A History of Comics Index

An index of Dell Comics’ Four Color, an anthology comic that ran from 1939 to 1962, with more than 1,300 issues being released, making this the most released comic in American history.

Four Color 1-25 {1939-1942}

Four Color Comics 1-1354 {1942-1962}

Issue Subjects by Debut Year:

Four Color Comics (1939 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1940 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1941 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1942 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1943 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1944 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1945 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1946 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1947 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1948 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1949 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1950 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1951 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1952 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1953 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1954 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1955 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1956 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1957 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1958 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1959 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1960 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1961 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

Four Color Comics (1962 Debuts) – A History of Comics Index

This work, which started as an attempt to index only works by DC Comics has evolved to be an attempt to index many comic books that were published from the late 1800s to the modern day. Though, by no means a catalog of every comic ever released, it is an effort to catalog the most notable and well-known comics. 

Categories: 

Main Companies: Companies whose comics will be spread throughout the Ages due to their long history. 

• List: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, Dark Horse Comics, & Image Comics. 

Strips: Comics that originated in newspapers. 

Misc. Comics: Comic lines that were published by companies other than the main companies listed above and/or by numerous companies throughout their history. 

Foreign Comics: Comics published outside of the United States, i.e. European comics and Japanese manga. This section will be sparse as it will be limited to works that I am most familiar with. 

Media Adaptations: Comics that adapt or branch off from media (literature, movies + tv, video games, etc.). 

Table of Contents 

Platinum Age 

Mythology/Fairy Tales/Early Lit 

Golden Age

Four Color  

Interregnum 

Silver Age

Bronze Age

Dark Age

Modern Age

Postmodern Age

*Will feature comics earlier than their publication date if they’re set in an earlier Age.