1982 in comics#October

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Notable events of 1982 in comics.

Events and publications

=January=

  • January 3: The first episode of Bunny Matthews' comic series Vic and Nat'ly appears in print. The series will run until 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/matthews_bunny.htm|title=Bunny Matthews|website=lambiek.net|access-date=22 July 2022}}
  • January 14: In the Belgian comic magazine Spirou, the first episode of the Spirou and Fantasio adventure, La boite noire, by Nic Broca and Raoul Cauvin, is serialized.
  • 29-31 January: During the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Claire Bretécher becomes the first woman to win the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bretecher.htm|title=Claire Bretécher|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Warren Publishing suspends publication.
  • DC Comics Presents #41 features an insert previewing the new Wonder Woman creative team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Gene Colan as well as an update of the character's costume.{{cite journal|last = Sanderson |first = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|title = Thomas/Colan Premiere Wonder Woman's New Look |journal = Comics Feature|issue = 12/13 |page = 23|date = September–October 1981|quote= The {{Sic|?|hide=y|hotly|-}}debated new Wonder Woman uniform will be bestowed on the Amazon Princess in her first adventure written and drawn by her new creative team: Roy Thomas and Gene Colan...This story will appear as an insert in DC Comics Presents #41.}}
  • House of Mystery #300: "Special Thrill-Filled 300th Issue," edited by Karen Berger. (DC Comics)
  • Phantom Zone #1 (of a four-issue limited series), by Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, and Tony DeZuniga; published by DC Comics.
  • Marvel Super-Heroes (1967 series), with issue #105, cancelled by Marvel.
  • "Apocalypse War" Judge Dredd storyline begins in 2000 AD. (continues through July)
  • The seventh issue of Jan Bucquoy's Belgian adult comics magazine Spetters focuses on Hergé in a direct reaction to the trial against Filip Denis' porn parody Tintin in Switzerland. The entire issue is deliberately made to offend Hergé in the crudest possible way and to defend the freedom of speech. This is a turning point in the career of Bucquoy, who will focus more and more on provocative stunts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bucquoy_jan.htm|title=Jan Bucquoy|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=February=

=March=

=April=

  • April 25: The final episode of Vahan Shirvanian's No Comment is published.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shirvanian_vahan.htm|title=Vahan Shirvanian|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Daredevil #181 – Bullseye fatally stabs Elektra.
  • The long-running British series The Trigan Empire ceases publication with the cancellation of Look and Learn with issue #1042.
  • In the Brazilian magazine Tio Patinhas, O Furacão Branco e Preto, by Gérson Luiz Borlotti Teixeira and Irineu Soares Rodrigues; debut of Biquinho, the Fethry Duck’s nephew.

=May=

  • May 2:
  • The final episode of Frank O'Neal's Short Ribs is published.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/o-neal_frank.htm|title=Frank O'Neal|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Marten Toonder is named Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/toonder.htm|title=Marten Toonder|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 19, 2020}}
  • May 3: In a Frank and Ernest gag by Bob Thaves a line about Hollywood actor Ginger Rogers' dance talent is published (She did everything he did, backwards and in high heels). The quote will eventually become one of the most often repeated descriptions about Rogers in non-fiction publications.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thaves_bob.htm|title=Bob Thaves|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • To help raise money for his lawsuit against Marvel Comics for ownership of Howard the Duck, Steve Gerber brings out his own Destroyer Duck from Eclipse Comics.
  • Fantastic Four Roast a one-shot written by Fred Hembeck is published by Marvel Comics.
  • DC's long-running weird/horror anthology The Unexpected ceases publication with issue #222.
  • Ghosts, with issue #112, is cancelled by DC.
  • The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, with issue #72, is cancelled for the second time by Charlton.

=June=

=July=

=August=

=September=

  • September 5: Gaspar (Oscar Barbery Suarez) launches his long-running political gag comic El Duende y su Camarilla. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gaspar.htm|title=Gaspar|website=lambiek.net|access-date=September 8, 2024}}
  • September 17: Marten Toonder wins the Stripschapprijs.{{Cite web|url=https://t80s.wordpress.com/tentoonstellingen-jaren-80/|title=Exposities/Beursen Jaren 80|date=May 6, 2015|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}} The Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdiensten (nowadays the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs) is given to Nico Noordermeer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripschap.nl/pages/stripschapprijzen/p.-hans-frankfurtherprijs/complete-lijst.php|title = Het Stripschap - Complete lijst}}
  • Marvel's Wolverine four-issue mini-series, by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, begins.
  • Marvel's Hercules: Prince of Power four-issue mini-series, by Bob Layton, begins.
  • The Marvel/DC intercompany crossover The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans, by Chris Claremont, Walt Simonson,Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 199: "The issue, written by longtime X-Men scribe Chris Claremont and drawn by Walter Simonson [was]...one of the most well-received crossovers of its time - or of any time for that matter - the team-up was a huge success." and Terry Austin.

=October=

  • Norristown, Pennsylvania–based Comico begins publishing with the release of the black-and-white anthology title Primer #1.
  • With issue #251, DC again revives Blackhawk volume 1, which ran from 1944 to 1968, and then from 1976 to 1977.
  • Josie and the Pussycats (1963 series) is cancelled by Archie Comics with issue #106.
  • Justice League of America #207 and All-Star Squadron #14 feature the beginning of the "Crisis on Earth-Prime" crossover between the two titles. The storyline continues into Justice League of America #208 and All-Star Squadron #15 in November and concludes in Justice League of America #209 in December.Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 198: "The Justice League of America teamed up with the Justice Society of America on a large-scale with 'Crisis on Earth-Prime', a five-part saga that crossed from the pages of Justice League of America into All-Star Squadron."{{cite book |title= The All-Star Companion |last= Thomas|first= Roy |author-link= Roy Thomas |chapter= The Justice League-Justice Society Team-Ups |year= 2000|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|isbn= 1-893905-05-5 |pages= 191–192}}
  • October 10 - Illustrator Ben Krefta is born

=November=

=December=

  • December 2: Pierre Makyo and Alain Dodier's Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche debuts in Spirou.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dodier_alain.htm|title=Alain Dodier|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • December 13: Kevin McCormick's Arnold makes its debut.{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=58}}
  • December 20: Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira debuts in Young Magazine
  • December 22: In Antwerp, comics store Mekanik Strip opens its doors.{{Cite web |title=MEKANIK STRIP BVBA in Antwerpen - 0423.304.535 |url=https://data.be/nl/bedrijf/Mekanik-Strip-BVBA-0423304535 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Data.be |language=nl}}
  • DC publishes its first tailored direct market offering: the first of 12 issues of Camelot 3000, Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland's future-set tale of King Arthur. It is widely recognized as the first "maxi-series".Higgins, Steve. [http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/columns/A+/archives/071103.html "A+ Graphic Novels: Camelot 3000, GrayHaven Magazine (July 1, 2003).] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120903181603/http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/columns/A+/archives/071103.html |date=September 3, 2012 }}
  • Detective Comics #521: Green Arrow becomes the backup feature.{{cite journal|last = Kingman|first = Jim|title = The Ballad of Ollie and Dinah|journal= Back Issue!|issue = 64|pages = 10–21|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013}}
  • DC publishes the first issue of its three-issue Masters of the Universe mini-series
  • Charlton Bullseye, with issue #10, canceled by Charlton.

=Specific date unknown=

Exhibitions and shows

  • September 17–October 9: Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Graham Gallery, New York City — curated by Georgia RileyPace, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/17/arts/dick-tracy-and-mugs-a-rogue-s-gallery-of-art.html "DICK TRACY AND MUGS, A ROGUE'S GALLERY OF ART,"] New York Times (SEPT. 17, 1982), p. 63.
  • October 18–31: Marvel Art Exhibition (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England) — exhibition of original artwork by artists for Marvel Comics

Conventions

Births

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Deaths

=January=

  • January 2: Fred Harman, American comics artist (Bronc Peeler, Red Ryder), dies at age 79.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/harman_fred.htm|title=Fred Harman|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • January 8: Ray Thompson, American comics artist and illustrator (The Dubble Bubble Kids), dies at age 76.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thompson_ray.htm|title=Ray Thompson|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • January 13: Walter Pogge van Ranken, German novelist and comics writer (Tipp & Tapp {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kohler_hanns-erich.htm|title=Hanns Erich Köhler|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}), dies at age 68.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RP2WiMSi_MC&q=Walter+Pogge+van+Ranken+tipp+und+tapp&pg=PA1030 |title = Lexikon der deutschsprachigen Literatur des Baltikums und St. Petersburgs: Vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart|isbn = 9783110912135|last1 = Gottzmann|first1 = Carola L.|last2 = Hörner|first2 = Petra|date = December 2011| publisher=Walter de Gruyter }}
  • January 15: Wally Bishop, American comics artist (Muggs and Skeeter), dies at age 77. {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bishop-wally.htm|title=Wally Bishop|website=lambiek.net}}
  • January 19:
  • Harry Hanan, British comic artist (Louie), dies at age 65.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hanan_harry.htm|title=Harry Hanan|website=lambiek.net}}
  • Charles Plumb, American comics artist (Ella Cinders, Chris Crusty), dies at age 81.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/plumb_c.htm|title=Charlie Plumb|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • January 29: John Liney, American comics artist (continued Henry), dies at age 69 or 70.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/liney_john.htm|title=John Liney|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=February=

  • February 3: Arent Christensen, Norwegian comics artist (adventure and science fiction comics based on Christian Haugen's novels), dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/christensen_arent.htm|title=Arent Christensen|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • February 13: Gluyas Williams, American comics artist (made cartoons and pantomime comics for The New Yorker), dies at age 93.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/williams_gluyas.htm|title=Gluyas Williams|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • February 18: Jan Rot, Dutch illustrator, caricaturist, songwriter, poster, advertising and comics artist, dies at age 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rot_jan.htm|title=Jan Rot|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • February 27: Carlo Bisi, Italian comics artist (Sor Pampurio), dies at age 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bisi-carlo.htm|title=Carlo Bisi|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=March=

=April=

  • April 2: Birger Malmborg, Swedish comics artist and cartoonist (Götlund), dies at age 72.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/malmborg_birger.htm|title=Birger Malmborg|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • April 13: Sam Glankoff, aka Glan, American comics artist (How Do You Handle It?), dies at age 87.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/glankoff_sam.htm|title=Sam Glankoff|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • April 23: Georges Beuville, French illustrator and comics artist (comics based on classic adventure novels), dies at age 80.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beuville_georges.htm|title=Georges Beuville|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=May=

  • May 11: Jan Dirk van Exter, Dutch comics artist (Jan Kordaat, Brommy and Tommy), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/exter_van.htm|title=Jan Dirk van Exter|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • May 27: Joke, Belgian cartoonist (worked on the comic series Jan Zonder Vrees), dies at age 47 from cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/joke.htm|title=Joke|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=23 October 2022}}

=June=

  • June 4: Henning Dahl Mikkelsen, aka Mik, Danish comics artist (Ferd'nand), dies at age 67 from a heart attack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mik.htm|title=Mik|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • June 10: Karel Links, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (Moffenspiegel, Het is niet waar... dat hebben we niet gewild!), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/links_karel.htm|title=Karel Links|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • June 30: Abner Dean, American cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist (published in The New Yorker and Life), dies at age 72.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dean_abner.htm|title=Abner Dean|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=July=

  • July 2: Jack Bogle, American animator and comics artist (Felix the Cat comics, Ozzy And His Gym, Dell Comics), dies at age 81.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bogle_jack.htm|title=Jack Bogle|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • July 6: Warren Tufts, American comics artist (Casey Ruggles, Lance) and animator, dies at age 56.[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tufts_w.htm Warren Tufts entry], Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed August 21, 2017.
  • July 8: Sylvan Byck, American comics editor (King Features), dies at age 77.[http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/07/08/Sylvan-Byck-comic-strips-editor-dead-at-78/6114394948800/ Sylvan Byck, comic strips editor, dead at 78] at United Press International, published July 8, 1982, retrieved June 3, 2019
  • July 9: Jehan Sennep, French illustrator, caricaturist, journalist and occasional comics artist, dies at age 88.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sennep_jehan.htm|title=Jehan Sennep|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • July 25: Harold Foster, American comics artist (Prince Valiant, Tarzan) dies at age 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/foster_hal.htm|title=Hal Foster|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=August=

  • August 15: Ernie Bushmiller, American comics artist (Nancy, continued Fritzi Ritz), dies at age 76.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bushmiller_e.htm|title=Ernie Bushmiller|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • August 18: Carlos Botelho, Portuguese painter, illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (Punchos de Bronze , Les Aventuras do Zuncha, artista de Circo, Ecos da Semana), dies at age 82.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/botelho_carlos.htm|title=Carlos Botelho|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=September=

  • September 7: José Cabrero Arnal, Spanish-French comics artist (Pif le chien, Placid et Muzo), dies at age 73.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arnal_jose.htm|title=José Cabrero Arnal|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • September 12: Gian Giacomo Dalmasso, Italian comics writer (Pantera Bionda), dies at age 75.
  • September 13: Reed Crandall, American comics artist (Blackhawk and EC Comics), dies at age 65.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/crandall.htm|title=Reed Crandall|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • September 16: Courtney Dunkel, American comics artist (Hannah), dies at age 79.{{Cite web|url=https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2014/02/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay_20.html|title=Stripper's Guide: Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Courtney Dunkel|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • September 23: Gene Day, Canadian comics artist (Star Wars, Master of Kung Fu) dies of a coronary while crossing a street. He is only around 30 years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/day_gene.htm|title=Gene Day|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • September 29: Marcel Turin, aka Mat, French comics artist, dies at age 86.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mat.htm|title=Mat|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=October=

  • October 3: Noel Sickles, American comics artist and illustrator (continued Scorchy Smith), dies at age 72.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sickles_n.htm|title=Noel Sickles|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=November=

  • November 8: Marco de Gastyne, French film director, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 93.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/de-gastyne_marco.htm|title=Marco De Gastyne|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • November 28: Manuel A. Martinez Parma, Argentine comic artist (Cosas de Negros, Alelí, Cristian), dies at age 72 or 73.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/martinez-parma_manuel.htm|title=Manuel A. Martinez Parma|website=lambiek.net|access-date=1 October 2022}}
  • November 29: Robert Fuzier, French comics artist (Dédé et Doudou, Les Aventures de Pat'soum, Capitaine Passe-Partout, Cartouche), dies at age 83.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fuzier_robert.htm|title=Robert Fuzier|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}

=Specific date unknown=

  • Carl Lyon, Australian comics artist (Tootles, The Eagle, The Astounding Mr. Storm, Tim O'Hara), dies at age 78 or 79.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lyon_carl.htm|title=Carl Lyon|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Dan Noonan, American animator and comics artist (assisted on Pogo, made comics for Western Publishing), dies at age 71.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/noonan_dan.htm|title=Dan Noonan|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • H.E. Pease, British comics artist (Professor Jolly and his Magic Brolly, Cas of Cosnem's College, Tich the Tiny Tec), dies at age 73 or 74.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pease_he.htm|title=H.E. Pease|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Eric Roberts, British comics artist (Helpful Henry, Dirty Dick, Winker Watson), dies at age 72.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/roberts_eric.htm|title=Eric Roberts|website=lambiek.net|access-date=Jul 31, 2020}}
  • Kaneko Shigemasa, Japanese comic artist (Shin Nipponto - Sho-chan no Boken), dies at age 69 or 70. {{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shigemasa_kaneko.htm|title=Kaneko Shigemasa|website=lambiek.net|access-date=28 February 2025}}

Awards

= Eagle Awards =

Presented in 1983 for comics published in 1982:

First issues by title

= DC Comics =

== Limited series ==

Atari Force: Promos distributed with Atari 2600 video games.

: Writers: Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. Artists: Ross Andru, Mike DeCarlo, and Dick Giordano

Camelot 3000

: Release: December. Writer: Mike W. Barr. Artist: Brian Bolland

= Marvel Comics =

Dreadstar

: Release: November by Epic Comics. Writer/Artist: Jim Starlin

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

: Release: June. Writer: Larry Hama. Artists: Herb Trimpe and Bob McLeod

Marvel Fanfare

: Release: March. Editor: Al Milgrom

Marvel Graphic Novel: "The Death of Captain Marvel"

: Release: January. Writer/Artist: Jim Starlin.

The Mighty World of Marvel vol. 2

: Release by Marvel UK: June. Editor: Dez Skinn.

== Limited series ==

Hercules

: Release: September. Writer/Artist: Bob Layton.

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions

: Release: June. Writer: Mark Gruenwald. Artists John Romita, Jr. and Bob Layton.

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch

: Release: November. Writer: Bill Mantlo. Artists: Rick Leonardi, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey.

Wolverine

: Release: September. Writer: Chris Claremont. Artists: Frank Miller and Josef Rubinstein.

= Pacific Comics =

Alien Worlds

: Release: December. Editor: Bruce Jones

Ms. Mystic

: Release: October. Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

Starslayer: The Log of the Jolly Roger

: Release: February. Writer/Artist: Mike Grell

Twisted Tales

: Release: November. Editor: Bruce Jones

= Other publishers =

Destroyer Duck

: Release: May by Eclipse Comics. Writer: Steve Gerber. Artist: Jack Kirby

;Domino chance

:Release: May by Chance Enterprises. Writer/Artist: Kevin Lenagh

Love and Rockets

: Release: June by Fantagraphics. Writers/Artists: Los Bros Hernandez

Primer

: Release: October by Comico.

Vortex

: Release: November by Vortex Comics. Editor: William P. Marks

Warrior

: Release: March by Quality Communications. Writer: Alan Moore. Artists: Garry Leach and Alan Davis

Initial appearances by character name

= DC Comics =

= Marvel Comics =

= Other titles =

References

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