Notable events of 1974 in comics.

Events and publications

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January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Specific date unknown

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  • The Dutch comics appreciation society Het Stripschap establishes their annual Stripschapprijs, the most important Dutch comics award. The first winner is publishing company Skarabee.[24][25]
  • The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine/fanzine CISO-Magazine is published by Danny De Laet. It changes its name into Stripgids and receive a new chief editor, Jan Smet. Under its new name it will continue until 1985.
  • Tim Wallace draws an underground comic strip named Ka-Blam, which features a man whose head explodes after smoking a joint.[26]
  • The Costa Rican artist Fernando Zeledón Guzmán creates the satirical comic strip La Semana en Serio in the communist magazine Adelante. It will run until 1991.[27]
  • Denis Gifford publishes The British Comics Catalogue, 1874-1974.[28]
  • Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke, created by Marc Sleen but continued by Jean-Pol, appears for the last time in print in 't Kapoentje.[29]
  • Mad Magazine makes a TV special where several of their comics series appear in animated form. The director is Chris Ishii. Unfortunately the special never airs, because network executives deem the comedy "too family unfriendly".[30]
  • From May to September, Marvel debuts their Giant-Size series, mostly double- or triple-length comics featuring their most popular characters. Many of the Giant-Size books are one-shots; none of the ongoing titles last more than six issues.
  • Marvel Fireside Books debuts with Origins of Marvel Comics (Fireside Books/Simon & Schuster).
  • Tut le Blanc's comic strip An Altar Boy Named Speck concludes.

Births

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Deaths

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January

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February

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  • February 8: Franco Caprioli, Italian comics artist, dies at age 61.[34]
  • February 12: José Robledano, Spanish comics artist (El Suero Maravilloso), dies at age 89.[35]
  • February 16: Alfred Mazure, Dutch comics artist and writer, film director and novelist (Dick Bos, Romeo Brown), dies at the age of 59.[36]

March

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  • March 4: Paul Gordeaux, French journalist, historian, playwright, novelist, comedian and comics writer (L' Histoire du Demi-Siècle, Le Crime Ne Paie Pas, Les Amours Célèbres), dies at age 82.[37]
  • March 16: Jo Ooms, Dutch writer, illustrator and comic artist (Slager Kokkie en zijn Fokkie), dies at age 60.[38]
  • March 21: Eric Parker, British comics artist and illustrator (worked for Knockout, Buster and Ranger, Pepys' Diary, Tommy Walls), dies at age 76.[39]

April

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  • April 22: Tjalie Robinson, Dutch comics artist (Taaie en Neut), dies at age 63.[40]
  • April 27: Jean Bernard-Aldebert, French caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (Adonis, Gigolette), dies at age 64.[41]
  • May 3: Ray Hoppman, American comics artist (Going Down!, This is the Life, Types of Humanity, Morals of Young Mister Wise, Make-A-Comic, Ma, Twinkling Stars, continued Assorted Nuts, Hank and Pete, Famous Fans), dies at age 87.[42]
  • May: Gene Bilbrew, American cartoonist and fetish artist (continued Clifford), dies at age 50.[43]

June

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  • June 19: Yaakov Ashman, Israeli journalist and comic artist (Lulu, Gidi Gezer), dies at age 48.[44]
  • June 22: Alain Saint-Ogan, French comics artist (Zig et Puce), dies at the age of 78.[45]
  • Specific date unknown: William St. John Glenn, British comics artist (Oscar, Dorothea, Ballyscunnion), dies at age 69.[46]

July

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  • July 6: Herman Dirker, Dutch comic artist (Nol Nosum, Dit Verhaal op Maandagmorgen), dies at age 68. [47]
  • July 7:
  • July 9: Leo Dorfman, American comics writer (National Periodical), dies at age 60.
  • July 12: Kurt Caesar, Italian comic artist (Romano il Legionario, Dino e Dario, Eroi dell'Aria, I Moschietteri del Aeroporto Z), dies at age 67 or 68. [50]
  • July 26: Gene Byrnes, American comics artist (Reg'lar Fellers), dies of a heart ailment at age 84.[51]

August

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  • August 12: Bill McCail, aka Mac, British comics artist (worked for D.C. Thomson), dies at age 72.[52]
  • August 29: Luis Medrano, Argentine journalist and comics artist (Grafodramas, Matías), dies at age 59.[53]

September

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October

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November

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  • November 9: Charles W. Winter, American comics artist (Thorny the Cactus, Hank and His Whale, Jit Jones, Diggy the Derrick, Justin Thyme, Lady De Van), dies at age 56.[59]

December

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Specific date unknown

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  • Bertie Brown, British comics artist (Homeless Hector, The Brownie Boys, Pa Perkins and Percy, Dad Walker and his Son Wally, Constable Cuddlecook, Smiler and Smudge, Pinhead and Pete, Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim, celebrity comics based on Charlie Chaplin among others), dies at age 86 or 87.[64]
  • Germán Butze, Mexican comics artist (Los Supersabios, Super Whiz Kids) dies at age 61 or 62.[65]
  • Mal Eaton, American comics artist (Peter Piltdown, AKA Rocky Stoneaxe), dies at age 71 or 72.[66]
  • Vernon Miller, Canadian comics artist (Iron Man), dies at age 62.[67]
  • Herbert Ruschke, German illustrator and comics artist (Waputa die Geierkralle, Ali Ben Populi and Hodscha Nasreddin), dies at age 59 or 60.[68]

Conventions

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Europe

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North America

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Awards

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Comic Fan Art Awards

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(Formerly the Goethe Awards) Announced in The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom #123 (March 26, 1976) (for comics published in 1974).[79] Awards co-administered by Ken Gale.[80]

Presented in 1975 for comics published in 1974:

First issues by title

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DC Comics

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OMAC

Release: September /October Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.[81]

Rima, the Jungle Girl

Release: April /May. Editor: Joe Kubert.

The Sandman

Release: Winter. Writer: Joe Simon. Artists: Jack Kirby and Mike Royer.[82]

Marvel Comics

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Comix Book

Release: October by Magazine Management Co. Editor: Denis Kitchen.

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Release: April by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Doctor Strange

Release: June. Writer: Steve Englehart (co-plot; script), Frank Brunner (co-plot). Artists: Frank Brunner and Dick Giordano.

Giant-Size Avengers

Release: August. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Chillers

Release: June. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Conan

Release: September. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Creatures

Release: July. Writer: Tony Isabella. Artists: Don Perlin and Vince Colletta.

Giant-Size Defenders

Release: July. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Man-Thing

Release: August. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu

Release: September. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Spider-Man

Release: July. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Giant-Size Super-Stars

Release: May. Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott.

Haunt of Horror

Release: May by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Ka-Zar vol. 2

Release: January Writer: Mike Friedrich. Artists: Paul Reinman and Mike Royer.

Man-Thing

Release: January. Writer: Steve Gerber. Artists: Val Mayerik and Sal Trapani.

Marvel Two-in-One

Release: January. Writer: Steve Gerber. Artists: Gil Kane and Joe Sinnott.[83]

Planet of the Apes

Release: August by Curtis Magazines. Writers: Gerry Conway and Doug Moench. Artist: Mike Ploog.

Savage Sword of Conan

Release: August by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Independent titles and manga

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Hana to Yume

Release: May by Hakusensha.

Jinty

Release: November 5 by Fleetway.

Métal Hurlant

Release: December by Les Humanoïdes Associés.

Princess

Release: by Akita Shoten

Star*Reach

Release: April by Star*Reach. Editor: Mike Friedrich.

Warlord

Release: September 28 by D.C. Thomson.

The First Kingdom

Release: by Comics and Comix

Initial appearance by character name

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DC Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Independent titles

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