1955 in comics

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This is a list of comics-related events in 1955.

Publications and events

January
  • January 2: Professor Pi by Dutch comics artist Bob van den Born, which already ran in some foreign newspapers, is published in a Dutch newspaper for the first time, namely Het Parool.[1]
  • January 3: The Mickey Mouse story Mickey Mouse and Dr. X by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson is first published.
  • January 6: In Spirou the Tif et Tondu story Tif et Tondu contre la Main Blanche (written by Maurice Rosy and drawn by Will) starts running, which marks the debut of recurring and iconic villain Mr. Choc.[2]
  • January 8: With the death of cartoonist Ed Payne, the long-running newspaper comic Billy the Boy Artist comes to a close after having been in production for 56 years straight.[3]
  • The final issue of Giggle Comics is published.

February

March

April
  • The first issue of the American comics magazine M.D. by EC Comics is published. It will only last until December.

May
  • Western Tales of Black Rider, with issue #28, takes over the numbering of Black Rider — Atlas Comics
  • The third-last issue of Teen-Age Romances is published and the series is cancelled shortly after.

June
  • June 5: Warren Tufts' Lance makes its debut.[5]
  • June 10: In Topolino the first chapter of The Blot's Double Mystery, by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa is published. In this story, exceptionally crude and disquieting for the Disney's standards, the Phantom Blot returns fifteen years after his first creation.[6]
  • June 27: With Mickey Mouse and Li'l Davy by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson, the Davy Crockett miniseries is spoofed. It's also Gottfredson's final longer adventure comic, who later realizes only self-conclusive strips.
  • In the 92th issue of Batman the character Ace the Bat-Hound makes its debut.
  • Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge story The Fabulous Philosopher’s Stone is first published.

July

August
  • August 26: In Spirou the Lucky Luke story Rails on the prairie by René Goscinny and Morris is first published. This marks the first time Goscinny writes a story for the series, as well as the first time Luke sings his signature song: I'm a poor lonesome cowboy in the final panel.[7]
  • August 28: In Albi d’oro, Paperino e l’uomo del west (Donald Duck and the westerner), by Guido Martina and Giovan Battista Carpi “Holes in the hands”, the prodigal brother of Uncle Scrooge makes his first and only appearance.

September

October

November
  • November 15: The final episode of Phiny Dick, Coen van Hunnik and Richard Klokkers' Olle Kapoen is published.[14]
  • November 20: Malang's Chain Gang Charlie makes its debut.[15]
  • November 24: Dupuis releases the Belgian comics magazine Risque-Tout, which will appear until 1 November 1956.
  • The first issue of Marvel Comics' Snafu is published, but it will only last three issues and disappear in March 1956.[16][17]

December
  • December 23: The first issue of the long-running German comics magazine Mosaik is published.
  • Gunsmoke Western, with issue #32, takes over the numbering of Western Tales of Black Rider — Atlas Comics
  • Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge story The Golden Fleece is first published.

Specific date unknown
  • The final episode of both Arthur Warden's Snowdrop's Zoo and Tuffy and his Magic Tail is published.[18]
  • Belvision creates some animated TV shorts for Belgian television, based on the comics series Suske en Wiske and Tijl Uilenspiegel by Willy Vandersteen, which are broadcast during the children's show Kom Toch Eens Kijken.[19]

Deaths

January
  • January 7: Ed Payne, American comics artist (Billy the Boy Artist, Professor O. Howe Wise and Professor I.B. Schmart), dies at age 84.[3]
  • January 18: George Morrow, British cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist (published in Punch), dies at age 85.[20]

March
  • March 22: Kristoffer Aamot, Norwegian journalist, film director, politician and comics writer (Skomakker Bekk of Tvillingene Hans), dies at age 65.[21][22]
  • Specific date unknown: Ellison Hoover, American cartoonist and comics artist (Mr. and Mrs.), passes away at age 66 or 67.[23]

April
  • April 12: Louis Maîtrejean, French illustrator and comics artist (Linette et son Poilu), dies at age 73. [24]
  • April 21: Knut Stangenberg, Swedish comics artist (Fridolf Celinder), dies at age 83.[25]

August
  • August 5: André Vlaanderen, Dutch comics artist (advertising comic books for the Gazelle bicycle factory), passes away at age 73.[26]
  • August 25: Kitazawa Rakuten, Japanese manga artist (Tagosaku and Mokube's Sightseeing in Tokyo, The Failures of Kidoro Haikara, Chame and Dekobo, Nukesaku Teino, Tonda Haneko Jo, founder of the magazines Tokyo Puck and Rakuten Puck), passes away at age 82.[27]

September
  • September 23: Katharine P. Rice, American illustrator and comics artist (Flora Flirt), dies at age 76.[28]

October
  • October 6: Jean Doisy, Belgian journalist and publisher (chief editor of Spirou, 1938-1955), passes away at age 55 from throat cancer.[29]

November
  • November 12: Otto Nückel, German painter, graphic designer, illustrator and comics artist (Schicksal (Destiny)), dies at age 67.
  • November 30: Foxo Reardon, American cartoonist and comics artist (Bozo), dies at age 50 from cancer.[30]

December
  • December 16: Ami Hauhio, Finnish comics artist (Koltan Perintö, Maan mies Marsissa), dies at age 43. [31]
  • December 20: Emilio Cortinas, Uruguayan comics artist (Vito Nervio, Homero, El Muchacho Viajero), passes away at age 39 from cancer.[32]
  • December 27: Alex Gurney, Australian comics artist (Ben Bowyang), dies at age 53.[33]
  • December 27: Ham Fisher, American comics artist (Joe Palooka), commits suicide at age 55.[34]

Specific date unknown
  • Erich F.T. Schenk, German-American painter, children's book illustrator, animator and comics artist (Sleeping' Lena, Silas Skinflint, Blowaway), dies at age 53 or 54.[35]
  • Carl Storch, Austrian-Hungarian illustrator and comics artist (Maus und Molli, Pukchen und Mukchen), dies at age 87.[36]
  • William de la Torre, Mexican comics artist (Pedrito), dies at age 39.[37]

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

Renamed titles

Initial appearance by character name

Atlas Comics

DC Comics

Other publishers


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