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Events and publications[edit | edit source]
Year overall[edit | edit source]
- National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications is settled out of court; Fawcett agrees to quit using the Captain Marvel character(s) and pay DC Comics the sum of $400,000.[1] Subsequently, Fawcett leaves the comics publishing business.
- Tut le Blanc's comic strip An Altar Boy Named Speck begins syndication
March[edit | edit source]
- Al Gordon's art career begins with Trojan Comics' Attack! #6 and Beware #14.
April[edit | edit source]
- Master Comics, with issue #133, canceled by Fawcett.
June[edit | edit source]
- Whiz Comics, with issue #155, canceled by Fawcett.
- Captain Marvel Jr., with issue #118, canceled by Fawcett.
November[edit | edit source]
- Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series), with issue #150, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
- Hopalong Cassidy, with issue #85, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series), with issue #11, revived by Marvel.
- Weird Fantasy, with issue #22, merges with Weird Science to become Weird Science-Fantasy — EC Comics
First issues by title[edit | edit source]
Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics[edit | edit source]
- Bible Tales for Young Folk
- Buck Duck
- Crazy
- Homer Hooper
- Little Lizzie
- Lorna the Jungle Queen
- Menace (Mar.)
- Monkey and the Bear, The
- Patsy and her Pals
- Secret Story Romances
- Speed Carter, Spaceman
- Wendy Parker Comics
Other publishers[edit | edit source]
- Atomic Mouse (Mar.) — Charlton Comics
- Classics Illustrated Junior (Oct.) — Gilberton
- Little Dot (Sept.) — Harvey Comics
- Princess Knight, by Osamu Tezuka, first serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo Club (Jan.)
- The Topper #1 (Feb. 7) - D.C. Thomson and Co.
- Uncle Scrooge (Dec.) — Dell Comics
Renamed titles[edit | edit source]
Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics[edit | edit source]
- Battle Brady #10 renamed from Men in Action
- Bible Tales for Young People #3 renamed from Bible Tales for Young Folk
- Combat Casey #6 renamed from War Combat
- Miss America #50 renamed from Miss America Magazine
- Young Men #21 renamed from Young Men on the Battlefield
- Young Men in Action #24 renamed from Young Men
Other publishers[edit | edit source]
- United States Marines #7-11 renamed from Fighting Leathernecks - Toby Press
Initial appearances by character name[edit | edit source]
DC Thomson & Co.[edit | edit source]
- Beryl the Peril, in The Topper #1 (Feb. 7)
- General Jumbo, in The Beano #583 (19 Sept.)
- Little Plum, in The Beano #586 (10 Oct.)
- Minnie the Minx, in The Beano #596 (19 Dec.)
- Roger the Dodger, in The Beano #561 (18 Apr.)
Other publishers[edit | edit source]
- Atomic Mouse, in Atomic Mouse #1 (Charlton Comics, Mar.)
- Captain 3-D, in Captain 3-D #1 (Harvey Comics, Dec.)
- Captain Harlock, in Adventures of a Honeybee
- Little Lotta, in Little Dot #1 (Harvey Comics, Sept.)
- Richie Rich, in Little Dot #1 (Harvey Comics, Sept.)
- Ringo Kid, in The Ringo Kid Western #1 (Atlas Comics, Aug.)
- Superduperman, in Mad #4 (EC, Apr./May)
- Zombie, in Menace #5 (Atlas Comics, July)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "The World's Mightiest Mortal & Big Red Cheese". The Museum of Comic Book Advertising. Retrieved June 17, 2005.
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