Creators
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1940:
- Alex Niño
- Chuck Menville
- Ernie Chan
- George Romero
- Jim Baikie
- John Ridgway
- Nestor Malgapo
- Richard Corben
- Ron Tiner
- Roy Thomas
- Stuart Margolin
- Winrich Kolbe
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1940:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1940 cover date:
- All-Star Comics (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Big 3 (Volume 1)
- Crack Comics (Volume 1)
- Flash Comics (Volume 1)
- Hit Comics (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- National Comics (Volume 1)
- Nickel Comics (Volume 1)
- Slam-Bang Comics (Volume 1)
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1940 cover date:
The following One Shots were published with a 1940 cover date:
Characters
Selected 1940 character debuts. See all.
- Aztar (New Earth)
- Kent Nelson (New Earth)
- Joker (Earth-Two)
- James Corrigan (New Earth)
- Alan Scott (New Earth)
- Carter Hall (New Earth)
- Richard Grayson (Earth-Two)
- Thaddeus Sivana (Earth-S)
- Jason Garrick (New Earth)
- Billy Batson (Earth-S)
- Selina Kyle (Earth-Two)
- Uncle Sam (Quality Universe)
- Alexei Luthor (Earth-Two)
- Inza Cramer (New Earth)
- Albert Pratt (New Earth)
- Jock Kellogg (Quality Universe)
- Quicksilver (Quality Universe)
- Santa Claus
- John Thunder (New Earth)
- Basil Karlo (New Earth)
- Rex Tyler (New Earth)
- William Glenmorgan (New Earth)
- Wotan (New Earth)
- Shazam (Earth-S)
- Zoro (Earth-S)
- Delores Winters (New Earth)
- Wonder Boy (Quality Universe)
- El Carim (Earth-S)
- Shiera Sanders (New Earth)
- Jon Valor (New Earth)
- James Barr (Earth-S)
- Yz (New Earth)
- Alan Armstrong (Earth-S)
- Paul Bunyan (Quality Universe)
- Anthony Zucco (New Earth)
- Susan Kent (Earth-S)
- Lord Chang (New Earth)
- Barry Moore (Quality Universe)
- Atom Blake (Earth-S)
- Hugo Strange (Earth-Two)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Quality Universe)
- Cyclone (Quality Universe)
- Clarice Winston (New Earth)
- Sally O'Neil (Quality Universe)
- Dian Belmont (New Earth)
- Amentep (Earth-S)
- Alexander the Great (Earth-Two)
- King Standish (New Earth)
- Joe Hercules (Quality Universe)
- Roger Parsons (Earth-S)
Teams
Selected 1940 team debuts. See all.
- Justice Society of America (New Earth)
- Seven Deadly Enemies of Man
- Order of Assassins
- Kid Patrol (Quality Universe)
- Monster Men
- Faultless Four
- Black Legion (Quality Universe)
- Flying Graysons
- Minute Men of America
- Jungle Twins
- Purple Trio (Quality Universe)