In 1960, the Silver Age was fully adopted across titles with the arrival of the first crossover: the Justice League of America, gathering seven major heroes from all titles. They first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #28 and soon got their own series. The new heroes get their own titles and new, teenage supporting characters are introduced: Kid Flash, Aqualad and Pieface.
Creators[]
The following creative talent are known to have been born in 1960:
- Al Davison
- Ashley Tillman
- Barbara Kesel
- Bobbi Weiss
- Bret Blevins
- Brian Murray
- Bruce McCorkindale
- Bruno Heller
- Cherie Bennett
- Chuck Austen
- Chuck Maly
- Dan Riba
- Dave Mazzucchelli
- David Nutter
- Denys Cowan
- Frank Wood
- George Pratt
- Giancarlo Caracuzzo
- Grant Morrison
- James Fry
The following creative talent passed away in the year 1960:
Titles
The following comic titles debuted with a 1960 cover date:
- Green Lantern (Volume 2)
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (Volume 1)
The following Comic titles were last published with a 1960 cover date:
- A Date with Judy (Volume 1)
- Pat Boone (Volume 1)
- Sergeant Bilko (Volume 1)
- Sergeant Bilko's Private Doberman (Volume 1)
- The Three Mouseketeers (Volume 1)
Characters
Selected 1960 character debuts. See all.
- Wally West (New Earth)
- Giovanni Giuseppe (New Earth)
- George Harkness (New Earth)
- Garth (New Earth)
- Ralph Dibny (New Earth)
- Starro (New Earth)
- Despero (New Earth)
- Thomas Kalmaku (New Earth)
- Allen Adam (Earth-Four)
- Lucas Carr (New Earth)
- Mark Mardon (New Earth)
- Anthony Ives (New Earth)
- Amazo (New Earth)
- Herupa Hando Hu (New Earth)
- Robot F2324 (New Earth)
- Van-Zee (Earth-One)
- Rudy West (New Earth)
- Bonnie King (New Earth)
- William Tockman (New Earth)
- Calvin Carson (New Earth)
- Super-Menace (Earth-One)
- Bizarro, Jr. (Earth-One)
- Streaky (Earth-One)
- Ken-Dal (Earth-One)
- Flying Cloud (New Earth)
- Duncan Pramble (New Earth)
- C.C. Haly (New Earth)
- Charles Brown (New Earth)
- Star Hawkins (New Earth)
- Kull-Ex (Earth-One)
- Victor Bragg (New Earth)
- Professor Menace (Earth-One)
- Bizarro Supergirl (Earth-One)
- Kryptonite Kid (Earth-One)
- Jordan Weir (New Earth)
- Swami Ymar (Earth-One)
- Willard Wiggins (New Earth)
- Etta Candy (Earth-One)
- Sylvia DeWitt (Earth-One)
- Dik-Rey (Earth-One)
- Star-Man (Earth-One)
- Dane Dorrance (New Earth)
- Dik-Zee (Earth-One)
- Chester King (Earth-One)
- Biff Bailey (New Earth)
- Lyle-Zee (Earth-One)
- Angelo Bend (Earth-One)
- Zack Nolan (New Earth)
- Mary Loyd (New Earth)
- John Grayson (New Earth)
Teams
Selected 1960 team debuts. See all.