Notable events of 1975 in comics.

Events and publications

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Year overall

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January

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February

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  • February 4: Cosey launches his comic series Jonathan in Tintin. [3]
  • The final issue of the Lucky Luke monthly magazine is published.[4]

Spring

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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  • August 13: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Spike, brother of Snoopy, makes his debut.[18]
  • August 16: Jean-Pierre Girerd's On à Volé la Coupe Stanley is serialized in La Presse. The story will run until 19 June 1976.[19]
  • Uncanny X-Men #94 — first issue of title featuring the new X-Men. Written by Chris Claremont; he will write the title continuously for the next 17 years.

Fall

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  • Atlas/Seaboard Comics folds, after parts of two years in business, having published 23 comics titles and five comics magazines.

September

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October

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November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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Births

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Deaths

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January

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  • January 4: Bob Montana, American comics artist (Archie Comics), dies at age 54 of a heart attack.[30]
  • January 19: Marino Benejam Ferrer, Spanish comics artist (La Familia Ulises, Morcillón y Babalí, Los Grandes Inventos de TBO), dies at age 84.[31]

February

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  • February 9: Blanche Dumoulin, aka Davine, Belgian comics artist and writer (Spirou, Les Aventures de Zizette), dies from cancer at age 80.[32]
  • February 20: Artie Simek, American comics letterer (Marvel Comics), dies at age 59.
  • February 28: Robert Lips, Swiss comics artist (Globi), dies at age 62.[33]

March

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  • March 2: Salvador Mestres, Spanish animator and comics artist (Tom Relámpango, El Tresoro Maldito, Mae Blond la Mujer Fantasma, El Héroe Público No. 1 contra el Enemigo Público No. 1, Gong!, Guerra en la Estratosfera), dies at age 64 or 65.[34]

April

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  • April 3: Otto Soglow, American comics artist (The Little King), dies at age 74.[35]
  • April 11: Huibert Vet, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 55.[36]
  • April 19: Jim Navoni, American comics artist (continued Have You Seen Alonso?), dies at age 87.[37]
  • May 1: José Peñarroya, Spanish comics artist (Don Pío, Calixto, Gordito Relleno, Don Berrinche, Pedrusco Brutote, La Familia Pi, Floripondia Piripi, Viborita, Pepe, el Hincha, Don José Calmoso, Pitagorín), dies at age 64 or 65.[38]
  • May 8: George Baker, American comics artist (The Sad Sack), dies at age 59.[39]
  • May 10: Walt Spouse, American comic artist (The Wonderland of Oz), dies at age 81. [40]
  • May 25: Pal Korcsmaros, Hungarian journalist, illustrator and comic artist (comics based on literary classics), dies at age 61.[41]

June

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  • June 3: Victor Dancette, French playwright and comics writer (La Bête est Morte), dies at age 74. [42]
  • June 25: Gus Schrotter, Austrian-American comic artist and illustrator (Dan'l Flannel), dies at age 74.[43]

July

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August

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  • August 5: Bob Karp, American comics writer (The Donald Duck newspaper comic), dies at age 64.
  • August 6: Horacio Rodríguez Suría, Cuban comics artist (Bola de Nieve, Mango Macho y Cascarita, Pelusa y Pimienta, El Profesor Timbeque), dies at age 73.[46]
  • August 13:
  • August 17: René Bastard, French comics artist (Yves Le Loup), dies at age 74.[49]
  • August 22: Lancelot Hogben, British experimental zoologist and medical statistician (author of From Cave Paintings to Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope of Human Communication), dies at age 79.[50]

September

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  • September 15: Carlos Conti, Spanish comics writer (Felipe Gafe, Superlópez), and artist (El Loco Carioco, Apolino Tarúguez, hombre de negocios, Mi tío Magdaleno, La vida adormilada de Morfeo Pérez, Don Fisgón, Don Alirón, El doctor No y su ayudante Sí), dies at age 59.[51]

October

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  • October 2: Ton van Tast, Dutch illustrator, caricaturist, painter, lithographer and comics artist (De Daverende Dingen Dezer Dagen), dies at age 91.[52]
  • October 26: Asmo Alho, Finnish comics artist (Kieku ja Kaiku), dies at age 72.[53]

November

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December

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  • December 13: John Millar Watt, British comics artist (Pop), dies at age 80.[56]
  • December 14: Ben Thompson, American comics artist (Listen to This One, The Masked Marvel, Hydroman, Rainbow Boy, The Music Master), dies at age 69.[57]
  • December 18: Ray Bailey, American animator and comics artist (Vesta West, Bruce Gentry, Space Cadet Tom Corbett), dies at age 62.[58]
  • December 24: Harold Mack, British animator and comics artist (Les Aventures des Deux Barbus), dies at the age 67.[59]

Specific date unknown

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  • Arturo Lanteri, Argentine comics artist and film director (Les Aventuras de Negro Raúl, Don Pancho Talero, Anacleto), dies at age 93 or 94.[60]
  • Sergej Solovjev, Russian-Serbian comics atist dies at age 73 or 74.[61]

Exhibitions and shows

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Conventions

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Awards

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First issues by title

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DC Comics

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Batman Family

Release: September /October Editor: Julius Schwartz.[70]

Beowulf

Release: April /May. Writer: Michael Uslan. Artist: Ricardo Villamonte.[71]

Claw the Unconquered

Release: May/June. Writer: David Michelinie. Artist: Ernie Chua.[72]

First Issue Special

Release: April. Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.[73]

Hercules Unbound

Release: October /November Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: José Luis García-López and Wally Wood.[74][75]

The Joker: arguably the first regular series to feature a villain.

Release: May. Writer: Dennis O'Neil. Artist: Irv Novick and Dick Giordano.[76]

Justice, Inc.

Release: May/June. Writer: Dennis O'Neil. Artist: Al McWilliams.[77]

Kong the Untamed

Release: June/July. Writer: Jack Oleck. Artist: Alfredo Alcala.[78]

Man-Bat

Release: December 1975/January 1976. Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: Steve Ditko and Al Milgrom.[79]

Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter

Release: April /May. Writer: Jim Dennis. Artist: Leo Duranona.[80]

Secrets of Haunted House

Release: April /May. Editor: Joe Orlando.

Sherlock Holmes

Release: September /October Writers: Denny O'Neil (adaptation) and Arthur Conan Doyle (original story). Artists: E.R. Cruz.

Stalker

Release: June/July. Writer: Paul Levitz. Artist: Steve Ditko.[81]

Super-Team Family

Release: October/November Editor: Gerry Conway.[82]

Tales of Ghost Castle

Release: May/June Editor: Tex Blaisdell.

Tor: first DC issue, featuring reprints of a Kubert character created in 1953.

Release: May/June Writer/Artist: Joe Kubert.[83]

Marvel Comics

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The Champions

Release: October. Writer: Tony Isabella. Artists: Don Heck and Mike Esposito.[84]

Doc Savage: Man of Bronze

Release: August by Curtis Magazines. Writer: Doug Moench. Artists: John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga.

Giant-Size Chillers

Release: February.

Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up

Release: March. Editor: Roy Thomas.[85][86]

Giant-Size X-Men

Release: May. Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Dave Cockrum.[14]

The Inhumans

Release: October. Writer: Doug Moench. Artists: George Pérez and Frank Chiaramonte.[87]

The Invaders

Release: August. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Frank Robbins and Vince Colletta.[88]

Kull and the Barbarians

Release: May by Curtis Magazines. Writer/Editor: Roy Thomas.

Marvel Feature vol. 2

Release: November. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Marvel Presents

Release: October. Writer: John Warner. Artists: Mike Vosburg, Pat Boyette, and Bob McLeod.

Marvel Preview

Release: Winter by Magazine Management/Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Masters of Terror

Release: July by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Tony Isabella.

Skull the Slayer

Release: August. Writer: Marv Wolfman. Artist: Steve Gan.

Super-Villain Team-Up

Release: August. Writer: Tony Isabella.[85]

Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction

Release: January by Magazine Management/Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Other publishers

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Arcade

Release: Spring by The Print Mint. Editors: Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith.

Arzach

Artist/Writer: Jean Giraud.

Battle Picture Weekly

Release: March 8 by IPC Magazines. Editor: Pat Mills.

Big Apple Comix

Release: by Big Apple Productions. Editor: Flo Steinberg.

Captain Canuck

Release: July by Comely Comix. Writer/Artist: Richard Comely.
The Demon Hunter
Release: September by Atlas/Seaboard Comics. Writer: David Anthony Kraft Artist: Rich Buckler

Doomsday + 1

Release: July by Charlton Comics. Writer: Joe Gill. Artist: John Byrne.

Scary Tales

Release: August by Charlton Comics. Editor: George Wildman.

Zombie Hunter

Release: May by Kadokawa Shoten. Writer: Kazumasa Hirai. Artist: Yang Kyung-il

Canceled titles

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DC Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Curtis Magazines

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Other publishers

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Initial appearance by character name

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DC Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Other publishers

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