1953 in comics
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Events and publications
Year overall
- National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications is settled out of court; Fawcett agrees to quit using the Captain Marvel character(s) and pay DC Comics the sum of $400,000.[1] Subsequently, Fawcett leaves the comics publishing business.
- Tut le Blanc's comic strip An Altar Boy Named Speck begins syndication
January
- January 9: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Hugo Pratt's Sergeant Kirk makes its debut in the comics magazine Misterix.
February
- February 7: The first issue of the British comics magazine The Topper is published, which will run until 15 September 1990. In its first issue David Law's Beryl the Peril makes its debut.
- February 23: The Nero story De Ring van Petatje by Marc Sleen is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story Petatje makes her debut.
- February 25: The Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum becomes a supplement of the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. It will run until 11 January 1967. [2]
March
- March 9: Elliott Caplin and Stan Drake's The Heart of Juliet Jones makes its debut. It will run until 1 January 2000.
- Al Gordon's art career begins with Trojan Comics' Attack! #6 and Beware #14.
- Jumbo Comics (1938 series), with issue #167, canceled by Fiction House.
April
- April 1: The fourth issue of Mad Magazine features Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood's classic Superman parody Superduperman. This is the first specific comic book parody in Mad and strikes a nerve among readers. The previously low-selling Mad now finally becomes a best-seller. [3]
- April 18: Barrie Appleby's Roger the Dodger makes its debut in The Beano.
- Master Comics, with issue #133, canceled by Fawcett.
May
- Rolf Kauka's Fix and Foxi makes its debut. [4]
June
- Whiz Comics, with issue #155, canceled by Fawcett.
- Captain Marvel Jr., with issue #118, canceled by Fawcett.
July
- Lorna the Jungle Girl, issue #1, created by Don Rico and Werner Roth.
August
- August 29: Mars Ravelo's Bondying makes its debut.
September
- September 12: The final issue of the British comics magazine Illustrated Chips is published and merges with Film Fun.
- September 19: Paddy Brennan's General Jumbo makes its debut in The Beano.
- September 22: The passing of H. T. Webster also means the end of his long-running comic strip Timid Soul, better known under the name of its protagonist, Casper Milquetoast. [5]
- The British comics magazine Comic Cuts is disestablished and merges with Knockout.
- The first issue of Little Dot is published, in which Richie Rich makes his debut.
- Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer's Tor makes its debut.
October
- 1 October: The first issues of the Dutch children's and comics magazines Okki and Taptoe are published. The magazines will run until 2016. [6]
- 10 October: Leo Baxendale's Little Plum makes its debut in The Beano. [7]
November
- Captain Marvel Adventures (1941 series), with issue #150, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
- Hopalong Cassidy, with issue #85, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series), with issue #11, revived by Marvel.
- Weird Fantasy, with issue #22, merges with Weird Science to become Weird Science-Fantasy (EC Comics)
December
- December 4: The Spirou and Fantasio story La Turbotraction is first prepublished in Spirou. Halfway the story Seccotine the journalist makes her debut.
- December 19: Leo Baxendale's Minnie the Minx makes its debut in The Beano. [8]
Deaths
January
- January 12: Wilfred R. Cyr, American comics artist (Cabin Boy Exploits of Eve), passes away at age 73. [9]
- January 23: Albert Hahn Jr., Dutch illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist (made text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 68. [10]
May
- May 5: Dick Dorgan, American comics artist (Kid Dugan, Colonel Gilfeather, continued You Know Me, Al), dies at age 60. [11]
June
- June 20: Émile-Joseph Pinchon, French comics artist (Bécassine), dies at age 72. [12]
July
- July 24: Eelco Harmsen van der Beek, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (Flipje van Tiel), dies at age 56. [13]
- July 31: Kornel Makuszyński, Polish novelist and comics writer (Koziołek Matołek), dies at age 69.
November
- November 29: Karl Arnold, German painter, caricaturist and comics artist (made various comics for Simplicissimus), dies at age 70. [14]
- November 29: Milt Gross, American comics artist (He Done Her Wrong, Count Screwloose), passes away at age 58. [15]
December
- December 17: Stephen Slesinger, American radio, film and TV producer and comics writer (Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted), dies at age 51.
First issues by title
Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics
- Bible Tales for Young Folk
- Buck Duck
- Crazy
- Homer Hooper
- Little Lizzie
- Lorna the Jungle Queen
- Menace (Mar.)
- Monkey and the Bear, The
- Patsy and her Pals
- Secret Story Romances
- Speed Carter, Spaceman
- Wendy Parker Comics
Other publishers
- Atomic Mouse (Mar.) — Charlton Comics
- Classics Illustrated Junior (Oct.) — Gilberton
- Little Dot (Sept.) — Harvey Comics
- Princess Knight, by Osamu Tezuka, first serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo Club (Jan.)
- The Topper #1 (Feb. 7) - D.C. Thomson and Co.
- Uncle Scrooge (Dec.) — Dell Comics
Renamed titles
Atlas Comics/Marvel Comics
- Battle Brady #10 renamed from Men in Action
- Bible Tales for Young People #3 renamed from Bible Tales for Young Folk
- Combat Casey #6 renamed from War Combat
- Miss America #50 renamed from Miss America Magazine
- Young Men #21 renamed from Young Men on the Battlefield
- Young Men in Action #24 renamed from Young Men
Other publishers
- United States Marines #7-11 renamed from Fighting Leathernecks - Toby Press
Initial appearances by character name
DC Thomson & Co.
- Beryl the Peril, in The Topper #1 (Feb. 7)
- General Jumbo, in The Beano #583 (19 Sept.)
- Little Plum, in The Beano #586 (10 Oct.)
- Minnie the Minx, in The Beano #596 (19 Dec.)
- Roger the Dodger, in The Beano #561 (18 Apr.)
Other publishers
- Atomic Mouse, in Atomic Mouse #1 (Charlton Comics, Mar.)
- Captain 3-D, in Captain 3-D #1 (Harvey Comics, Dec.)
- Captain Harlock, in Adventures of a Honeybee
- Little Lotta, in Little Dot #1 (Harvey Comics, Sept.)
- Richie Rich, in Little Dot #1 (Harvey Comics, Sept.)
- Ringo Kid, in The Ringo Kid Western #1 (Atlas Comics, Aug.)
- Superduperman, in Mad #4 (EC, Apr./May)
- Zombie, in Menace #5 (Atlas Comics, July)
References
- ↑ "The World's Mightiest Mortal & Big Red Cheese". The Museum of Comic Book Advertising. Retrieved June 17, 2005.
- ↑ KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 195
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_wallace.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kauka_rolf.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/webster_h.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/okki_jippo_taptoe.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/baxendale_leo.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/baxendale_leo.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cyr_wr.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hahn_albert_jr.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dorgan_dick.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pinchon_ej.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/harmsen_van_beek.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arnold_karl.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gross_m.htm
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