January 27: The Nero story De Zwarte Voeten is first published in the newspapers. Halfway in the story, the main cast member Meneer Pheip makes his debut.
March 13: In Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey Beetle Bailey joins the army, which changes the overall concept of the comic strip, originally premiered in 1950.[5]
December 28: André Breton, Benjamin Péret and Paul Braig's La Vie Imaginée de Pablo Picasso is launched in the magazine Arts. It's a comic strip about Pablo Picasso and run until 8 February 1952.[17]
In the 37th issue of Will Eisner and Lou Fine's Doll Man Doll Man's girlfriend Martha Roberts becomes his team partner under the name Midge, the Doll Girl.[18]
July 8: Walter Trier, Czech-German illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 61.[31]
August
August 14: William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper comics publisher, co-founder of King Features and major force behind the comics industry, dies at age 88.[32]
September
September 18: Gelett Burgess, American poet, novelist, illustrator and comics artist (Goops), dies at age 85.
October
October 7: Hank Porter, American comic artist (Disney comics, comics based on Disney's animated features), dies at age 50. [33]
November
November 8: Antoni Muntañola, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 67 or 68.[34]
November 10: William Meade Prince, American illustrator, theatrical actor and comics artist (Aladdin, Jr.), commits suicide at age 58.[35][36]
December
December 2: J.P. Arnot, American comics artist (Helpful Henry), dies at age 64.[37]
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Bernard Graddon, British comics artist (Just Jake), dies at age 80 or 81.[38]
George Frederick Kaber, American illustrator (The Adventures of Lovely Lilly), dies at age 90 or 91.[39]
Kit Willer, Tex Willer's son, in The shadow of fear (May–October) created by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Galep - Bonelli. In the same adventure, set in Canada, two other recurring characters of the series (the Redcoat Jim Brandon and the trapper Gros-Jean) make their debut.[40]
^Daniels, Les (1995). DC Comics : Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. Bulfinch. p. 103. ISBN0821220764. The eighth issue of Strange Adventures achieved some sort of classic status. The cover showed a gorilla in a zoo holding up a slate that read 'Please believe me! I am the victim of a terrible scientific experiment!' This 'Incredible Story of an Ape with a Human Brain' had strong sales, and [editor Julius] Schwartz recalls that 'Irwin Donenfeld called me in and said we should try it again. Finally all the editors wanted to use gorilla covers.'
