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.