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!

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Plot details for The Haunting of Griffin Rock follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

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

• ???? — Bob Treat

January

• January 24 — Rihoko Yoshida

April

• April 14 — Dave Gibbons
• April 25 — Nicholas Kendall

May

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

August

• August 1 — Steve Bulen
• August 30 — Chris Latta

October

• October 14 — Richard Newman

December

• December 12 — Takurō Kitagawa

Undated

• ?? — John Higgins