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1963 in comics

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Notable events of 1963 in comics.

Events

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Year overall

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  • In Italy, Diabolik, started softly the previous year, becomes a growing success and finds its definitive shape. In a series of classic stories (The elusive criminal, Diabolik arrested, Atrocious revenge, Buried alive) Diabolik begins to use the Jaguar E-Type, the rubber masks and the shelters, leaves his cover identity as Walter Dorian, ends dramatically his affair with the nurse Elisabeth Gray and begins a long love-story with Eva Kant.

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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First appearance of the Wasp

July

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August

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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 2: Joaquín Buigas, Spanish comics writer (La familia Ulises), dies at age 76.
  • January 18: Francisco Valença, Portuguese comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 80.[28]

February

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  • February 18: Vadim Lazarkevich, Russian-Bulgarian illustrator and comics artist (Vesel Putniks Balloon, The Little Barber), dies at age 67.[29]
  • February 26: Charles Folkard, British illustrator and comics artist (Teddy Tail), dies at age 84.[30]

March

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  • March 23: Maurice Boyer, aka Moriss, French actor, comedian, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, dies at age 88.[31]
  • Specific date in March unknown: Koos Schadée, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age.[32]

May

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  • May 3: Alejandro Del Prado, aka Calé, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist (Buenos Aires Intimo), dies at age 37.[33]

July

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  • July 2: Alicia Patterson, American publisher and comics writer (Deathless Deer), dies at age 56 of complications following stomach surgery for an ulcer.
  • July 7: François-Joseph Herman, Belgian comics artist (worked for Studio Vandersteen and made several one-shot stories of his own for Tintin), dies at age 31.[34]

August

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  • August 16: Ralph Fuller, American comics artist (Oaky Doaks), dies at age 73.[35]
  • August 30: Jan Lunde, Norwegian comics artist (Pappa og Pjokken, Skomakker Bekk of Tvililligene Hans, Professor Skjeel, Dimpen og Dumpen), dies at age 74.[36]
  • August 31: Willem Gerrit van de Hulst Sr., Dutch novelist and comics writer (In de Soete Suikerbol[37]), dies at age 83.[38]

September

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  • September 19: David Low, New Zealand-British cartoonist and comics artist (Colonel Blimp), dies at age 62.[39]
  • September 20: Jan Wiegman, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 79.[40]

October

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  • October 9: Leonard Sansone, American comics artist (Wolf Man, Willie), dies in a traffic accident at age 46.[41]
  • October 23: Clarence D. Russell, American comics artist (Pete the Tramp, The Tucker Twins), dies at age 68.[42]
  • October 25: Lewis Baumer, British caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93.[43]

December

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  • December 1: Jimmy Hatlo, American comics artist (They'll Do It Every Time, Little Iodine), dies at age 65.[44]
  • December 12: Wynne W. Davies, Australian illustrator and comics artist (The Strange Adventures of Percy the Pommy), dies at age 71.[45]
  • December 18: Bruce Russell, aka Bruce Barr, American sports cartoonist and comics artist (Rollo Rollingstone), dies at age 60.[46]

Specific date unknown

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  • Shaka Bontaro, Japanese comic artist (drew an illegal Mickey Mouse comic), dies at age 71 or 72. [47]
  • Gilbert Lawford Dalton, British comics writer (Wilson the Wonder Athlete), dies at age 48 or 49.
  • Andrés Guevara, Paraguayan illustrator and comics artist (Blanca Nieve y Pío-Pío), dies at age 58 or 59.[48]
  • Katsuishi Kabashima, Japanese illustrator and comic artist (The Adventures of Sho-Chan), dies at age 74 or 75.[49]
  • Harry Mace, American comics artist (Amy), dies at age 40.[50]
  • Arthur Mansbridge, British illustrator and comics artist (worked for the magazine Golden), dies at age 85.[51]
  • Pierre Saint-Loup, French comic artist (L'Oncle Pacifique), dies at age 68 or 69.[52]
  • Les Such, Australian comics artist (Buster Braddock, Rip Weston), dies at age 62 or 63.[53]
  • Arnold Warden, British comics artist (Snowdrop's Zoo, Tuffy and His Magic Tail), dies at age 70 or 71.[54]

Awards

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First issues by title

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DC Comics

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Metal Men

Release: April/May. Writer: Robert Kanigher. Artist: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito

Marvel Comics

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The Amazing Spider-Man

Release: March. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Steve Ditko

The Avengers

Release: September. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos

Release: May. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

The X-Men

Release: September. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

Other publishers

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Das Kampf

Release: by Vaughn Bodē (self-published). Writer/Artist: Vaughn Bodē

Initial appearance by character name

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DC Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Independent publishers

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References

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  15. ^ "Jacques Devos". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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  17. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 109: "The two-part 'Crisis on Earth-One!' and 'Crisis on Earth-Two!' saga represented the first use of the term 'Crisis' in crossovers, as well as the designations 'Earth-1' and 'Earth-2'. In it editor Julius Schwartz, [writer Gardner] Fox, and artist Mike Sekowsky devised a menace worthy of the World's Greatest Heroes."
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  28. ^ "Francisco Valença". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  29. ^ "Vadim Lazarkevich". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  30. ^ "Charles James Folkard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  31. ^ "Moriss". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  32. ^ "Koos Schadée". lambiek.net.
  33. ^ "Calé". lambiek.net.
  34. ^ "François-Joseph Herman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  35. ^ "Ralph Briggs Fuller". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  36. ^ "Jan Lunde". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  37. ^ "W. G. van de Hulst Jr". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  38. ^ "W.G.van de Hulst-site". www.wgvandehulst.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  39. ^ "David Low". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  40. ^ "Jan Wiegman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  41. ^ "Leonard Sansone". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  42. ^ "Clarence D. Russell". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  43. ^ "Lewis Baumer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  44. ^ "James Hatlo". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  45. ^ "Wynne W. Davies". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  46. ^ "Bruce Russell". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  47. ^ "Shaka Bontaro". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  48. ^ "Andrés Guevara". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  49. ^ "Katsuishi Kabashima". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  50. ^ "Harry Mace". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  51. ^ "Arthur Mansbridge". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  52. ^ "Pierre Saint-Loup". lambiek.net. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  53. ^ "Les Such". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  54. ^ "Arnold Warden". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.