1962 in science fiction
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The year 1962 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
Births
Deaths
Literary releases
Novels
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Island by Aldous Huxley
- The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delaney
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison
Short stories
Children's books
Comics
- Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko[1]
- Barbarella, by Jean-Claude Forest, begins serialization in France
- First appearance of Dr. Solar, Man of the Atom, published by Gold Key Comics
- First Appearance of The Hulk in Incredible Hulk #1, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby[2]
- First Appearance of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #39 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck[3]
- First appearance of the Space Family Robinson, published by Gold Key Comics
Movies
- The Brain that Wouldn't Die written and dir. by Joseph Green
- Invasion of the Star Creatures dir. by Bruno VeSota
- La Jetée written and dir. by Chris Marker - the source material for the film Twelve Monkeys
- King Kong vs. Godzilla dir. by Ishirō Honda