Notable events of 1949 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
Events and publications
Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.
Captain America Comics (1941 series) #70 - Timely Comics
Human Torch (1940 series) #34 - Timely Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #90 - Timely Comics
Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics
Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #6 - Timely Comics
Captain America Comics (1941 series) #71 - Timely Comics
Human Torch (1940 series) #35 - Timely Comics
Captain America Comics (1941 series) #72 - Timely Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #91 - Timely Comics
Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics
Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #7 - Timely Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #92. The final issue under this title; with the next issue it changes title and format to Marvel Tales - Timely Comics
Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #32 - Timely Comics
Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #8 - Timely Comics
Western Winners, with issue #5, takes over the numbering of All-Western Winners — Atlas Comics
Captain America Comics (1941 series) #73 - Timely Comics
Big Shot, with issue #104, is canceled by Columbia Comics.
Marvel Tales debuts with issue #93, taking over the numbering of Marvel Mystery Comics - Timely Comics
Best Love debuts with issue #33, taking over the numbering of Sub-Mariner Comics - Timely Comics
Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #9 - Timely Comics
Girls' Love Stories #1 - DC Comics
Captain America Comics (1941 series) #74 - Timely Comics
Two-Gun Kid (1948 series), with issue #10, canceled by Timely Comics. (The title would be revived four years later by Marvel, continuing the numbering.)
Boy Commandos (1942 series), with issue #36 dated November–December, canceled by DC Comics.
March 6: Storm P., Danish comics artist, animator, illustrator, painter and comedian (Peter og Ping), passes away at the age of 66.
24 April: Reg Carter, British comics artist (Big Eggo) dies at the age of 62.
27 May: Robert L. Ripley, American comics artist, cartoonist, entrepeneur and anthropologist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!), dies at the age of 58 from a heart attack.
December 3: Frank Miller, American comics artist (Barney Baxter), dies from a heart attack at the age of 51.
December 11: Clifford K. Berryman, American cartoonist (Remember the Maine, Drawing the Line in Mississippi), dies at the age of 80.
Buster Bunny, cover dated November, published by Standard Comics
Girl Comics, cover-dated October, published by Timely Comics
Girls' Love Stories, cover dated August–September, published by DC Comics
Heart Throbs, cover-dated August, published by Quality Comics
Kid Colt Outlaw, cover-dated May, published by Timely Comics
Superboy, cover-dated March/April, published by DC Comics
Torchy, cover-dated November, published by Quality Comics
Pow Wow Smith in Detective Comics #151 (September), created by Don Cameron and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
Dr. Edward Clariss in Flash Comics #104 (February), created by John Broome and Joe Kubert - DC Comics
