HoknesComics.com presents the 100 most important comic book characters PRE-1940

Most Important Comic Strip Characters

1879
The Brownies

1883

Peck’s Bad Boy (Henry Peck)

1895

Yellow Kid

1897

The Katzenjammer Kids

1900

Foxy Grandpa

Happy Hooligan

1902

Buster Brown

1905

Brainy Bowers

Professor Genius

The Imp (Little Nemo in Slumberland)

Little Nemo

1907

Mutt and Jeff

1910

Dolly Dimples (comic strip)

Ignatz Mouse

1911

Bunny

1913

Bringing Up Father

Krazy Kat

1914

Hans Und Fritz

1915

Roger Bean

1917

The Gumps

Little Mary Mixup

Reg'lar Fellers

1918

Captain and the Kids

Gasoline Alley (Skeezix)

1919

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

Felix The Cat

Olive Oyl

Harold Teen

1920

The Potts

Winnie Winkle

1921

Joe Palooka

Tillie The Toiler

1922

Bonzo the dog

Fritzi Ritz

Smitty (comic strip)

1923

Moon Mullins

Skippy

1924

Boots and Her Buddies

Little Orphan Annie

Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks

Wash Tubbs

1925

Ella Cinders

1928

Buck Rogers

Wilma Deering

Mickey Mouse

Tailspin Tommy

1929

Dixie Dugan

Popeye

Ripleys Believe It Or Not

Tarzan (comics)

Tintin

1930

Blondie (comic strip)

Joe Palooka

Nero and Zero

1931

Dick Tracy

1932

Henry

1933

Captain Easy

Dagwood Bumstead

Dickie Dare

Dan Dunn

Nancy (comic strip)

Swee'Pea

Tiny Tim (comic strip)

1934

Dale Arden

Colonel Blimp

Dragon Lady (Terry and the Pirates)

Father and Son (comics)

Flash Gordon

Frankie Doodle

Jungle Jim

Li’l Abner

Mandrake the Magician

Ming the Merciless

Secret Agent X-9

Prince Vultan

Hans Zarkov

1935

Ace Drummond

Adventures of Patsy

Barney Baxter

Doctor Occult

King of the Royal Mounted

Little Lulu

Oaky Doaks

Tin-Can Tommy

1936

The Broons

The Clock (comics)

King Arthur (DC Comics)

Merlin (DC Comics)

Mickey Finn (comic strip)

The Phantom

1937

Abbie an' Slats

Slam Bradley

Freddy the Fearless Fly

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Olga Mesmer

Prince Valiant

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

1938

Arrow (comics)

Charlie Chan

Chesty Bond

Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)

Uncle Fester

Clark Kent

Lois Lane

Jimmy Olsen

Ping the Elastic Man

Red Ryder

Robin Hood (DC Comics)

Spirou (comics)

Superman

Tex Thompson

Mary Worth

Zatara

1939

Addie and Hermy

Amazing-Man (Centaur Publications)

American Ace

Angel (Thomas Halloway)

Batman

Blue Beetle

Bozo the Iron Man

Billy Bunter

Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Claw (Lev Gleason Publications)

Doctor Death (comics)

Doll Girl

Doll Man

Eye (Centaur Publications)

Flame (comics)

Shock Gibson

James Gordon (comics)

Phineas Horton

Human Torch (android)

Invisible Hood

Jor-El

Ka-Zar (magazine)

Jonathan and Martha Kent

Julie Madison

Masked Marvel (Centaur Publications)

Masked Raider

Master Death

Mopsy

Namor

Phantom Blot

Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel)

Samson (Fox Feature Syndicate)

Sandman (Wesley Dodds)

Shazam (wizard)

Silver Streak (comics)

Martha & Thomas Wayne

Wizard (Archie Comics)

Wonder Man (Fox Publications)

 

 

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Welcome to the History of Comic Books

We are going to back and learn a step by step chronology of the modern comic book format by analyzing every single comic book ever published during the 1930's in the United States USA.