Notable events of 1973 in comics.

Events and publications

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Year overall

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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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Births

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • April 8: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (made the comic strip The Dream and Lie of Franco and The Bull), dies at age 91.[41]
  • April 10: Robert Collard, aka Lortac, French writer, caricaturist, comics writer and artist, illustrator, novelist, painter, art critic, animator, animated film director (wrote Les Pieds Nickelés, Tétar-Zan, Vigor, Tom Tempest, Tim et Tom, Mademoiselle Swing), dies at age 88.[42]
  • May 3: Jean Bosc, aka Bosc, French cartoonist, commits suicide at age 48.
  • May 13: Hans Brasch, German painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 91.[43]
  • May 21: Yuliy Ganf, Ukrainian cartoonist, painter and illustrator (worked for Krokodil), dies at age 74.[44]
  • May 26: Coulton Waugh, American comics artist (Hank, continued Dickie Dare), dies at age 77.[45]

June

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July

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  • July 16: Feg Murray, American athlete, radio presenter and cartoonist (Seein' Stars), dies at age 79.[49]
  • July 23: Eddie Rickenbacker, American military pilot and comics writer (Ace Drummond), dies at age 82.
  • July 25: Marcel Jeanjean, French illustrator and comics artist (Les Aventures de Tique et Toque), dies at age 80.[50]
  • Specific date unknown: Clifton Meek, American comics artist (Johnny Mouse, Grindstone George), dies at age 95.[51]

August

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  • August 20: Wam Heskes, Dutch painter, comics artist, illustrator and performer, dies at age 82.[52]

September

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  • September 5: Ron Vivian, Australian comics artist (continued Ginger Meggs), dies at age 59.[53]
  • September 7: Gaston Ebinger, aka Mop, Belgian illustrator, greeting card designer, advertising artist and comics artist (Rik en Zijn Veiligheidschef, Intermezzo voor Detectives which filled in for Pom's Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber for a few weeks in 1958), dies at age 71.[54]
  • Specific date unknown: Joe Doyle, Irish comics artist (Lonesome Lew, continued Scary William, The Fineheimer Twins, Little Possum Gang, That Irresistible Rag, Excuse Me), dies at age 85.[55]

October

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November

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  • November 18: Frank Hutchinson, American comics artist (Know-It-All Jake, Superstitious Sam, Willie Hawkshaw the Amateur Detective, Mrs. Economy), dies at age 101.[60]
  • November 25: Rex Maxon, American comics artist (Turok, assisted on Tarzan), dies at age 81.[61]

December

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  • December 20: George Debels, aka Joe Stan, Belgian-Dutch animator, illustrator and comics artist (Loekie Langoor), dies at age 83.[62]

Specific date unknown

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  • Pierre Billon, French illustrator, translator and comics artist (educational comics for the magazine Vaillant), dies at age 73 or 74.[63]
  • Ion Deak-Cluj, Romanian comics artist (Stefan Cel Mare, Posada), dies at age 35 or 36.[64]
  • Phil DeLara, American animator and comics artist (Looney Tunes comics, Walter Lantz comics, Hanna-Barbera comics, Pink Panther comics), dies at age 59.[65]
  • Charles Donelan, American comics artist (Ernest N. Dever, Russett Appul, Sid Sprigley), dies at age 83 or 84.[66]
  • Jack Glass, Scottish comics artist (Wilson the Wonder Athlete), dies at an unknown age.
  • Philip Mendoza, aka Flam or Flambo, British comics artist, illustrator and political cartoonist (The Man You'd Like to Kick, Princess Petal, Gulliver Guinea-Pig, Katie Country Mouse, Winifred and Stephanie), dies at age 74 or 75.[67]
  • Gajo Sakamoto, Japanese manga artist (Tank Tankuro), dies at age 77 or 78.[68]
  • Alfred Sindall, British comic artist (Paul Temple, Tug Transom, worked on Biggles), dies at age 72 or 73.[69]
  • Bert Vandeput, Dutch comics artist (Roy of the Rovers, Mystery Ice-Ace of the Arrows, Dozy Danny - Football Star in the Making, Come Away the United, Wilson - the Wonder Athlete), dies at age 58.[70]
  • Liu Xijong, Chinese comics artist, dies at age 58 or 59.[71]

Exhibitions and shows

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Conventions

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Europe

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  • February 24: Comic Mart (Lyndhurst Hall, London, England) — second such event, organized by Rob Barrow and Nick Landau[72]
  • April 21–23: German Comicon (West Berlin, Germany) — organized by German fan organization INCOS, est. 1970[73]
  • July 22: Comicon '73 (Waverley Hotel, London, England) — Comic Mart organizers Nick Landau and Rob Barrow salvage convention canceled at the last minute by Bram Stokes and John Mansfield and originally scheduled to take place over two days at the Regent Centre Hotel[72]
  • October 31–November 3: Lucca Comics & Games (Lucca, Italy) — 9th annual festival[74]

North America

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Awards

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Comic Fan Art Awards

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(Formerly the Goethe Awards) For comics published in 1973. Presented at the 1974 Comic Art Convention,[91] held July 4–8, 1974, at the Commodore Hotel, New York City; and published in The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom #63 (Aug. 1, 1974).[92]

Shazam Awards

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Presented in 1974 for comics published in 1973:

First issues by title

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DC Comics

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Black Magic: selected reprints of 1950 Prize Comics series.

Release: October /November Writer: Joe Simon. Artist: Jack Kirby.

Plop!

Release: September /October Editor: Joe Orlando.

Prez

Release: September. Writer: Joe Simon. Artist: Jerry Grandenetti.

Shazam!

Release: February. Artist: C.C. Beck. Editor: Julius Schwartz.

Marvel Comics

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Crazy: precursor to Crazy Magazine

Release: January.

Crazy Magazine

Release: October. Editor: Marv Wolfman.

Dead of Night

Release: January.

Dracula Lives!

Release: by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Ghost Rider vol. 2

Release: September. Writer: Gary Friedrich. Artist: Tom Sutton and Syd Shores.

Monster of Frankenstein

Release: January. Writer: Gary Friedrich. Artist: Mike Ploog.

Monsters Unleashed

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

Spider-Man Comics Weekly

Release: February 10 by Marvel UK. Editor: Tony Isabella.

Tales of the Zombie

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

Vampire Tales

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

War is Hell

Release: January. Editor: Roy Thomas.

Worlds Unknown

Release: May. Editor: Stan Lee.

Independent titles

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Bobo
Release by Semic Press. Writer and Artist: Lars Mortimer

Cutie Honey

Release: October 1 by Akita Shoten. Writer/Artist: Go Nagai.

E-Man

Release: October by Charlton Comics. Writer: Nicola Cuti. Artist: Joe Staton.

The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor

Release: May by Gold Key Comics. Writer: Don Glut. Artist: Jesse Santos.

Initial appearances 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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