1981 in comics

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Notable events of 1981 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Year overall 1.2 January 1.3 February 1.4 March 1.5 April 1.6 May 1.7 June 1.8 July 1.9 August 1.10 September 1.11 October 1.12 November 1.13 December 2 Exhibitions and shows 3 Conventions 4 Awards 5 First issues by title

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[edit] Year overall

Big Rapids, a major midwestern comics distributor goes under, and two former employees (John Davis and Milton Griepp), form Capital City Distribution, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

First appearance of Thrud the Barbarian in Arkensword

[edit] January

• Frank Miller takes over full writing duties on Daredevil with issue #168, and creates Elektra.

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

• Marvel takes notice of the growing direct market and produces a title specifically for comic shops -- Dazzler #1 sells 400,000 copies (around twice the normal number).
• Dean and Jan Mullaney found the black & white independent Eclipse Magazine.

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

• DC's The Flash reaches its 300th issue and celebrates its 25th anniversary.

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

• Jinty merges with Tammy

[edit] December

[edit] Exhibitions and shows

[edit] Conventions

[edit] Awards

[edit] First issues by title