1954 in comics
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Notable events of 1954 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
Events and publications[edit | edit source]
- Publication of Seduction of the Innocent, by American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. The book warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. A minor bestseller, it created alarm in parents and galvanized them to campaign for censorship.
- Publishers All American Comics, Comic Media, Fiction House, Star Publications, and Youthful go out of business.
February[edit | edit source]
- Hopalong Cassidy, with issue #86, revived by DC Comics, taking over the numbering of the Fawcett Comics series.[1]
March[edit | edit source]
- Atlas Comics publishes Lorna, the Jungle Girl #6 (renamed from Lorna, the Jungle Queen)
April[edit | edit source]
- April 21–22: United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings on the comic book industry.
June[edit | edit source]
- "Tralla La," a Scrooge McDuck story by Carl Barks, published in Uncle Scrooge #6
- June 4: Further meeting of United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency
September[edit | edit source]
- Formation of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA) and the Comics Code Authority (CCA)
- Atlas Comics publishes Crime Fighters Always Win #11 (renamed from Timely's Crimefighters)
- Roy of the Rovers debuts in Fleetway's Tiger
- Last issue of Journey Into Fear (#21) (September, 1954) by Canadian publisher Superior
November[edit | edit source]
- The Haunt of Fear, with issue #28 (November/December cover date), canceled by EC Comics.
December[edit | edit source]
- Kodansha publishes Nakayoshi.
- The Vault of Horror, with issue #40 (December 1954/January 1955 cover date), canceled by EC Comics.
- Chamber of Chills, with issue #26, canceled by Harvey Comics.
First issues by title[edit | edit source]
Archie Comics[edit | edit source]
Atlas Comics[edit | edit source]
- Arrowhead
- Battle Ground
- Girl's Life
- Jungle Action
- Jungle Tales
- Marines in Battle
- Navy Action
- Outlaw Fighters
- Outlaw Kid
- Police Action
- The Ringo Kid Western
- Riot
- Rugged Action
- Semper Fi
- Spy Thrillers
- Western Kid (December)
- Western Outlaws
- Western Thrillers
- Wild
Hulton Press[edit | edit source]
National Comics[edit | edit source]
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen[2] (October)
- Our Fighting Forces (October)
Toby Press[edit | edit source]
Initial appearances by character name[edit | edit source]
Atlas Comics[edit | edit source]
- Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale) in Men's Adventures #26 (March)
- Gorilla-Man (Arthur Nagan) in Mystery Tales #21 ([September)
- Jann of the Jungle in Jungle Tales #1 (September)
- M-11 in Menace #11 (May)
- Outlaw Kid in The Outlaw Kid #1 (September)
- Ringo Kid in The Ringo Kid Western #1 (August)
- Western Kid in The Western Kid #1 (November)
Dell Comics[edit | edit source]
- Turok in Four Color Comics #596 (October/November)
Harvey Comics[edit | edit source]
- Wendy the Good Little Witch in Casper the Friendly Ghost #20 (May)
L. Miller & Son[edit | edit source]
National Comics[edit | edit source]
- Angle Man in Wonder Woman #70 (November 1954)
- Crimesmith in World's Finest Comics #68 (January/February)
- Janu the Jungle Boy in Action Comics #191 (April)
- Mysto in Detective Comics #203 (January)
- Space Cabbie in Mystery in Space #21 (August)
Prize Comics[edit | edit source]
- Fighting American in Fighting American #1 (April/May)
Newspaper strips[edit | edit source]
- Charlotte Braun in Peanuts (November 30)
- Pig-Pen in Peanuts (July 13)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Irvine, Alex; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1950s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Following the decision to close the comics division of Fawcett Publications in 1953, Hopalong Cassidy came to DC with issue #86...by the writers Gardner Fox and Don Cameron and artist Gene Colan.
- ↑ Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 73: "Jimmy Olsen got his own adventures in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1. A comic remarkable for its inventiveness and longevity, it ran for 163 issues."