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Notable events of 2001 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Contents 1 Events and publications 1.1 Year overall 2 Deaths 2.1 January 2.2 April 2.3 June 2.4 August 2.5 September 2.6 November 2.7 December 3 First issues by title 4 Initial appearances by character name 5 Notes

[edit] Events and publications

[edit] Year overall

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• January 23: Fred Ray, Superman's primary cover artist of the 1940s, passes away at age 80.

[edit] April

• April 3: Ray Osrin passes away at age 72.

[edit] June

• June 22: George Evans dies at age 81.

[edit] August

• August 25: Chuck Cuidera dies at age 85.

[edit] September

• September 13: Johnny Craig, long-time EC Comics artist, dies at age 75.

[edit] November

• November 6: Gray Morrow dies at age 67.

[edit] December

• December 19: Dan DeCarlo, long-time Archie Comics artist, dies at age 82.

[edit] First issues by title

Pearls Before Swine

Release: December 31 by The Washington Post. Writer: Stephan Pastis Artist: Stephan Pastis.

[edit] Initial appearances by character name

Onimar Synn in JSA #24 (June) written by David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns, published by DC Comics.

[edit] Notes