Notable events of 1943 in comics. Events and publications Year overall January January 24: Milton Caniff's Male Call makes its debut. It will run until 3 March 1946. Action Comics (1938 series) #56 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #82 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #4 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #46 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #8, previously quarterly - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #10 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #22 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #17 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #27 marks the debut of Captain Triumph. - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #71 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #37 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #4 - Fawcett Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #10 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #6 - Timely Comics Krazy Komics (1942 series) #5 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #39 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #87 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #13 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #16 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #20 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #11 - Novelty Press Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
February February 19: Hergé's Tintin story Red Rackham's Treasure is prepublished in Le Soir. Edgar P. Jacobs draws Le Rayon U in Bravo magazine, which is the first Belgian science fiction comic. Action Comics (1938 series) #57 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #83 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #5 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #47 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #23 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #72 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #38 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #5 - Fawcett Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #7 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #40 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #88 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #14 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #17 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #12 - Novelty Press U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics
March March 4–5: Halfway the Tintin story Red Rackham's Treasure Professor Calculus makes his debut. Action Comics (1938 series) #58 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #84 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #6 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #48 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #9, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #24 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #28 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #73 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #39 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #6 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #41 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #89 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #15 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #18 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #1 - Novelty Press Superman (1939 series) #21 - DC Comics
Spring Issue
World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #9 - DC Comics
April René Bonnet's comic strip Fripounet debuts in the magazine Lettres aux Jeunes. The boy character Fripounet will receive a female friend in 1945, named Marisette. Action Comics (1938 series) #59 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #85 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #7 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #49 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #16 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics Batman (1940 series) #16: marks the debut of Batman's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth. - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #25 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #74 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #40 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #7 - Fawcett Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #11 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #8 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #42 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #90 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #16 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #19 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #2 - Novelty Press U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics
May May 10: Jack Sparling's Claire Voyant makes its debut. It will run until 1948. May 16: The final issue of the Italian comics magazine L'Avventuroso is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #60 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #8 - Hillman Periodicals All-Flash (1941 series) #10, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #26 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #29 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #75 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #41 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #8 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #43 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #91 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #17 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #20 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #22 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #3 - Novelty Press
June June 20: Harry Haenigsen's Penny makes its debut. It will run until 1970. Action Comics (1938 series) #61 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #86 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #9 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #50 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Batman (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #27 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #76 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #42 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #12 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #9 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #44 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #18 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #21 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #4 - Novelty Press
Summer Issue
World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #10 - DC Comics
July July 4: Jimmy Hatlo's Little Iodine receives her own spin-off comic. It will run until 1985. July 18: Kathleen O'Brien's Wanda the War Girl first appears in print. July 24: Steve Dowling's Garth makes its debut. It will run until 22 March 1997. Gilbert Lawford Dalton and Jack Glass's Wilson the Wonder Athlete makes its debut. July 26: Bombing of Hanover in World War II: During Allied bombings of the city center of Hanover the Wilhelm Busch Museum is destroyed, but it will be rebuilt after the war.http://www.karikatur-museum.de/230_Chronik_der_Wilhelm-Busch-Gesellschaft.html history July: In Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Good deeds, by Carl Barks; debut of Neighbor Jones (the character gets his definitive shape four month later, in the story Good Neighbours). July: Helnit Publishing regains the publishing rights for Captain Aero Comics and Cat-Man Comics from Holyoke Publishing. Action Comics (1938 series) #62 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #10 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #51 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #11, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #28 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #18 - Helnit Publishing Detective Comics (1937 series) #77 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #43 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #9 - Fawcett Comics Jolly Jingles #10 - MLJ Comics - marks the debut of Al Fagaly's Super Duck. Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #45 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #92 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #19 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #22 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #23 - DC Comics U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Wonder Woman (1942 series) #5 - DC Comics: marks the debut of the villain Doctor Psycho. Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics
August Action Comics (1938 series) #63 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #87 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #11 - Hillman Periodicals All-Star Comics (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #29 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #30 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #78 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #44 - DC Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #10 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #46 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #20 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #23 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #5 - Novelty Press
September September 10: The final episode of the Italian comics magazine Bertoldo is published. September 27: In Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck comic strip Grandma Duck makes her debut as a character (before she had only been seen in a framed picture, on 11 August 1940). Action Comics (1938 series) #64, with Toyman vs Superman - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #12 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #52 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #11 - Helnit Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #19 - Helnit Publishing Detective Comics (1937 series) #79 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #45 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #10 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #47 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #93 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #21 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #24 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics Superman (1939 series) #24 - DC Comics U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics
Fall Issue
All-Flash (1941 series) #12, previously quarterly - DC Comics World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #11 - DC Comics
October October 4: Alfred Andriola and Allen Saunders' Kerry Drake makes its debut. It will run until 1983. October 17: In an episode of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates Filip Corkin gives a patriotic speech about comradery in the U.S. army. The next day politician John Carl Hinshaw reads it to the Congressional Record. The page becomes a classic and will often be reprinted. October 23: Péricles de Andrade Maranhão, Péricles, launches the comic strip O Amigo da Onça. Action Comics (1938 series) #65 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #88 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #13 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #53 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #20 - Helnit Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #31 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #80 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #46 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #13 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #11 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #48 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #22 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #25 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #6 - Novelty Press
November November 1: The first episode of Roy Crane's Buz Sawyer is published. It will run until 21 April 1979. The first episode of Albert Chartier's newspaper comic Onésime is published, continuously for 59 years, until 2002.