January 9: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Hugo Pratt's Sergeant Kirk makes its debut in the comics magazine Misterix.
February
February 7: The first issue of the British comics magazine The Topper is published, which will run until 15 September 1990. In its first issue David Law's Beryl the Peril makes its debut.
February 23: The Nero story De Ring van Petatje by Marc Sleen is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story Petatje makes her debut.
February 25: The Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum becomes a supplement of the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. It will run until 11 January 1967.
Al Gordon's art career begins with Trojan Comics' Attack! #6 and Beware #14.
Jumbo Comics, with issue #167, canceled by Fiction House.
April
April 1: The fourth issue of Mad Magazine features Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood's classic Superman parody Superduperman. This is the first specific comic book parody in Mad and strikes a nerve among readers. The previously low-selling Mad now finally becomes a best-seller.
April 18: Barrie Appleby's Roger the Dodger makes its debut in The Beano.
April 30: The first issue of Chez Nous Junior, a junior supplement to the Belgian magazine Chez Nous and a French-language version of the Dutch-language magazine Ons Volkske is published. In the first issue Tibet's Chick Bill makes its debut, albeit in a funny animal comic strip version. The cast will be humanized two years later.
Master Comics, with issue #133, canceled by Fawcett.
May
Rolf Kauka's Fix and Foxi makes its debut.
June
Whiz Comics, with issue #155, canceled by Fawcett.
Captain Marvel Jr., with issue #118, canceled by Fawcett.
August 29: Mars Ravelo's Bondying makes its debut.
September
September 12: The final issue of the British comics magazine Illustrated Chips is published and merges with Film Fun.
September 19: Paddy Brennan's General Jumbo makes its debut in The Beano.
September 22: The passing of H. T. Webster also means the end of his long-running comic strip Timid Soul, better known under the name of its protagonist, Casper Milquetoast.
The British comics magazine Comic Cuts is disestablished and merges with Knockout.
The first issue of Little Dot is published, in which Richie Rich makes his debut.
Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer's Tor makes its debut.
October
1 October: The first issues of the Dutch children's and comics magazines Okki and Taptoe are published. The magazines will run until 2016.
10 October: Leo Baxendale's Little Plum makes its debut in The Beano.
November
Captain Marvel Adventures, with issue #150, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
Hopalong Cassidy, with issue #85, canceled by Fawcett Comics.
Two-Gun Kid, with issue #11, revived by Marvel.
Weird Fantasy, with issue #22, merges with Weird Science to become Weird Science-Fantasy
December
December 4: The Spirou and Fantasio story La Turbotraction is first prepublished in Spirou. Halfway the story Seccotine the journalist makes her debut.
December 19: Leo Baxendale's Minnie the Minx makes its debut in The Beano.
December 23: Willy Vandersteen's gag comic 't Prinske debuts in Tintin.
The long-running comics series Waddles is discontinued. Ray Carlson and Carol Hager had continued it since 1945.
Deaths
January
January 5: Ramiz Gökçe, Turkish comics artist, dies at age 52.
January 12: Wilfred R. Cyr, American comics artist, passes away at age 73.
January 23:
* Raymond De La Nezière, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 85.
* Albert Hahn Jr., Dutch illustrator, caricaturist and comics artist, dies at age 68.
February
February 14: Mary Bergman, wife of cartoonist Billy DeBeck and establisher of the annual Billy De Beck Awards, dies in a plane crash.
April
April 18: Frank Reynolds, British cartoonist and illustrator, dies at age 67.
May
May 5: Dick Dorgan, American comics artist, dies at age 60.
