See also: 1957 in comics, other events of 1958, 1959 in comics, 1950s in comics and the list of years in comics
Publications and events
Year overall
- Foundation of publishers Major Publications and I. W. Publications.
March
June
- Action Comics #241 â€" "The Super-Key to Fort Superman", first appearance of Superman's Fortress of Solitude (DC Comics)
- Uncle Scrooge #22 â€" "The Golden River," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics)
August
- Four Color Comics #946 â€" The Big Country, by Paul S. Newman and Bob Correa (Dell Comics)
- August 13: Jack Cole dies at age 43.
September
- Superman #124 â€" the first DC title with a letters column as a regular feature beginning with this issue.
- Uncle Scrooge #27 â€" "The Money Champ," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics)
October
- The Cisco Kid, with issue #41 (Octoberâ€"December cover date), canceled by Dell.
December
- December 27 - Taiwanese Manhua artist Chen Uen is born.
First issues by title
- Bunty (D. C. Thomson & Co.)
- Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie Comics, September)
- Life with Archie (Archie Comics, September)
- Strange Worlds (Atlas Comics, December)
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC Comics, March/April)
- Tell It to the Marines Super #1 (I.W. Publishing) â€" (also see Tell It to the Marines)
- Uncle Choi (Hong Kong)
Initial appearance by character name
DC Comics
- Batman of Zur-En-Arrh in Batman #113 (August)
- Bizarro in Superboy #68 (October)
- Brainiac in Action Comics #242 (July)
- Calendar Man in Detective Comics #259 (September)
- Doctor Alchemy in Showcase #13 (April)
- Doctor Double X in Detective Comics #261 (November)
- False-Face in Batman #113 (February)
- Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics #247 (April)
- Cosmic Boy
- Garth Ranzz
- Saturn Girl
- Mister Element in Showcase #13 (April)
- Adam Strange in Showcase #17 (November)
- Terrible Trio in Detective Comics #253 (March)
Other publishers
- Cosmo the Merry Martian in Cosmo the Merry Martian #1 (Archie Comics, September)
- Herbie Popnecker in Forbidden Worlds #73 (American Comics Group, December)
- Papa Smurf in Johan and Peewit: "La Flûte à six trous" (Éditions Dupuis, October 23)
- The Smurfs in Johan and Peewit: "La Flûte à six trous" (Éditions Dupuis, October 23)
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