2007 in comics

==Events==
===January===
*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.
*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.
===February===
*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment.
*February 28: Release of 2000 AD prog #1526. This is the 30th anniversary issue and will see the start of three new storylines: Flesh (by Pat Mills and Ramon Sola), Nikolai Dante (by Robbie Morrison & Simon Fraser) and Savage (by Pat Mills and Charlie Adlard)
===March===
* With issue #215, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight is cancelled by DC.
* March 7: Marvel Comics "kills" Captain America (US)
* March 17: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing, one day event
* March 21: Andy Diggle starts his run on Hellblazer with issue #230
===May===
*May 2: Weekly series 52 concludes.
* May 12: Bristol Comic Expo, start of two day event
* May 23: British comic heroine Tank Girl returns after a twelve year sojourn, with original writer Alan Martin on scripts and Australian penciler Ashley Wood on art. The four-part mini-series is called The Gifting and will be collected in time for Christmas.
===July===
* July 25: The United States Postal Service released Marvel Superhero Stamps featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, and other Marvel superheroes.
===August===
* August 11: Caption, start of two-day event
===September===
* September 8: London Film & Comic Con, start of two-day event
===October===
*October 10: The Best American series releases the second The Best American Comics publication. The collection is edited by Chris Ware and Anne Elizabeth Moore.
*October 30: Zuda Comics, a webcomics imprint of DC Comics, launches.
===November===
*November 9: The Folger Shakespeare Library hosts Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, and Chris Ware in a discussion on graphic novels as a part of the PEN/Faulkner Reading Series.
==Deaths==
=== January ===
* January 8: Drew Posada, colorist and pin-up artist, passes away at age 37.
=== February ===
* February 8: Joe Edwards, creator of Li'l Jinx, passes away at age 85.
* February 18: Bob Oksner, long-time DC Comics artist, dies at age 90.
===March===
* March 8: 2000 AD artist Massimo Belardinelli dies at age 68.
* March 12: Arnold Drake, co-creator of the Doom Patrol and Deadman, dies at age 83.
* March 21: Drew Hayes, creator of Poison Elves, dies at age 37.
===April===
* April 21: Golden Age artist Art Saaf dies at age 85.
=== May ===
* May 1: Artist Tom Artis dies at age 51.
===August===
* August: British comic book artist Phil Gascoine dies at age 72-73.
* August 12: Artist Mike Wieringo dies at age 44.
=== November ===
* November 5: Paul Norris, co-creator of Aquaman, and long-time artist of Brick Bradford, passes away at age 93.
===December===
* December 9: Charlton Comics artist Wayne Howard dies at age 58.
* December 14: Dave Gantz dies at c. age 85.
==Exhibitions and shows==
==Conventions==
* March 17: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing, London, UK.
* May 12–13: Bristol Comic Expo, Bristol, UK.
* August 11–12: Caption, Oxford, UK.
* September 1–2: London Film & Comic Con, London, UK.
==First issues by title==
;Alice in Sunderland (graphic novel)
:Release: April 5. Writer: Bryan Talbot. Artist: Bryan Talbot.
;Forge of War (6-issue mini-series)
:Release: May by Boom! Studios. Writers: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton. Art by: Rahsan Ekedal.
;Kamisama Dolls
:Release: January. by Shogakukan (Monthly Sunday Gene-X). Author: Hajime Yamamura
;March Comes in Like a Lion
:Release: by Hakusensha (Young Animal). Author: Chica Umino
;Northlanders
:Release: December 5 by Vertigo. Writers: Brian Wood. Art by: Davide Gianfelice
;Omega the Unknown
:Release: Early 2006 by Marvel Comics. Writer: Jonathan Lethem. Art by: Farel Dalrymple and colorist Paul Hornschemeier. Summary: 1970s superhero Omega the Unknown will be re-introduced in an updated series by Jonathan Lethem—best-known for his novels Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. The storyline of the 10-issue series centers on a teenage prodigy from Washington Heights and his relationship with Omega, a mysterious and silent superhero from another world. (Announced May 16, 2005.)
;Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator (2-issue mini-series)
:Release: January 10 by DC Comics. Writer: Mark Schultz .Art by: Ariel Olivetti. Summary: The Man of Steel and the Dark Detective have to team up to defeat two of the galaxy's most dangerous hunters
==References==
Category:2007