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Notable events of 1967 in comics.

Events and publications

Year overall

  • In The Daily Orange, the Syracuse University students' newspaper, the initial story of Vaugh Bode’s Cheech Wizard, Race to the Moon, appears.
  • In Milan, Renzo Barbieri and Giorgio Cavedon, after the bankruptcy of their Editrice 66, set up another publishing house specialized in erotic comics, ErreGi. The new label immediately gets a great public success.[1]
  • On Almanacco dei comics, the catalog of the Lucca International Comics Fair, the first Italian graphic novel, La rivolta dei racchi (The riot of the ugly people) by Guido Buzzelli, is published.[2]
  • La Vilaine Lulu by Yves-Saint Laurent (Tchou). The work, an erotic graphic novel created by the fashion designer ten years earlier, becomes controversial for its sadistic and pedophilic content.[3]

January

  • January 7: Wim Lensen and Dick Matena's Polletje Pluim makes its debut in the women's weekly Prinses. [4]
  • January 11: The final issue of the Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum is published.[5]
  • January 17: Greg and William Vance's Bruno Brazil makes its debut in Tintin.[6]
  • January 17: In Tintin, Greg and Eddy Paape's Luc Orient makes its debut.[7] In the same issue, Mach 1 pour Steve Warson by Jean Graton, with the first appearance of the Michel Vaillant’s nemesis, the Leader.
  • January 20: The Rolling Stones release their album Between the Buttons. On the back cover, a comic strip drawn by drummer Charlie Watts can be seen.[8]
  • January 21: The first issue of the British comics magazine Pow! is published. It will run until 13 January 1968.
  • January 21: The first issue of the British girls' comics magazine Mandy is published. It will run until 1991.[9]
  • January 21: In Italy, the first issue of the comic series Pappagone (Gallo Rosso), by Luciano Bernasconi and Peppino De Filippo starts serialisation. De Filippo, who interpreted the protagonist in television, appears also in the series as a secondary character.
  • Blackhawk #228, the beginning of "the New Blackhawk Era" — in the issues that follow, all characters but team leader Blackhawk gain a costumed superhero alter-ego at the behest of a shadowy government agency. (DC Comics)
  • Detective Comics #359, "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl," written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Carmine Infantino. (DC Comics)--first appearance of Batgirl[10]
  • "The Death of Ferro Lad" story arc begins in Adventure Comics #352, by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein[clarification needed] (continued in Adventure Comics #353). (DC Comics)--first appearance of the Fatal Five
  • Fightin' 5 #41—last issue, canceled by Charlton.
  • Le dernier Spartiate by Jacques Martin.
  • In Hara-Kiri, first episode of the underground comic Pravda la surviveuse by Guy Pellaert; for its feminist and anti-consumerist themes, it anticipates the youth protest of May 68.

February

March

  • March 21: Ill pioniere becomes a supplement to Noi Donne.
  • "The Adult Legion" story arc begins in Adventure Comics #354, by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein[clarification needed] (Concludes next issue) (DC Comics)
  • The character Peacemaker, who debuted in November 1966, now receives his own series.[clarification needed]
  • The final issues of Dracula and Frankenstein are published by Dell Comics.
  • In Donald Duck, A Whale of an Adventure, by Vic Lockman and Tony Strobl is printed, which marks the debut of Moby Duck.

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • September 11: The first episode of Gordon Bess' Redeye is published.[29]
  • September 23: The British comics magazines Princess and Tina merge into Princess Tina. It will exist in this form until 1973.
  • September 26: In Spirou, the Lucky Luke story Le Pied-Tendre, by René Goscinny and Morris starts serialisation.

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

Births

February

  • February 20: Kurt Cobain, American rock singer and guitarist (made some comics in his diaries, which were posthumously released), (d. 1994).[48]

August

Deaths

January

  • January 21: Homer Fleming, American cartoonist and comics artist (Craig Kennedy), dies at age 84.[51]

March

April

  • April 18: Pierre Mouchot, A.K.A. Chott, French comics publisher and comics artist (Éditions Piere Mouchot, Société d'Éditions Rhodaniennes), dies at age 54.[54]
  • April 28: Jack Romer, American comics artist (TV Titters, Bobo & Binky), dies at age 69.[55]

May

  • May 9: Wallace Carlson, American animator and comics artist (The Nebbs), dies at age 73.[56]
  • May 25: David Wright, British illustrator and comics artist (Carol Day), dies at age 64.[57]

June

  • June 7: Willy Lateste, Belgian animator and comics artist (historical comics for Ons Volkske), dies at age 36.[58]
  • June 16: Sam van Vleuten, Jr., Dutch illustrator and comic artist (made a comic about Baron Münchchausen), dies at age 62. [59]
  • June 21: Stan Kaye, American comics artist (Hayfoot Henry, continued Superman, Batman), dies at age 50.[60]
  • June 27: Charles A. Winter, aka Chuck Winter, American comics artist (Liberty Belle), dies at age 80.[61]

July

August

September

  • September 4: Margit Uppenberg, aka Gobi, Swedish comics artist and illustrator (Pian), dies at age 60.[64]
  • September 28: Romà Bonet Sintes, AKA Bon, Spanish caricaturist and comic artist, dies at age 81.[65]

October

December

Specific date unknown

  • Jean Bellus, French comics artist (Georgie, Laurel et Hardy), dies at age 55 or 56.[68]
  • Jean Dratz, Belgian painter, caricaturist and comics artist (Petit Chéri), dies at age 61 or 62.[69]
  • Li Fan-fu, Chinese comics artist (Young Master, Old Master Ho), dies at age 60 or 61.[70]
  • Branko Vidić, Serbian novelist and comics writer (Zigomar), dies at age 62 or 63.[71]

Exhibitions

Conventions

Awards

Alley Awards

Best Comic Magazine Section

  • Adventure Book with the Main Character in the Title - The Amazing Spider-Man  (Marvel Comics)
  • Adventure Hero Title with One or More Characters in Own Strip - Strange Tales  (Marvel Comics)
  • Super Hero Group Title - Fantastic Four  (Marvel Comics)
  • Non-Super-Powered Group Title - Challengers of the Unknown  (DC Comics)
  • Fantasy/SF/Supernatural Title - The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves  (Charlton Comics)
  • Western Title - Ghost Rider  (Marvel Comics)
  • War Title - Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos  (Marvel Comics)
  • Humor Title: Teenage - Archie  (Archie Comics)
  • Humor Title: Costumed - Not Brand Echh  (Marvel Comics)
  • Humor Title: Juvenile - Uncle Scrooge  (Western Publishing)
  • All-Reprint Title - Fantasy Masterpieces  (Marvel Comics)
  • Combination New & Reprint Material Title - Marvel Super-Heroes  (Marvel Comics)

Best Professional Work

Popularity Poll

Newspaper Strip Section

Fan Activity Section

  • Best All-Article Fanzine - (tie) Batmania and Gosh Wow
  • Best All-Strip Fanzine - Star-Studded Comics
  • Best All-Fiction Fanzine - Stories of Suspense
  • Best Article/Strip Fanzine - Fantasy Illustrated
  • Best Fiction/Strip Fanzine - Star-Studded Comics
  • Best Article/Fiction Fanzine - (tie) Gosh Wow and Huh!
  • Best Fannish One-Shot - Fandom Annual
  • Best Article on Comic Book Material - "Blue Bolt and Gang" (Gosh Wow #1)
  • Best Article on Comic Strip Material - "Gully Foyle" (Star-Studded Comics #11)
  • Best Regular Fan Column - "What's News", by Dave Kaler
  • Best Fan Fiction - "Nightwalker", by Larry Brody (Gosh Wow #1)
  • Best Fan Comic Strip - "Xal-Kor", by Richard "Grass" Green
  • Best Fan Artist - George Metzger
  • Best Comic Strip Writer - Larry Herndon
  • Best Fan Project - 1967 South-Western Con
  • Best Newsletter - On the Drawing Board, by Bob Schoenfeld

First issues by title

Marvel Comics

America's Best TV Comics
Release: mid-year. Writer: Stan Lee. Artists: Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman, Dick Ayers, John Romita Sr.

Ghost Rider

Release: February. Writers: Gary Friedrich and Roy Thomas. Artists: Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta.

Not Brand Echh

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Charlton Comics

Blue Beetle (vol. 5)

Release: June by Charlton Comics. Writer/Artist: Steve Ditko.

The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves

Release: May by Charlton Comics. Editor: Dick Giordano.

Peacemaker

Release: March by Charlton Comics. Writer: Joe Gill. Artist: Pat Boyette.

Timmy the Timid Ghost vol. 2

Release: October by Charlton Comics. Editor: Pat Masulli.

Other publishers

Valérian and Laureline, in Pilote magazine

Release: November by Dargaud. Writer: Pierre Christin. Artist: Jean-Claude Mézières.

Wonder Wart-Hog

Release: Millar Publishing Company. Writer: Gilbert Shelton and Tony Bell. Artist: Gilbert Shelton.

Initial appearances by character name

Charlton Comics

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Comic strips

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