1962 in comics

January

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #8 – Marvel Comics

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #2 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #76 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #102 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #92 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #25 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics

February

Aquaman #1 — DC Comics

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics

Help! vol. 2, #1 — Warren Publishing

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #77 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #26 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #93 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #26 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics

March

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #10 - Marvel Comics

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #3 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #78 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #103 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #94 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #29 - Marvel Comics

April

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #11 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #79 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #27 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #95 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics

May

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #12 - Marvel Comics

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #4 - Marvel Comics

The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #1 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #80 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #104 - Marvel Comics

The Lone Ranger (1948 series), with issue #145, cancelled by Dell Comics

Strange Adventures #140, "The Strange Adventure That Really Happened," featuring DC Comics staff members Julius Schwartz and Sid Greene struggling to make writer Gardner Fox recall a story he has written that holds the key to saving the Earth from alien invasion.

Strange Tales (1951 series) #96 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #29 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #31 - Marvel Comics

June

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #13 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #28 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #97 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics

July

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #14 - Marvel Comics

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #5 - Marvel Comics

The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #2 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #105 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #98 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #31 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics

With issue #131 (July/August cover date), Dell Comics cancels Tarzan.

August

Amazing Fantasy (1961 series) #15 renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #83 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #29 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #99 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics

September

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #6 - Marvel Comics

The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #3 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #84 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #106 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #100 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales Annual (1962 series) #1 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics

October

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #85 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #30 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #101 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics

November

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #8 - Marvel Comics

The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #4 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #86 - Marvel Comics

Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #107 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #102 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #37 - Marvel Comics

Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #60 - Marvel Comics

With issue #132, Gold Key Comics begins publishing Tarzan, which it acquired from Dell Comics.

December

Fantastic Four (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics

Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #87 - Marvel Comics

Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #31 - Marvel Comics

Strange Tales (1951 series) #103 - Marvel Comics

Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics

Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #38 - Marvel Comics

Initial appearances by character name

Egghead (Marvel Comics) in Tales to Astonish #38, published by Marvel Comics

Doctor Light (Arthur Light), in Justice League of America #12 (DC Comics)

Wonder Wart-Hog, in Bachannal (Spring)