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Notable events of 2007 in comics. See also List of years 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 18: Bob Oksner dies at age 90.
• 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

• 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

April

• April 21: Golden Age artist Art Saaf dies at age 85

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.

June

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 5: Paul Norris, co-creator of Aquaman, dies at age 93.
• 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.^[1]

December

Deaths

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.

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.

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.

The Black Blood Alliance (4-issue mini-series)

Release: November 19, 2007. Writers: Kay Fedewa and E. Siegel (they produce the art as well, Kay Fedewa doing the main and E. Siegel on the backgrounds)

Forge of War (6-issue mini-series)

Release: May by Boom! Studios. Writers: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton. Art by: Rahsan Ekedal.

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

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