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Years in comics
19th Century
1900s
1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909
1910s
1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 1915 · 1916 · 1917 · 1918 · 1919
1920s
1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929
1930s
1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939
1940s
1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949
1950s
1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959
1960s
1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969
1970s
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980s
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989
1990s
1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999
2000s
2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

Notable events of 1948 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Events and publications

European

• Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis ^[1]
• Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis ^[2]

U.S.

January

• Frankie and Lana (previously Frankie Comics) issue #13 - Timely Comics

February

• All-True Crime Cases (previously Official True Crime Cases) issue #26 (Timely Comics)

March

• Collier's Weekly publishes Fredric Wertham's "Horror in the Nursery"

April

• Crimefighters issue 1 - Timely Comics

May

• Blackstone the Magician issue 2 - Timely Comics
• Comedy Comics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics

June

• Crime Exposed issue 1 - Timely Comics

July

• The American Journal of Psychotherapy publishes Frederic Wertham's "The Psychopathology of Comic Books"
• July 1: Lev Gleason Publications, EC Comics, Famous Funnies, and Orbit Publications found the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers, to regulate the content of comic books in the face of the publication of Fredric Wertham's "Horror in the Nursery" and "The Psychopathology of Comic Books", and increasing public criticism of the comic book industry.
• Blackstone the Magician #3 - Timely Comics

August

• All-Winners Comics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics
• Complete Mystery issue 1 - Timely Comics
• Kid Colt, Hero Of The West issue 1 - Timely Comics
• Krazy Komics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics

September

• Blaze Carson issue 1 - Timely Comics

First issues by title

Dell Comics

• Tarzan cover-dated Jan./Feb.

Marvel Comics (Timely)

• All-Winners Comics cover-dated August
• Annie Oakley cover dated Spring
• Blaze Carson cover-dated September
• Comedy Comics cover-dated May
• Complete Mystery cover-dated August
• Crime Exposed cover-dated June
• Crimefighters cover-dated April
• Kid Colt, Hero Of The West cover-dated August
• Krazy Komics cover-dated August
• Lana
• Lawbreakers Always Loose!
• Mitzi Comics
• My Romance
• Namora
• Sun Girl
• Tex Morgan
• Tex Taylor
• Two-Gun Kid
• Venus
• Wacky Duck
• Wild West
• Witness

Renamed titles

• All-True Crime Cases issue #26 renamed from Official True Crime Cases as of the February cover date.
• Blackstone the Magician #2 (cover-dated May) renamed from Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime (EC Comics)
• Frankie and Lana issue #13 renamed from Frankie Comics as of the January cover date.
• Mitzi's Boyfriend issue #2 renamed from Mitzi Comics
• Wild Western issue #3 renamed from Wild West

Initial appearances by character name

• Mad Hatter, in Batman #49.

References