1955 in comics

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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 — 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 — 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)^[1]
• 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)

References