1940

The year 1940 (MCMXL) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by forty-four years.

Non-Fiction

Events

Undated

• Joe Rosen begins his lettering career.

April

• April 25 — The Joker makes his debut in the first publication of Batman #1.

Births

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• Leo D. Sullivan, Klaus Kessler, Yan Brian

January

• January 1 — Shōzō Tajima
• January 21 — Eduardo Borja

February

• February 2 — Morgan Lofting
• February 11 — Kinryū Arimoto

March

• March 26 — Monique Thierry

April

• April 19 — Francisco José

May

• May 4 — John Ridgway
• May 5 — Lance Henriksen
• May 28 — Kyōhei Tsutsumi

June

• June 15 — Aron Kincaid
• June 17 — Stephen Keener

August

• August 7 — Isaac Schneider
• August 13 — Sandro Sardone

September

• September 11 — Michael Schwarzmaier
• September 24 — Vincent Davy

November

• November 22 — Gyula Szersén

December

• December 7 — Arturo Mercado
• December 11 — André Luiz Chapéu