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.
February 4: Mell Lazarus' Miss Peach makes its debut. It will run until 8 September 2002.
February 10: Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins, On Stage makes its debut.
The final issue of the Dutch comics magazineKetelbinkie Krant is published, which is named Kapitein Rob's Vrienden outside Rotterdam.
March 25: In Topolino the Donald Duck story Donald Duck and the Count of Monte Cristo by Guido Martina and Luciano Bottaro first appears in print. It's a parody of the eponymous Alexandre Dumas novel. The same year Martina also creates parodies of The Three Musketeers and Tartarin of Tarascon, always with Donald Duck as protagonist.
March 28: The first issue of the Italian comics magazine Il Giorno dei Ragazzi is published. In the first issue Benito Jacovitti's Cocco Bill makes its debut.
April
April 18: In Spirou the Lucky Luke story The Dalton Cousins, by René Goscinny and Morris starts off, which brings back The Daltons, recurring adversaries of Lucky Luke. The lonesome cowboy had already faced the historical Dalton gang in Hors-la-loi, but murdered them. By bringing their identical cousins back into the stories Morris could keep using these characters.
Marvel Tales, with issue #159, canceled by Timely.
Western Kid, with issue #17, canceled by Atlas.
The Uncle Scrooge story Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland with Carl Barks' The Fantastic River Race is launched.
September
September 4: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López' Il Eternauta makes its debut.
September 9: Abel Santa Cruz and Alberto Breccia's Pancho López makes its debut.
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.
Wild Western, with issue #57, canceled by Atlas.
Ringo Kid, with issue #21, canceled by Atlas.
Outlaw Kid, with issue #19, canceled by Atlas.
Rawhide Kid, with issue #17, canceled by Atlas.
The Uncle Scrooge story The Mines of King Solomon first appears in print.
October 16: Dino Attanasio's Signor Spaghetti makes its debut in Tintin.
October 21: Marc Sleen's The Adventures of Nero story De Granaatslikker is first published in the newspapers. Halfway the story Abraham Tuizentfloot makes his debut.
October 24: Benito Jacovitti's character, the journalist Tom Ficcanaso, makes his debut on Il giorno dei ragazzi.
October 28: Charles M. Schulz' It's Only a Game makes its debut and will run until 11 January 1959.
The first issue of Hot Stuff the Little Devil, created by Warren Kremer and first published in Hot Stuff is published.
The first issue of the magazine Bunny is published in Italy, which introduces the Looney Tunes comics in the country.
November
November 10: In the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino, The Flying Scott by Romano Scarpa is first published.
November 19: The first issue of the Belgian comics magazine Samedi-Jeunesse is published, which will run until November 1976.
November 28: The first episode of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin airs on television by Ray Goossens and animation studio Belvision. This is the first hand-drawn animated TV adaptation of the comics series The Adventures of Tintin.
Sagmore Springs Hotel, by Carl Barks appears in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
December
December 24: André Franquin creates the Christmas comic Le Petit Noël in Spirou.
December 28: The final issue of the British Disney comics weekly Mickey Mouse Weekly is published.
In Italy the first issue of I classici di Walt Disney is published, a reprint of the best stories which appeared earlier in Topolino, and Tom & Jerry.
Specific date unknown
Al Jaffee's Tall Tales makes its debut.
Deaths
January
January 5: Clarence Gray, American comics artist, dies at the age of 56.
January 25: Harry J. Tuthill, American comics artist, dies at the age of 71.
February
February 5: Ben Hardaway, American animator, passes away at age 61.
March
March 1: A.C. Hutchison, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 72.
March 20: Arthur Lewis, American comics artist, dies at age 84.
March 28: Jack Butler Yeats, Irish painter, illustrator and comics artist., passes away at age 85.
April
April 17: Juan Martinez Buendia, aka Tínez, Spanish comics artist, passes away at age 64 or 65.
April 23: Guido Fantoni, Italian comics artist, dies at age 64.
April 30: Jacques Souriau, French comics artist, dies at age 80.
June
June 6: Andrew A. Munch, American comics artist, passes away at age 48.
June 17: J.R. Williams, Canadian comics artist, dies at age 69.
September
September 7: Jan Lutz, Dutch illustrator and comics artist, passes away at age 69.
September 15: Jos Verdegem, Belgian painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 60.
September 24: Harry Paschall, American bodybuilder, columnist and comics artist, dies at age 60.
