1945
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Creators
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1945 cover date:
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Vol 1 · Marvel Family Vol 1 · Mary Marvel Vol 1
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1945 cover date:
The following One Shots were published with a 1945 cover date:
- No One Shots were published in 1945.
Characters
The following characters debuted with a 1945 cover date:
Charles Halstead (New Earth) · George Spelvin (Earth-Two) · Jonathan Cheval (New Earth) · Kenneth Darby (Earth-Two) · Leona Masters (Earth-Two) · Michael Strait (Earth-Two) · Neptune Perkins (New Earth) · Rudolph Hessenpfeffer (Earth-Two) · Superboy (Earth-One) · Teth-Adam (Earth-S) · Tyrone Pipsqueak (Earth-Two)
Chronology
The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 1945. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 1945. The passage of time in the DC Universe is nebulous and subject to change and interpretation. Events from historical time periods are indexed under their corresponding years.
January
February
March
April
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Spring: The JSA educate a man named Dick Amber on the history of German warfare, dating all the way to the time of the Teutonic knights. | All-Star Comics #24 | Spring.45 |
| Hawkman faces up against the Monacle for the first time. | Flash Comics #64 | 4.45 |
| April 15, 1945: Thirteen members of the JSA act as honor guard for FDR's funeral in Hyde Park. The heroes vow to continue the war effort until the Axis powers are defeated. NOTES: According to Last Days of the JSA, this was the last time in the forties that all of the JSA's members (to that date) were together, including Hourman, Mr. Terrific and the Spectre, who had already left the team. In an alternate timeline, the Spectre appears after the burial and sends the JSA on a final raid in Berlin, where they all perish in a failed attempt to stop Hitler from destroying the world with the Spear of Destiny. That timeline was negated by the JSA's entry into the Ragnarok cycle. | Last Days of the Justice Society Special | 1986 |
| April (late): The Unknown Soldier is sent on a mission to stop a Nazi super-weapon - vampiric octopuses called "Nosferatu". | Unknown Soldier #268 | 10.82 |
| April 29th: The Unknown Soldier infiltrates Hitler's bunker, killing him and assuming the dictator's identity in order to call off a weapons deployment. He then makes Hitler's death look like a suicide. | Unknown Soldier #268 | 10.82 |
May
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| May 1st: The essence of a time-traveling Swamp Thing takes root in the body of US soldier Alexander Holland. Holland assists Easy Co. in destroying a Nazi slaughter house/magus bunker run by Anton Arcane. Afterwards, Swamp Thing's spirit disappears again into the time stream. | Swamp Thing v.2 #82 | 1.89 |
June
July
August
| Event | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| August 5th: The Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing millions. One of the casualties is Thomas Morita, aka, Kung. Kung's spirit will eventually bring the 21st century JSA back in time to this event. | Justice Society of America v.3 #27 | 7.09 |
