Eerie, a one-shot horror comic book published by Avon Periodicals as Eerie #1. The book holds the distinction of being the first true, stand-alone horror comic book and is credited with establishing the horror comics genre.
February
March
March 10: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes is resyndicated in the Dutch newspapers De Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and De Volkskrant after being interrupted since the Liberation in 1944.
Captain America Comics #61 - Timely Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics #81 - Timely Comics
April
April 3: The Flemish comics magazinet Kapoentje makes its debut. It wil run until 1989.
April 11: Peyo first publishes his comic strip Johan in La Dernière Heure, which will become Johan and Peewit in 1954.
April 14: Charles Kuhn's newspaper comic Grandma makes its debut.
April 26': Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Watergeest is first published. Halfway the story major Dirk Dickerdack and Markies de Canteclaer make their debut.
Captain America Comics #62 - Timely Comics
Human Torch Comics #26 - Timely Comics
Sub-Mariner Comics #22 - Timely Comics
The first episode of Lib Abrena's Ipo-Ipo is published.
May
Marvel Mystery Comics #82 - Timely Comics
June
June 21: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Talisman is first published. Halfway the story the antagonist Joris Goedbloed makes his debut. He will later also become a recurring character in Panda.
June 29: Marc Sleen first publishes his gag cartoon series De Ronde van Frankrijk, in which he chronicles every tournament of the annual Tour de France. He will continue this series up and until July 1964.
The Dutch comics magazine Sjors, which was already published between 1936 and 1942, reappears but every two weeks instead of each week.
Sub-Mariner Comics #23 - Timely Comics
July
July 1: Willy Vandersteen leaves newspaper De Nieuwe Gids and takes his successful comics series Suske en Wiske with him. About 25.0000 readers instantly subscribe to De Standaard, the paper where the series will be published from now on.
August 24: In one episode of Will Eisner's The Spirit the Spirit is temporarily blinded and remains to for several episodes.
Malang's Kosme the Cop makes its debut.
September
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, with issue #15, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
October
October 2: Marc Sleen's comic strip De Avonturen van Detectief Van Zwam starring Detective Van Zwam makes its debut in the newspaper De Nieuwe Gids. Halfway the story Van Zwam meets Nero who will soon become his sidekick and eventually the main protagonist of the series, which will then be known as The Adventures of Nero. It will run uninterruptedly until 2002 and is drawn singlehandedly by Sleen for its first 45 years.
Captain America Comics #64 - Timely Comics
Human Torch Comics #28 - Timely Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics #84 - Timely Comics
November
November 6: After Willy Vandersteen's departure t Kapoentje lets Bob De Moor create a replacement comic for Vandersteen's De Vrolijke Bengels, which becomes the long-running series De Lustige Kapoentjes. De Moor's version will continue until December 1949.
November 28': The Dutch comics magazine Tom Poes Weekblad based on the popularity of Marten Toonder's Tom Poes makes its debut, but will only last until June 1951.
Human Torch Comics #29 - Timely Comics
More Fun Comics, with issue #127, is cancelled by DC Comics.
Sub-Mariner Comics #24 - Timely Comics
December
The Donald Duck story Christmas on Bear Mountain is published, which marks the debut of Scrooge McDuck.
The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Okidoki is published, which in 1949 will change its name into Jumbo.It will run until 1951.
Specific date unknown
Helge Hall Jensen's long-running comics series Hans og Grete makes its debut.
Deaths
February
February 10: Charles A. Voight, American comics artist, passes away at age 60.
February 13: Wiley Padan, American illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 46 from a heart condition.
February 27: Cemal Nadir Güler, Turkish comics artist, dies at age 44.
March
March 24: Frank Rocky Fiegel, American tramp and bar bouncer, dies at age 79.
April
April 1: Crawford Young, American comics artist, dies at age 61.
