This is a list of comics-related events in 1955.
Publications and events
February
- Tales from the Crypt, with issue #46, canceled by EC Comics.
May
- Western Tales of Black Rider, with issue #28, takes over the numbering of Black Rider â€" Atlas Comics
- Third-last issue of Teen-Age Romances published, series cancelled shortly after
July
- Crime Does Not Pay (1942 series) #147 cancelled by Lev Gleason Publications.
- Red Ryder Comics, with issue #144, canceled by Dell Comics.
December
- Gunsmoke Western, with issue #32, takes over the numbering of Western Tales of Black Rider â€" Atlas Comics
First issue by title
Marvel Comics
- 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
- 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
- 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
Atlas Comics
- 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
- Ace the Bat-Hound, in Batman #92 (July)
- 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
- Kid Marvelman, in Marvelman #102 (L. Miller & Son, July)
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