(First comic book of a
genre, publisher, theme or type, etc.)Aviation
Comic-Wings Comics #1, 9/40
Comic Book Annual-Big Book of Fun Comics #1,
Spr., 1936
Comic Book-Funnies On Parade, 1933
Comic Book to go into endless reprints-Classic
Comics #1, 10/41
Comic Book to kill off a superhero-Pep Comics
#17, 7/41 (The Comet)
Comic Book with metallic logo-Silver Streak #1,
12/39
Comic Book with original material-New Fun Comics
#1, 2/35
Costumed Hero Battle comic-Marvel Mystery #9,
7/40
Costumed Hero Comic (Strip)-Ace Comics #11,
2/38 (The Phantom)
Costumed Hero Comic (Original material)-Funny Pages
V2/10 9/38 (The Arrow) (3 months after Superman)
Costumed Hero sidekick comic- Detective Comics
#38, 4/40 (Robin)
Crime-Crime Does Not Pay #22, 6/42
Crossover comic-Marvel Mystery #9, 7/40
Detective comic-Detective Picture Stories #1,
12/36
Disney Single Character comic book-Donald Duck,
1938
Disney Single Character comic book in color-Donald
Duck 4-Color #4, 3/40
Educational theme comic-Classic Comics #1,
10/41
5 cent comic-Nickel Comics #1, 1938
15 cent comic-New York World's Fair, 1940
Flying Saucer comic-Spirit Section 9/28/47 (3
months after 1st alleged sighting in Idaho on 6/25/47)
Funny Animal Series-Walt Disney's Comics & Stories
#1, 10/40
Funny Animal single character comic-Donald Duck,
1938
Giveaway comic-Funnies on Parade, 1933
Golden Age comic-Action Comics #1, 6/38
Heroine Single Theme comic-Sheena, Queen of the
Jungle #1, Spr, 1942
Horror comic (one shot)-Eerie Comics #1, 1/47
Horror comic (series)-Adventures into the Unknown
#1, Fall, 1948
Jungle comic-Jumbo Comics #1, 9/38
Large Sized comic-New Fun Comics #1, 2/35
Love comic (One Shot)-Romantic Picture Novelettes
#1, 1946 (Mary Worth strip-r)
Love comic (series)-Young Romance Comics #1,
10/47
Magician comic-Super Magic Comics #1, 5/41
Magician comic series-Super Magician Comics #2,
9/41
Masked Hero-Funny Pages #6, 11/36 (The Clock)
Movie comic-Movie Comics #1, 4/39
Negro comic-Negro Heroes, Spr., 1947
Newsstand comic-Famous Funnies #1, 7/34
#2 in comics-Famous Funnies #2, 8/34
100 page comic-Century of Comics, 1933
100th issue-Famous Funnies #100, 11/42
One Shot Series-Feature Book, 1937
Patriotic Hero comic-Pep Comics #1, 1/40 (The
Shield)
Prototype comic-The Comics Magazine #1, 5/36
(Superman)
Public Event comic-New York World's Fair 1939
Religious Theme series-Topix Comics #1, 11/42
Reprint comic-Funnies on Parade, 1933
Satire comic-Mad #1, 10-11/52
Science Fiction comic-Planet Comics #1, 1/40
Sidekick group comic-Young Allies #1, Sum, 1941
Silver Age Archie comic-Double Life of Private
Strong #1, 6/59
Silver Age comic-Showcase #4, 9-10/56
Silver Age DC Annual-Superman Annual #1, 10/60
Silver Age Marvel Annual-Strange Tales Annual
#1, 1962
Silver Age Marvel comic-Fantastic Four #1,
11/61
Single Character comic-Skippy's Own Book of Comics,
1934
Single original character comic-Superman #1,
Sum, 1939
Single Strip Reprint Character comic-Mutt and Jeff
#1, Sum, 1939
Single Theme comic-Detective Picture Stories
#1, 12/36
Single Theme comic, the first important-Detective
Comics #1, 3/37
Single Theme Reprint Strip comic-Mutt and Jeff
#1, Sum, 1939
Small-sized comic-Little Giant Comics #1, 7/38
Sports comic-Champion Comics #2, 12/39
Squarebound comic-New Book of Comics #1, 1937
Squarebound series-World's Best #1, Spr., 1941
Super Hero comic-Action Comics #1, 6/38
(Superman)
Super Hero Team-All Star Comics #3, Wint.,
1940-41
Super Heroine comic-All Star Comics #8,
11-12/41
Super Heroine comic series-Sensation Comics #1,
1/42
Superman imitator-Wonder Comics #1, 5/39
(Wonder Man)
Teen-age comic-Pep Comics #22, 12/41
Teen-age comic series-Archie Comics #1, Wint.,
1942-43
10 cent comic-Famous Funnies Series 1, 3-5/34
3-D comic-Mighty Mouse 3-D #1, 9/53
T.V. comic-Howdy Doody #1, 1/50
25 cent comic-New York World's Fair, 1939
True Life comic-Sport Comics #1, 10/40
Villain cover (Fu Manchu)-Detective Comics #1,
3/37
Villain Story (Fu Manchu)-Detective Comics #17,
7/38
Villain Cover/story (Original to comics)- Silver
Streak #1, 12/39 (The Claw)
War comic-War Comics #1, 5/40
Weekly comic book-The Spirit #1, 6/2/40
Western comic-Western Picture Stories #1, 2/37
& Star Ranger #1, 2/37
Western of one character-The Lone Ranger Comics,
1939
Western run of one character (Giveaway)-Tom Mix
#1, 9/40
Western newsstand run of one character-Red Ryder
Comics #1, 8/41
Western with photo cover-Roy Rogers Four Color
#38, 4/44
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