1955 in comics
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Publications and events[edit | edit source]
February[edit | edit source]
- Tales from the Crypt, with issue #46, canceled by EC Comics.
 
May[edit | edit source]
- Western Tales of Black Rider, with issue #28, takes over the numbering of Black Rider — Atlas Comics
 - Third-last issue of Teen-Age Romances published, series cancelled shortly after
 
July[edit | edit source]
- Crime Does Not Pay (1942 series) #147 cancelled by Lev Gleason Publications.
 - Red Ryder Comics, with issue #144, canceled by Dell Comics.
 
December[edit | edit source]
- Gunsmoke Western, with issue #32, takes over the numbering of Western Tales of Black Rider — Atlas Comics
 
First issue by title[edit | edit source]
Marvel Comics[edit | edit source]
- The Adventures of Pinky Lee
 - Billy Buckskin Western
 - The Black Knight
 - Della Vision
 - Homer the Happy Ghost
 - Marines in Action
 - Meet Miss Bliss
 - My Girl Pearl
 - Navy Combat
 - Rawhide Kid
 - Strange Tales of the Unusual
 - Wyatt Earp
 
Other publishers[edit | edit source]
- The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics, Aug./Sept.)
 - Black Fury (Charlton Comics, May)
 - Little Lotta (Harvey Comics, Nov.)
 - Psychoanalysis (EC Comics, Mar.)
 - Ribon (Shueisha, Aug.)
 
Renamed titles[edit | edit source]
- Cowboy Action #5 renamed from Western Thrillers
 - Gunsmoke Western #32 renamed from Western Tales of Black Rider - Marvel Comics
 - Jann of the Jungle #8 renamed from Jungle Tales - Marvel Comics
 - Patty Powers #4 renamed from Della Vision - Marvel Comics
 - Police Badge issue 749 #5 renamed from Spy Thrillers - Marvel Comics
 - Strange Stories of Suspense #5 renamed from Rugged Action - Marvel Comics
 - Western Tales of Black Rider #28 renamed from Black Rider - Atlas Comics
 
Initial appearance by character name[edit | edit source]
Atlas Comics[edit | edit source]
- Black Knight (Sir Percy), in Black Knight #1 (May)
 - Homer the Happy Ghost, in Homer, The Happy Ghost #1 (Mar.)
 - Morgan le Fay, in Black Knight #1 (May)
 - Mordred, in Black Knight #1 (May)
 - Rawhide Kid, in Rawhide Kid #1 (Mar.)
 
DC Comics[edit | edit source]
- Ace the Bat-Hound, in Batman #92 (July)[1]
 - Krypto, in Adventure Comics #210 (March)
 - Martian Manhunter, in Detective Comics #225 (Nov.)
 - Silent Knight, in The Brave and the Bold #1 (Aug.)
 - Viking Prince, in The Brave and the Bold #1 (Aug.)
 
Other publishers[edit | edit source]
- Kid Marvelman, in Marvelman #102 (L. Miller & Son, July)
 
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Irvine, Alex; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1950s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. 
Once Superman had a dog, Batman got one too, in "Ace, the Bat-Hound!" In the story by writer Bill Finger and artist Sheldon Moldoff, Batman and Robin found a German Shepherd called Ace.
 
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