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Friday, December 5, 2014

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

  • Uncle Scrooge #21 â€" "The Money Well," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics)

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)

References






 
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