2012

The following creative talent passed away in the year 2012:

• Al Rio
• Pini Segna
• Giorgio De Gaspari
• Enrico Bagnoli
• Franco Urru
• Ezio Giglioli
• Francesco Gamba
• Antonio Segura
• Jim Unger
• Else Holmelund Minarik
• Blaine
• Ken Sansom
• John Severin
• Ernie Chan
• Joe Kubert
• Moebius
• Tony DeZuniga
• Hector Collazo
• Fran Matera
• Jean Simek
• Ron Muns
• Sergio Toppi
• Robert L. Washington III
• Sheldon Moldoff

The following Animated Shorts debuted with a 2012 air date:

• No cartoons debuted in 2012.

The following Live Action films debuted with a 2012 air date:

• No Live Action films debuted in 2012.

The following comic titles debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• No comics debuted in 2012.

The following Comic titles were last published with a 2012 cover date:

• No comics were cancelled in 2012.

The following One Shots were published with a 2012 cover date:

• No One Shots were published in 2012.

The following pulp titles debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• No Pulps debuted in 2012.

The following pulp titles were last published with a 2012 cover date:

• No Pulps were cancelled in 2012.

The following characters debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• Match (Earth-16)
• Flish (Farm League)
• Oliver Queen (Arrow)
• Dinah Laurel Lance (Arrow)

• Negan
• Gregory (The Walking Dead)
• Dwight (The Walking Dead)
• Nick Fury Jr.
• Harper Row
• Alpha (Marvel Comics)
• Cullen Bloodstone
• Apex (comics)
• Anachronism (comics)
• Deathlocket
• Hummingbird (comics)
• Nara (comics)
• David Graves (character)
• S-Men
• Sludge (Transformers)

The following characters last appeared with a 2012 cover date:

• No characters had a final appearance in 2012.

The following teams debuted with a 2012 cover date:

• Chinese Triad (Arrow)
• Wonders of the World
• Meta Legion
• World Army
• The Others (Prime Earth)
• Parliament of Limbs
• Templar Guardians
• Mercury Team (Earth-616)
• Avengers (Earth-11080)
• Order of the Van Helsings
• Antitheses (Earth-616)
• Dynasty (Earth-616)
• Burners
• Covenant (Earth-616)
• Army of the Dawn
• Parliament of Doom (Multiverse)
• Logan's Mutant Team (Earth-616)
• Invaders (Earth-12591)
• New Avengers (Earth-11080)
• New Mutants (Earth-TRN345)
• Seraph's Angels (Earth-616)
• Suffragists (Earth-12591)
• Villains for Hire (Earth-616)
• Zodiac (Thanos') (Earth-616)
• Avengers (Earth-666)
• Murder Circus (Earth-616)
• Challengers of the Unknown (Prime Earth)
• Hellions (Earth-TRN345)
• Mean Machine
• Misty Knight's crew (Earth-616)