1946 in comics

1946

1945 in comics

1947 in comics

Notable events of 1946 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications

European publications

• Italian noir hero Gim Toro debuts
• September 26: first issue of Le journal de Tintin (Tintin magazine), featuring the debut of the series Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs and the continuation of The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, which had been interrupted after World War II.^[1]
• December 7: first appearance of Lucky Luke by Morris, in Spirou with the story Arizona 1880.^[2]

Filipino publications

• November 15: first publication of Halakhak Komiks

Japanese publications

• April 22: first publication of Sazae-san in Fukunichi Shimbun.

U.S. publications

• National Periodical Publications was established, from a merger of All-American Publications and Detective Comics, Inc.

Initial appearances by character name

• Fantax, created by Marcel Navarro and Pierre Mouchot

References

1. BDoubliées. "Tintin année 1946" (in French). Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
2. BDOubliées. "Spirou année 1946" (in French). Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2007.