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This is a list of comics-related events in 1972.

Events[]

Year overall[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

October[]

  • Date with Debbi, with issue #18 (October /November cover date), is cancelled by DC.
  • Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1: new series by writer/artist Jack Kirby is launched by DC Comics with an October/November cover date).
  • New Gods, with issue #11 (October /November cover date), is temporarily cancelled by DC (it is revived with issue #12 in 1977).
  • Silver Age inker Sid Greene dies at age 66.

November[]

December[]

Conventions[]

  • Phoenixcon (Phoenix, Arizona)

Awards[]

Shazam Awards[]

Presented in 1973 for comics published in 1972:

First issue by title[]

DC Comics[]

The Demon

Release: August /September Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby. Inker: Mike Royer.[14]

Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth

Release: October /November Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby. Inker: Mike Royer.

Supergirl

Release: November. Editor: Dorothy Woolfolk.

Swamp Thing

Release: October /November Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Bernie Wrightson.

Weird Mystery Tales

Release: July/August Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell.

Weird Worlds

Release: September. Editor: Dennis O'Neil.

Marvel Comics[]

The Cat

Release: November. Writers: Roy Thomas and Linda Fite. Artists: Marie Severin and Wally Wood.

Chamber of Chills

Release: November Writer: Steve Englehart. Editor: Roy Thomas.

The Defenders

Release: August. Writer: Steve Englehart. Artists: Sal Buscema and Frank Giacoia.

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

Release: October. Writers: Roy Thomas (plot) and Steve Englehart (script). Artists: Ross Andru and Jim Mooney.

Hero for Hire

Release: June. Writers: Roy Thomas, John Romita, and Archie Goodwin. Artists: George Tuska and Billy Graham.

Journey into Mystery (vol. 2)

Release: October. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Jungle Action

Release: October. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Marvel Premiere

Release: April. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Gil Kane and Dan Adkins.

Marvel Team-Up

Release: March. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

Marvel Triple Action

Release: February. Reprints early issues of The Avengers and Fantastic Four.

The Mighty World of Marvel

Release: October 7 (weekly) by Marvel UK.

Night Nurse

Release: November. Writer: Jean Thomas. Artist: Winslow Mortimer.

Shanna the She-Devil

Release: September. Writers: Carole Seuling and Steve Gerber. Artists: George Tuska and Vince Colletta.

Supernatural Thrillers

Release: December. Writers: Theodore Sturgeon (original story) and Roy Thomas (adaptation). Artists: Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia.

The Tomb of Dracula

Release: April. Writer: Gerry Conway. Artist: Gene Colan.

Werewolf by Night

Release: September. Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: Mike Ploog and Frank Chiaramonte.

Other publishers[]

Archie at Riverdale High

Release: August by Archie Comics.

Captain Paragon

Release: by Paragon Publications. Writer/Artist: Bill Black.

Midnight Tales

Release: December by Charlton. Artist: Wayne Howard.

Mystery Comics Digest

Release: March by Gold Key Comics.

The Rose of Versailles (Berusaiyu no Bara)

Release: May 21 by Margaret magazine (Shueisha). Writer/artist: Riyoko Ikeda.

Wimmen's Comix

Release: November by Last Gasp.

Initial appearance by character name[]

DC Comics[]

Marvel Comics[]

Independent publishers[]

References[]

  1. Stroud, Bryan (May 2013). "Metamorpho in Action Comics". Back Issue (TwoMorrows Publishing) (64): 22–27. 
  2. Wells, John (May 2013). "The Master Crime-File of Jason Bard". Back Issue (TwoMorrows Publishing) (64): 39–43. 
  3. Greenberger, Robert (May 2013). "Green Lantern The Emerald Backups". Back Issue (TwoMorrows Publishing) (64): 3–9. 
  4. Larnick, Eric (October 30, 2010). The Rutland Halloween Parade: Where Marvel and DC First Collided. ComicsAlliance.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved on December 5, 2011.
  5. Cronin, Brian (October 1, 2010). Comic Book Legends Revealed #280. ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved on December 5, 2011.
  6. Amazing Adventures #16 (Jan. 1973), Justice League of America #103 (Dec. 1972), and Thor #207 (Jan. 1973) at the Grand Comics Database
  7. Ayres, Bruce. "The EC Convention Report," The Vault of Mindless Fellowship #2. (Wildwood Press, Ltd., 1972), pp. 8-10, 28.
  8. Beerbohm, Robert. "Comics Dealer Extraordinaire Robert Beerbohm: In His Own Words," Comic-Convention Memories (Jan. 6, 2010).
  9. "1972 Comic Art Convention Luncheon," The Jack Kirby Collector #8 (Jan. 1996), pp. 12-16.
  10. Beerbohm, Robert. "Update to Comics Dealer Extraordinaire Robert Beerbohm: In His Own Words," Comic-Convention Memories (June 24, 2010).
  11. Yates, Ronald. "Nostalgia Show Here a Pageant of the Past," Chicago Tribune (July 23, 1972), p. a14.
  12. Skinn, Dez. "Early days of UK comics conventions and marts," DezSkinn.com. Accessed Mar. 3, 2013.
  13. Ayres, Bruce. "Editorials," The Vault of Mindless Fellowship #2 (Wildwood Press, Ltd., 1972). pp. 30-32.
  14. McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1970s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "While his "Fourth World" opus was winding down, Jack Kirby was busy conjuring his next creation, which emerged not from the furthest reaches of the galaxy but from the deepest pits of Hell. Etrigan was hardly the usual Kirby protagonist." 
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