1939

The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1939:

• Magnus
• Rico Rival
• Michael Moorcock
• Sanho Kim
• Harvey Pekar
• Dennis O'Neil
• Ronn Foss
• Walter Velez
• Al Kurzrok
• Greg Hildebrandt
• Natalio Zirulnik
• Jean Van Hamme
• Tim Hildebrandt
• Gino Marchesi
• Trevor Metcalfe
• Robert Nixon
• John Cleese
• Luciano Secchi
• Ruben Sosa
• Luciano Bernasconi
• Peter Wiechmann
• Copi
• Herbert Trimpe
• Wes Craven

The following creative talent passed away in the year 1939:

• Carl E. Schultze

The following Animated Shorts debuted with a 1939 air date:

• Bars and Stripes Forever
• Believe It Or Else
• Chicken Jitters
• Detouring America
• Dog Gone Modern
• Fagin's Freshman
• Fresh Fish
• Hobo Gadget Band
• It's an Ill Wind
• Jeepers Creepers
• Kristopher Kolumbus Jr.
• Little Brother Rat
• Naughty But Mice
• Naughty Neighbors
• Old Glory
• Pied Piper Porky
• Polar Pals
• Porky and Teabiscuit
• Porky the Giant Killer
• Porky's Hotel
• Porky's Movie Mystery
• Porky's Picnic
• Porky's Tire Trouble
• Scalp Trouble
• Screwball Football
• Sioux Me
• Snow Man's Land
• The Curious Puppy
• The Film Fan
• The Good Egg (Merrie Melodies)
• The Lone Stranger and Porky
• Wise Quacks

The following Live Action films debuted with a 1939 air date:

• No Live Action films debuted in 1939.

The following comic titles debuted with a 1939 cover date:

• Fantastic Comics Vol 1
• Four Color Vol 1
• Mystery Men Comics Vol 1
• Smash Comics Vol 1
• Feature Comics Vol 1
• New York World's Fair Comics Vol 1
• All-American Comics Vol 1
• Movie Comics Vol 1
• Top-Notch Comics Vol 1
• Blue Ribbon Comics Vol 1
• Silver Streak Comics Vol 1
• Wonder Comics (Fox) Vol 1
• Keen Komics Vol 1
• Best Comics Vol 1
• Wonderworld Comics Vol 1
• Amazing Man Comics Vol 1
• Speed Comics Vol 1
• Large Feature Comic Vol 1
• Magic Comics Vol 1
• Blue Beetle Vol 1
• Marvel Comics Vol 1
• Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1
• Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1
• Mutt & Jeff Vol 1
• Superman Vol 1

The following Comic titles were last published with a 1939 cover date:

• Feature Funnies Vol 1
• Movie Comics Vol 1
• Star Comics Vol 1
• The Comics Vol 1
• Little Giant Comics Vol 1
• Little Giant Detective Funnies Vol 1
• Wonder Comics (Fox) Vol 1
• Funny Picture Stories Vol 1
• Keen Komics Vol 1
• Star Ranger Funnies Vol 1
• Marvel Comics Vol 1
• Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Vol 1

The following One Shots were published with a 1939 cover date:

• Uncle Joe's Funnies Vol 1
• Captain Easy Vol 1
• Marvel Comics Vol 1

The following pulp titles debuted with a 1939 cover date:

• No Pulps debuted in 1939.

The following pulp titles were last published with a 1939 cover date:

• No Pulps were cancelled in 1939.

The following characters debuted with a 1939 cover date:

• Blane Whitney (Earth-MLJ)
• Walter Whitney (Earth-MLJ)
• John Cardy (Earth-MLJ)

• Wonder Man (Fox Publications)
• Stardust the Super Wizard
• Flame (comics)
• Shock Gibson
• Phantom Blot
• Joe Chill
• Ka-Zar (magazine)
• Batman
• Invisible Hood
• Wizard (Archie Comics)
• List of DC Comics characters named Batman
• American Ace (Timely Comics)
• Eye (Centaur Publications)
• Doctor Death (character)
• Human Torch (android)
• Phineas Horton
• Shazam (wizard)

The following characters last appeared with a 1939 cover date:

• No characters had a final appearance in 1939.