Comic-book History Timeline by Luke Williams Powell (original pad at https://padlet.com/lukewilliamspow/wtgalmjtwq5w) by Michelle Overman https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96 ADD MORE OF YOUR FAVORITES to this timeline of Comic Book history since 1895. en-us 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC 2026-01-28 22:42:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/504557027/6d5f0702e68d503eba6f06a06462a468/FB_Logo1.jpg The Yellow Kid lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984409 The yellow kid is supposes to be the first comic strip to be made as part of a newspaper from 1895 to 1898.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984409 First comic book lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984411 1934 The first time a group of comic strips were ever put into a comic-book format

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984411 Katzenjammer Kids lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984412 This was the first comic strip to use speech bubbles

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984412 Skippy's own book of comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984413 1934 This publication is devoted entirely to the title character of Percy Crosby's wildly popular 'kid' strip. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984413 Kings Comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984415 1936 The first publication of Kings Comics is released

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984415 DC Comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984416 1937 Detective Comics #1 is published. This is the first DC Comic published, notable for it's use of original material. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984416 Action Comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984421 1938 Action Comics #1 is published in June. It contains many features, but it's cover feature, Superman, is the one who explodes onto the scene and transforms comic books into a cultural force. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984421 Firs Appearance Of Batman lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984423 1939 Detective Comics #27 is published in May. Batman is introduced to the world as the second major superhero.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984423 Marvel Mystery Comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984424 Marvel Mystery Comics is published in November. This comic introduces a double serving of big characters: The Torch and the Sub-Mariner. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984424 Planet Comics.... lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984425 1940 Fiction House, a major publisher of pulps, enters the world of comics with Jungle Comics and Planet Comics, both released in January. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984425 ...Jungle comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984426 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984426 Captain Marvel lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984428 Whiz Comics #2 hits in February. Captain Marvel becomes a strong character who eventually gives Superman a run for his money. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984428 Shadow Comics lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984430 The Shadow makes his first comic book appearance- Shadow Comics #1 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984430 Green Hornet lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984431 Green Hornet Comics starts. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984431 Doc Savage Comic lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984432 Doc Savage Comics starts.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984432 Wonder Woman lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984434 All Star Comics #8 introduces Wonder Woman, a psychologist's answer to the blood-curdling masculinity found in many comics. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984434 The Flash lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984435 Flash Comics #1 is released.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984435 Captain America lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984437 1941 Captain America is brought to the world. Long before the US enters WWII, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby send a superhero to fight the Fuhrer. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984437 Daredevil lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984438 Daredevil Comics begins in July. The title character is not the same one that is later published by Marvel, but a particularly fierce Mystery Man with a Red and Blue costume. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984438 Plastic Man lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984440 Plastic Man has his first appearance in August's Police Comics #1. Plastic Man was a humorous superhero who was a reformed criminal. The Tales of Plas (as he was fondly nicknamed) were told with an energetic mastery that set Jack Cole's work apart. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984440 The Green Lama  lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984441 1944 The adventures of The Green Lama start. A superhero trained by monks in the Himalayas, The Green Lama featured the slender figures and elegant line of Mac Raboy from December onward. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984441 Crypt Of Terror lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984442 1950 Crypt of Terror is introduced in April, bringing the world the first EC horror comic, and beginning the 'New Trend.' Crypt of Terror evolves into Tales from the Crypt. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984442 The Comics Code lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984443 1954 The Comics Code is announced. This is a self censoring set of rules, that was very limiting in its original incarnation. A crippling force on creativity, it ruled whole genres out of existence. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984443 The Flash Re-vamped  lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984444 1956 Showcase #4 (Sept-Oct issue) introduces the new Flash, starting a revival of classic superheros, and brings their popluarity up from their low status in the early 50s. This story by Bob Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, started the Silver Age. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984444 The Green Lantern lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984445 1960 Green Lantern #1 (July-August issue) gives a series to another Silver Age revival. Lovingly drawn by Gil Kane, Green Lantern's adventures often took him to bizarre alien landscapes where he use his ring to create any tool that he imagined in order to dispense justice.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984445 The Fantastic Four lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984446 1961 Fantastic Four #1 Once upon a time Marvel was a publisher of monster comics. The first foray into Superheroes to come from under the Marvel banner was revolutionary. 
The cover shows a transition from monsters, and the FF didn't even show up in costume till the third issue. Unlike all the heroes before, the FF bickered, argued, got tangled up in love triangles, and even had moments of doubt. They made no effort to have a secret identity, they simply acted like the celebrities they were. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984446 Atom lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984447 Atom #1 (Jun-July issue) Another superhero revival, this one from Gardner Fox and Gil Kane.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984447 The Incredible Hulk lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984448 Incredible Hulk #1 (May issue) introduces Bruce Banner's tortured selves to the world. This revolutionary comic mixed Frankenstein and the notion of superheroes, while dealing with the Atomic Age in a mostly serious fashion.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984448 Thor lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984449 For August, Journey into Mystery debuts the adventures of Thor

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984449 Spider Man lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984450 1963 Amazing Fantasy #15 (March issue), the last issue of that failed title features the premiere of Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Unlike earlier heroes, Spider-Man had moments of selfishness, particularly in his origin, doubt, failures, and shortcomings. The Marvel revolution had found its posterboy.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984450 Dr Strange lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984451 In a July issue, The first Dr.Strange story runs it's course in Strange Tales. The Sorcere Supreme adds a new element to comics. Some readers considered Ditko's bizarre imagery as reference to psychedelics. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984451 The Avengers lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984453 The Avengers, Marvel's resident superteam, make their debut in a September issue. Their original members are Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Ant Man, and The Wasp. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984453 The X-Men lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984456 The X-Men, Lee and Kirby's prep school superheroes, begin the run of their ill-fated original title. 

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984456 Nick Fury lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984457

1966 by March, Jim Steranko's handling all the art duties on the Nick Fury stories. As a combination of Bond-era superspies, psychedelia, and surrealism, Steranko's Fury work is both legendary and eye-popping.


]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984457 Changes In The Comics Code lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984459 1970 Major changes to the self censoring Comics Code are announced.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984459 Luke Cage lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984461 1972 Hero for Hire #1 -Roy Thomas and John Romita (or their editors) think up this attempt to channel black action films such as Shaft. (June Issue)

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984461 X-men lukewilliamspow https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984463 1975 -Giant-Size X-Men#1 by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum introduces the new team of X-men.  Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Colossus become wildly popular.

]]> 2020-04-30 06:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/540984463 People of the Graphic Novel zestyteacher https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/643969934 Historical Overview]]> 2020-06-30 13:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zestyteacher/4mbivldxcv95qo96/wish/643969934