50s-90s Newspaper clips and Comic Books
50s-60s Newspaper clips and Comic Books
Newspaper comic strips and comic books were a favorite in regards to finding something fun to do, plus, it assisted with helping children to read and those words in these books automatically became repetitive for clarity of speaking and spelling.
Tom & Jerry 1950s - 1970s
A complete list of Tom and Jerry animated shorts spans from the Hanna-Barbera era starting in 1940, through the Gene Deitch era in 1961, to the Chuck Jones era beginning in 1963. Include your movie, TV, and celebrity choices.
Dennis the Menace - March 1951
Dennis Menace, Jr. on March 17, 1951. It is the longest-running comic strip, inspired by a British music hall song featuring the line "I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice."
Peanuts 1950s - 2000s
The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000. The main character is named Charlie Brown with his dog Snoopy.
Lil Jinx
Lil Jinx first appeared 1947 but continued on through to 1973, was one of the popular comic books.
Walt Disney comics 50s - 80s
There was first a magazine called Mickey Mouse, which came into play way back in 1933 as the very first Disney comic festival. This gave the idea to create a comic book of the world's most famous talked about duck; known to all as Donald Duck from the 40s through to the 80s.
Wonder Woman - 1950s - 1984
Wonder Woman's original story (started in the 40s - 80s.) her mother Queen Hippolyta, made Wonder Woman out of clay and she lived as an Amazon, and had superhuman powers.
Superman 1950s - 1992
Superman comics were very very popular, as it lasted for fifty-four years! Great comic strips were written to make this icon one of the most popular action comic book of all time.
Donald Duck 1950 - 1995
The strip ran for more than 50 years, ending in 1995. This was a fun story line throughout the entire Donald Duck collection from the beginning of its time.
Uncle Scrooge 1952
In 1952, he got his own comic series, Uncle Scrooge, published until 1984, with several revivals since then. Was fun reading at Christmas time.
Little Archie 1956 – 1983
Little Archie featured Archie and his friends as elementary school-aged children. It is arguably the most successful of the alternate versions of Archie. The world of Little Archie is remarkably similar to that of his teenage counterpart.
Jerry Lewis - 1957 to 1971
Jerry Lewis comics were full of laughter, as was his shows.
Fantastic Four - 1961
Fantastic Four were the first superhero team to seem entirely human in their interactions. They didn't always get along, but they were family. Great stories.
Comics Continued
70s, 80s and 90s
Vault of Horrors - 1972
Vault of Horrors in the 70s was a comic book that Tales of the Crypt used for their story line. Full of horror stories.
Supergirl 1972-1996
From the dying planet called Krypton, Supergirl comes to earth and becomes a superhuman girl; and is the cousin to Superman.
Superfriends 1973 to 1985
Super friends was an action and defense comic book that lasted a few years, but they were great stories involved.
Conan the Savage 1974
Conan the Savage was an adventurous warrior who in this era follows the disappearance of the so-called mythical continent of Atlantis.
X-Men 1976 -1977
X-Men comics was an American comic strip that consisted of a team of mutants that were born with superhuman powers.
Human Fly - Sept. 1977 – March 1979
The Human Fly was based on a Canadian daredevil who always wore a complete red suit and a mask. Unfortunately it did not last too long in the comic world.
Battlestar Galactica 1979-1981
Humanity has reached for the stars and populated twelve planets as colonies of their home planet Kobol in a distant part of the galaxy. Scientific advancement has created robots with artificial intelligence, the Cylons, that rebel against humanity and after a war agree to go their own way.
Rom Space knight - Dec. 1979 – Feb. 1986
The character ROM gave up his humanity to become a great weapon of war. He chased the Dire Wraths around the Universe and ends up finally entering Earth to fight them all.
Newspaper comic strips 1980s-90s
Newspaper clips that were displayed in the 80s and 90s, were also an exciting read above the pictures of events happening.
Wolverine, 1982-90s
Character Wolverine was created from some of the characters of Conan the Barbarian. "Wolverine in his essence is a lot closer to Conan than any other Marvel hero that was created."
Transformers 1984
Comics of the Transformers was created from a line of toys that were created in the early 80s. Action-packed read.
A-Team 1984
There were four characters that made up to play the part of the A-Team. They were tried by court martial for a crime they did not commit. They were convicted and sentenced to serve terms in a military.
The Real Ghostbusters - 1986
The Real Ghostbusters was a TV show particularly aimed for the audience of children. Similar to the original "Ghostbusters".
Beano 1986
Beano comics was an educational book for children basically from the ages of six to twelve years of age.
Alf 1988 - 1992
ALF comic book was a product of Marvel Comic Books. The ALF comic was introduced 1988 and ran for approximately four years.
Bart Simpson April 19, 1987
Bar Simpson was published on November 29, 1993. Bart Simpson was ten years of age and a funny character; the son of Homer.
ThunderCats 1989
The ThunderCats superhero comic book was based on the original television series of the book. It was originally published by Marvel Comics through its Star Comics imprint in 1985, lasting for 3 years.
DareDevil 1992
Daredevil was a character who was blinded as a minor, fought battles of law and justice. Great story lines of defense.
Thor - 1993 - 1995
The character Thor was born to the King of the Asgardian Gods, Odin Borson, and the Earth Goddess Gaea. He grew up in Asgard, he was being trained by Odin to follow in his footsteps, to battle against monsters and giants alike. Very adventurous.
Ironman 1994 - 1996
Iron Man was gifted with a powerful armor that gave him superhuman durability, strength and an array of weapons.
Godzilla - 1995
Godzilla, a giant monster was formed from the waste of nuclear tests and is seen in the sea rising as a threaten to Japan. The only hope of stopping Godzilla is an oxygen destroyer.
G.I. Joe 1997
Through the years, the comic book series chronicled various adventures of G.I. Joe, which in turn was popular for twelve years. as also created with accounts of real life situations.