1949

«	1949	»

The year 1949 (MCMXLIX) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-five years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Fiction

Generation 1 Marvel Comics

Births

• September — Barbara Larkin ...All Fall Down!

Rescue Bots cartoon

Griffin Rock celebrates its tricentennial. As part of the celebrations, Elma Hendrickson and a number of other prominent citizens from the town's history are made into holograms. The Haunting of Griffin Rock

Non-Fiction

Events

April

• April 4 — NATO is formed as a counter to the Soviet Union.

Undated

• Ron Smith starts working in the comics industry.

Births

January

• January 9 — Vincent Grass
• January 24 — Rihoko Yoshida

March

• March 6 — Katsunori Ishida
• March 17 — Orlando Viggiani

April

• April 4 — Klaus-Dieter Klebsch
• April 14 — Dave Gibbons
• April 25 — Nicholas Kendall

May

• May 2 — Tony Fuochi
• May 6 — Yū Shimaka
• May 29 — Robert Axelrod

June

• June 7 — Larry Hama

August

• August 1 — Steve Bulen
• August 8 — José Luccioni
• August 30 — Chris Latta

September

• September 15 — Masahiro Kawasaki

October

• October 3 — Luca Biagini

November

• November 3 — René Gagnon
• November 12 — Roberto Macedo
• November 20 — Gilbert Levy

December

• December 12 — Takurō Kitagawa

Undated

• ?? — John Higgins, Walter von Hauff, Bob Treat