First issue of the monthly magazine Almanacco di Topolino (Mickey Mouse almanac), edited by Mondadori.
Februaryedit
February 2: André Franquin's Gaston Lagaffe makes his debut in Spirou. He first appears in its pages without any explanation. After a few weeks Spirou finally asks him who he is, but only finds out his name. Gaston then evolves into its own gag comic, which will run until 1997.[4]
February 4: Mell Lazarus' Miss Peach makes its debut. It will run until 8 September 2002.
The final issue of the Dutch comics magazine Ketelbinkie Krant is published, which is named Kapitein Rob's Vrienden outside Rotterdam.[5]
Marchedit
March 10: In the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino the story The quest for Tarzan, by Romano Scarpa first appears in print, which marks the only appearance of the jungle man Gaffy, brother of Goofy.
June 2: The final episode of Barbara Shermund's cartoon feature Shermund's Sallies is published, which will run in Pictorial Review until 2 June 1957.[8]
June 15: The first issue of Collana Audace rolls from the presses (Edizioni Audace), featuring the adventures of the Indian hero Kociss.
American News Company goes out of business, causing a huge shakeup in the publishing industry, forcing many comic book publishers and small magazine publishers out of business. Atlas Comics is forced to switch distribution to Independent News, owned by National Periodical Publications, owner of Atlas' rival, DC Comics. Because of this, Atlas is constrained as to its publishing output for the next decade (including the early years of its successor, Marvel Comics).[10]
Frank Jacobs's first article is printed in Mad Magazine. He'll become their longest-running scriptwriter, publishing his final article in October 2014.[11]
In Italy the first issue of Soldino (Bianconi) rolls from the press, starring the adventures (written by Giovan Battista Carpi) of the baby king Soldino and his tutor Nonna Abelarda.
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August 3: The final episode of Stephen Dowling and Frank Dowling's Ruggles is published.[12]
Pat l’irlandese (Pat the Irishman), by Aurelio Galeppini and Gian Luigi Bonelli is first published, which marks the debut of the Irish boxer Pat Mac Ryan, who becomes a helper of Tex Willer.
The first issue of Harvey Kurtzman's humor magazine Humbug is published. It will run until 1958.
September 10: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Kiekvogel is first published. Halfway the story Anne-Marie Doddel, Olivier B. Bommel's love interest, makes her debut.
September 14: The final episode of Stanley Link's newspaper comic The Dailys is first published.[15]
September 19: Donald the milkman by Carl Barks is refused by Western Printing, because judged too violent; the story will be published only in 1974 in a Dutch magazine.
In Italy the first issue of I classici di Walt Disney (Walt Disney's classics, Mondadori) is published, a reprint of the best stories which appeared earlier in Topolino, and Tom & Jerry (Bunny).
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