A Brief History of Comic Books

A Brief History of Comics
Golden Age
	The Adventure of Tin Tin #1. Belgium: Casterman, 1934. Georges Rimi's incredibly popular French comic debuts
	New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1. New York: National Allied Publications, 1935. This was the first comic book series to feature original content instead newspaper comic reprints and the first comic of the company that would later become DC Comics.
	Detective Comics #1. New York: DC Comics, 1937. The flagship of DC comics, this series is the longest, continuously running comic in the United States.
	Action Comics #1. New York: DC Comics, 1938. First Appearance of Superman
	Detective Comics #27. New York: DC Comics, 1939. First appearance of Batman
	Marvel Comics #1. New York: Timely Publications, 1939. The first edition of 80,000 sold out prompting a second edition of 800,000, which also sold out
	Superman V1 #1. New York: DC Comics, 1939. First appearance of Superman's parents and kryptonite
	All Star Comics #3. New York: DC Comics, 1940. First meeting of the Justice League of America
	Batman V1 #1. New York: DC Comics, 1940. First appearance of the Joker and Cat (later Catwoman)
	Detective Comics #38. New York: DC Comics, 1940. First appearance of Robin
	Flash Comics #1. New York: DC Comics, 1940. First appearance of the Flash
	More Fun Comics #52. New York: DC Comics, 1940. First appearance of The Spectre
	Pep Comics #22. New York: MLJ/Archie Comics, 1940. Debut of Archie Andrews
	Whiz Comics #2. New York: Fawcett Comics, 1940. First appearance of Captain Marvel
	Eisner, Will. The Spirit, 1940. A Sunday newspaper comic book insert which debuted June 2, 1940
	All Star Comics #8. New York: DC Comics, 1941. First appearance of Wonder Woman
	Captain America Comics V1 #1. New York: Timely/Atlas Comics, 1941. First appearance of Captain America
	Classics Illustrated #1 - The Three Musketeers. New York: Elliot/Gilberton Publishing, 1941. A graphic abridgement of Alexander Dumas' novel. The series was edited by Lewis Kanter
	More Fun Comics #73. New York: DC Comics, 1941. First appearance of Aquaman and The Green Arrow
	Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #1. New York: Fiction House, 1942. The first female character with her own comic book.
	More Fun Comics #101. New York: DC Comics, 1945. First appearance of Superboy
	All-American Comics #16. New York: DC Comics, 1949. First appearance of the Green Lantern
	Crypt of Terror #17. New York: EC Comics, 1950. Second appearance of the Crypt Keeper (the first was Crime Patrol #15). Series later renamed as Tales from the Crypt
	Two-Fisted Tales #18. New York: EC Comics, 1950. This series marks a shift in war comics
	Mad Magazine #1. New York: Educational Comics, 1952. Originally edited by Harvey Kurtzman
	1954 Dr. Frederick Wertham releases Seduction of the Innocents
	1954 Comic Code Authority
	Detective Comics #225. New York: DC Comics, 1955. First appearance of the Martian Manhunter
	Showcase V1 #4. New York: DC Comics, 1956. First appearance of The Flash
	Showcase V1 #9. New York: DC Comics, 1957. Escalation of romance in this issue led to Lois Lane's own comic, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane
	Adventure Comics #247. New York: DC Comics, 1958. First Meeting of the Legion of Super Heroes
	Action Comics #252. New York: DC Comics, 1959. First appearance of Super Girl
	Showcase V1 #22. New York: DC Comics, 1959. First Hal Jordan Green Lantern
	The Brave and The Bold V1 #28. New York: DC Comics, 1960. First meeting of the Justice League of America in Silver Age
	Fantastic Four V1 #1. New York: Marvel Comics, 1961. The first superhero team comic series
Onto the Silver Age