Notable events of 1976 in comics.

Events

Year overall

January

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

July

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

September

November

December

Specific date unknown

Conventions

Awards

Eagle Awards

Two British comics fans, Mike Conroy and Richard Burton, create the Eagle Awards, named after the long-running Brish comic title Eagle. The first set of awards are presented in 1977 at Comicon '77 for comics published in 1976:

First issues by title

DC Comics

Blitzkrieg DC Super Stars: mostly reprint title. Four Star Spectacular: reprint title. Freedom Fighters Isis Karate Kid Kobra Ragman Secret Society of Super Villains Starfire Super Friends The Warlord Welcome Back, Kotter

Marvel Comics

2001: A Space Odyssey Captain Britain Weekly Eternals Haunt of Horror Howard the Duck Marvel Classics Comics Nova Omega the Unknown Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man

Other publishers

Action Akim Release: June. Editor: Edizioni Altamira (Sergio Bonelli) American Splendor Bullet LaLa Nick Carter Release: March.by Edizioni Cenisio (Italy). Storm Super Almanacco Paperino Release: December by Mondadori. Reprint of classic Donald Duck’s stories. Twisted Sisters

Canceled titles

Charlton Comics

DC Comics

Gold Key Comics

Harvey Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers

Initial appearance by character name

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Other publishers