Notable events of 1975 in comics.
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First issues by title
DC Comics
Batman Family
- Release: September /October Editor: Julius Schwartz.[66]
Beowulf
- Release: April /May. Writer: Michael Uslan. Artist: Ricardo Villamonte.[67]
Claw the Unconquered
- Release: May/June. Writer: David Michelinie. Artist: Ernie Chua.[68]
First Issue Special
- Release: April. Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby.[69]
Hercules Unbound
- Release: October /November Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: José Luis García-López and Wally Wood.[70][71]
The Joker: arguably the first regular series to feature a villain.
- Release: May. Writer: Dennis O'Neil. Artist: Irv Novick and Dick Giordano.[72]
Justice, Inc.
- Release: May/June. Writer: Dennis O'Neil. Artist: Al McWilliams.[73]
Kong the Untamed
- Release: June/July. Writer: Jack Oleck. Artist: Alfredo Alcala.[74]
Man-Bat
- Release: December 1975/January 1976. Writer: Gerry Conway. Artists: Steve Ditko and Al Milgrom.[75]
Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter
- Release: April /May. Writer: Jim Dennis. Artist: Leo Duranona.[76]
Secrets of Haunted House
- Release: April /May. Editor: Joe Orlando.
Sherlock Holmes
- Release: September /October Writers: Denny O'Neil (adaptation) and Arthur Conan Doyle (original story). Artists: E.R. Cruz.
Stalker
- Release: June/July. Writer: Paul Levitz. Artist: Steve Ditko.[77]
Super-Team Family
- Release: October/November Editor: Gerry Conway.[78]
Tales of Ghost Castle
- Release: May/June Editor: Tex Blaisdell.
Tor: first DC issue, featuring reprints of a Kubert character created in 1953.
- Release: May/June Writer/Artist: Joe Kubert.[79]
Marvel Comics
The Champions
- Release: October. Writer: Tony Isabella. Artists: Don Heck and Mike Esposito.[80]
Doc Savage: Man of Bronze
- Release: August by Curtis Magazines. Writer: Doug Moench. Artists: John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga.
Giant-Size Chillers
- Release: February.
Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up
- Release: March. Editor: Roy Thomas.[81][82]
Giant-Size X-Men
- Release: May. Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Dave Cockrum.[14]
The Inhumans
- Release: October. Writer: Doug Moench. Artists: George Pérez and Frank Chiaramonte.[83]
The Invaders
- Release: August. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artists: Frank Robbins and Vince Colletta.[84]
Kull and the Barbarians
- Release: May by Curtis Magazines. Writer/Editor: Roy Thomas.
Marvel Feature vol. 2
- Release: November. Editor: Roy Thomas.
Marvel Presents
- Release: October. Writer: John Warner. Artists: Mike Vosburg, Pat Boyette, and Bob McLeod.
Marvel Preview
- Release: Winter by Magazine Management/Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.
Masters of Terror
- Release: July by Curtis Magazines. Editor: Tony Isabella.
Skull the Slayer
- Release: August. Writer: Marv Wolfman. Artist: Steve Gan.
Super-Villain Team-Up
- Release: August. Writer: Tony Isabella.[81]
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
- Release: January by Magazine Management/Curtis Magazines. Editor: Roy Thomas.
Other publishers
Arcade
- Release: Spring by The Print Mint. Editors: Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith.
Arzach
- Artist/Writer: Jean Giraud.
Battle Picture Weekly
- Release: March 8 by IPC Magazines. Editor: Pat Mills.
Big Apple Comix
- Release: by Big Apple Productions. Editor: Flo Steinberg.
Captain Canuck
- Release: July by Comely Comix. Writer/Artist: Richard Comely.
- The Demon Hunter
- Release: September by Atlas/Seaboard Comics. Writer: David Anthony Kraft Artist: Rich Buckler
Doomsday + 1
- Release: July by Charlton Comics. Writer: Joe Gill. Artist: John Byrne.
Scary Tales
- Release: August by Charlton Comics. Editor: George Wildman.
Zombie Hunter
- Release: May by Kadokawa Shoten. Writer: Kazumasa Hirai. Artist: Yang Kyung-il