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See also: 1950s in comics, other events of the 1960s, 1970s in comics and the list of years in comics
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1960
July
- House of Mystery #100, edited by Jack Schiff. (DC Comics)
1961
- Amazing Adventures #1 - Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four #1 - Marvel Comics[1]
1962
- Amazing Fantasy #15 renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy - Marvel Comics (last issue)
- First appearance of Spider-Man[2]
- Incredible Hulk #1 - Marvel Comics[3]
- Strange Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
1963
- The Amazing Spider-Man #1 - Marvel Comics
- Avengers #1 - Marvel Comics
- Fantastic Four Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
- Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 - Marvel Comics
- Uncanny X-Men #1 -[Marvel Comics
1964
- The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
- Daredevil #1 - Marvel Comics
- Marine War Heroes #1-18 - Charlton
- Marines Attack #1-9 - Charlton
- Marvel Tales Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
1965
- Journey into Mystery Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
- Marvel Collector's Item Classics #1 - Marvel Comics
- Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #1 - Marvel Comics
1966
- Sally the Witch, by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, is first serialized on Ribon.
March
- Tales to Astonish #77: "Bruce Banner is the Hulk," drawn by John Romita (Marvel Comics)
- Black Fury, with issue #57 (March /April cover-date), canceled by Charlton.
April
- April 28: Tarzan artist Jesse Marsh passes away at age 58.
May
- Daredevil #16 (Marvel Comics): "Enter Spider-Man," drawn by John Romita
- Ghostly Tales #1 (Charlton)
June
- First appearance of Poison Ivy in Batman #181 (DC Comics).
July
- Marvel Tales #3 renamed from Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel Comics)
August
- The Amazing Spider-Man #39 (Marvel Comics): "How Green Was My Goblin"
September
- The Amazing Spider-Man #40 (Marvel Comics): "Spidey Saves The Day"
- Thor Annual #2 renamed from Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel Comics)
- With issue #110, DC Comics suspends publication of Mystery in Space (1951 series); the title is temporarily revived in 1980.
November
- The Flash #165: Barry Allen marries Iris West (DC Comics).
1967
January
- Batgirl debuts in Detective Comics #359. The issue was titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl" and was written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Carmine Infantino (DC Comics)
December
- Mac Raboy dies at age 53.
1968
- Zap Comix #1 self-published; begins the underground comix movement
1969
- The Golden Age character Phantom Stranger makes his first Silver Age appearance in Showcase #80.
July
- Long-time DC Comics logo designer and letterer Ira Schnapp dies at age 76.
September
- Classics Illustrated cartoonist Alex Blum dies at age 80.
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