), dies at age 66 or 67.
First issues by title
DC Comics
Dell Comics
Marvel Comics (Timely, Atlas)
Other publishers
Comic strips
Renamed titles
Initial appearances by character name
- Cowboy Marshall in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
- Evil Star in All Star Comics #44 (December), created by John Broome and Irwin Hasen - DC Comics
- Fiddler (comics) in All-Flash #32 (January), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Jor-El in Superman #53 (August), created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - DC Comics
- Larry Lance in Flash Comics #92 (February), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
- Mad Hatter, in Batman #49 (October), created by Bill Finger and Lew Sayre Schwartz - DC Comics
- Merry Pemberton in Star-Spangled Comics #81 (June), created by Otto Binder and Win Mortimer - DC Comics
- Nighthawk (DC Comics) in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Riddler in Detective Comics #140 (October), created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang - DC Comics
- Rodeo Rick in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Serafino by Egidio Gherlizza in Gaie Fantasie (Edizioni Alpe)
- Star Sapphire (comics) in All-Flash Comics #32 (December), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Vicki Vale in Batman #49 (October), created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger - DC Comics
- Wyoming Kid in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
References