1958 in comics

none Notable events of 1958 in comics. Publications and events January January 1: in Le journal de Tintin, Le grand defi (The big challenge) by Jean Graton; Michel Vaillant makes his debut. January 8: in Tintin, the first chapter of SOS meteors, Mortimer in Paris, by Edgar Pierre Jacobs January 20: The first episode of Francisco Ibáñez Talavera's Mortadelo y Filemón (Mort and Phil) is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/ibanez.htm Francisco Ibáñez lambiek.net May 12, 2020 February February 6: in Spirou, the first chapter of La foire aux gangsters, by Franquin, is published. February 17: Johnny Hart's B.C. makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hart.htm Johnny Hart lambiek.net May 12, 2020 March March 2: The final episode of Stanley Link's Tiny Tim is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/link-stanley.htm Stanley J. Link lambiek.net May 12, 2020 March 13: The first episode of Marcel Remacle's Le Vieux Nick et Barbe-Noire is published in Spirou.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/remacle_m.htm Marcel Remacle lambiek.net May 12, 2020 March 15: The first episode of Ken Reid's Jonah is published in The Beano. The first issue of the American satirical magazine Cracked is published. Mascot Sylvester P. Smythe appears on the front cover of its first issue. The magazine will run until February 2007. Uncle Scrooge #21 — "The Money Well," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics) In the 253rd issue of Detective Comics the recurring villains Terrible Trio make their debut. The Mickey Mouse adventure Kali's Nail by Romano Scarpa is first published in the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino. March-April First issue of Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane. April April 2: René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Oumpah-pah makes its debut in Tintin.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goscinny.htm René Goscinny lambiek.net May 12, 2020https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uderzo.htm Albert Uderzo lambiek.net May 12, 2020 April 15: first issue of the magazine  Frontiera (Bonelli), with the series Verduco Ranch, by Hèctor Oesterheld  and Gian Luigi Bonelli.Frontiera https://www.guidafumettoitaliano.com/guida/testate/testata/2889 2026-10-05 www.guidafumettoitaliano.com April 27: Stan Lynde's Rick O'Shay makes its debut. It runs until 8 March 1981. In the 247th issue of Adventure Comics the Legion of Super-Heroes make their debut. May May 1 : In Spirou, the first chapter of Ruèe sur l’Oklahoma, by Goscinny and Morris, is published. May 13: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Snoopy is first seen imitating a vulture. This will become a running gag in the series.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schulz.htm Charles M. Schulz lambiek.net February 2, 2021 May 15: In the magazine Spirou, the first episode of the Spirou et Fantasio story Le Prisonnier du Bouddha, by Franquin and Greg is published. May 26: The first episode of Jack Cole's Betsy and Me is published. After Cole's suicide on 13 August the series will be continued by Dwight Parks until 27 December.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cole.htm Jack Cole lambiek.net May 12, 2020 The final issue of Justice Traps the Guilty is published. The final issue of This Magazine is Haunted is published. June June 15: The final episode of Cliff Sterrett's Polly and Her Pals appears in the papers.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sterrett.htm Cliff Sterrett lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Action Comics #241 — "The Super-Key to Fort Superman", first appearance of Superman's Fortress of Solitude (DC Comics) Uncle Scrooge #22 — "The Golden River," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics) Dottor Paperus by Luciano Bottaro – Donald Duck in a parody of Goethe’s Doctor Faust. In Audace, debut of the series Il piccolo ranger (Bonelli). July July 7: The first episode of Francisco Ibáñez Talavera's La familia Trapisonda is published. In issue #242 of Action Comics one of Superman's arch enemies Brainiac makes his debut. 'Walt Disney's Comics and Stories' # 214 - "Fearsome Flowers" by Carl Barks. The Red Sea Sharks by Hergè In Vaillant, debut of Pifou, son of Pif le chien, by Roger Maas. August August 22: Belgian comics artist Pom suffers a nervous breakdown, which lets his latest Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber story to be interrupted in the papers. Gaston Ebinger therefore makes a filler comic titled Intermezzo voor Detectives, which will run until 6 September, after which Pom continues his Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber story again.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/ebinger_gaston.htm Gaston Ebinger August 27: Comics artist Bob Wood is arrested for manslaughter of his girlfriend.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_bob.htm Bob Wood lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Four Color Comics #946 — The Big Country, by Paul S. Newman and Bob Correa (Dell Comics) In the 123rd issue of Superman Supergirl makes her debut. La tiare d’Oribal by Jacques Martin (Le Lombard). September September 8: Jack Berill, Neal Rubin and Rod Whigham's Gil Thorp makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/berrill_jack.htm Jack Berrill lambiek.net May 12, 2020 September 17: in Tintin, the first chapter of Tintin in Tibet, by Hergè, is published. September 26: The first episode of Jan-Dirk van Exter's Brommy & Tommy is published. This comics series will run in newspapers until 1978.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/exter_van.htm Jan Dirk van Exter lambiek.net May 12, 2020 September: Wallace Wood and Jack Kirby's Sky Masters makes their debut.Gravett, Paul, "1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die", Universe, page 209. Superman #124 — the first DC title with a letters column as a regular feature beginning with this issue.Irvine Alex Alexander C. Irvine Dolan Hannah 1950s DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle Dorling Kindersley 2010 978-0-7566-6742-9 91 This issue of Superman was the first DC comic to include a letters column that would become a regular feature, though readers' letters were published in issue #3 of Real Fact Comics in July 1946. Uncle Scrooge #27 — "The Money Champ," by Carl Barks (Dell Comics) Bob White's Cosmo the Merry Martian makes its debut and will run until October 1959. The first issue of the British comics magazine War Picture Library is published. It will run until December 1984. In Frontiera, Sergio Bonelli debuts as writer with the series Un ragazzo nel Far West (drawings by Franco Bignotti and Giovanni Tucci).Un ragazzo nel Far West https://www.guidafumettoitaliano.com/guida/testate/testata/5795 2026-10-05 www.guidafumettoitaliano.com October October 12: The final episode of Honey and Hank, aka Elsworth by Bernard Segal, aka Seeg, is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/seeg.htm Bernard Segal October 20: Víctor Mora's El Jabato makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mora-victor.htm Victor Mora lambiek.net May 12, 2020 October 23: In the Johan and Peewit story The Flute with Six Holes by Peyo The Smurfs make their debut, as well as their leader Papa Smurf.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/peyo.htm Peyo lambiek.net May 12, 2020 They eventually become a successful spin-off comic. The final issue of Harvey Kurtzman's satirical magazine Humbug is published. The Cisco Kid, with issue #41 (October–December cover date), cancelled by Dell. In the 101st issue of Wonder Woman the Time Trapper makes his debut. First issue of Tex Gigante (still present today in Italian newsstands). The magazine inaugurated the so-called Bonelli format (medium-sized albums, about a hundred pages long), which gradually supplanted the traditional strip format of the publishing house. The Donald Duck comics story Paperin Meschino (text by Guido Martina, drawings by Pier Lorenzo De Vita) is published, a parody of Andrea Da Barberino’s Il Guerin Meschino. November November 6: in Il giorno dei ragazzi Gionni Galassia by Benito Jacovitti, a boy passionate about astronomy, protagonist of clouse encounters and trips in the space, makes his debut. November 8: Dutch comics artist Pieter J. Kuhn suffers a heart attack. As a result Kapitein Rob is interrupted for half a year. It will restart again in Het Parool on 30 June 1959.Pieter Kuhn lambiek.net https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kuhn.htm 2019-09-08 November 17: The first episode of Frank O'Neal's Short Ribs is published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/o-neal_frank.htm Frank O'Neal lambiek.net May 12, 2020 November 27: in Spirou, the first chapter of L'evasion des Dalton, by Goscinny and Morris, is published. In the British comics magazine The Beezer Tom Bannister's Colonel Blink makes his debut. Adam Strange makes his debut in the 17th issue of Showcase. December December 2: Comics artist Bob Wood is convicted to three years in prison for manslaughter of his girlfriend. December 12: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Snoopy is first seen sleeping on top of his doghouse. December 12: La mesa degli scheletri (The skeletons’ mesa) by Gianluigi Bonelli and Galep; Mefisto, the Tex Willer's nemesis, makes his comeback. The villain, in his first appearance a simple illusionist, here becomes definitively an evil wizard with unsettling paranormal powers.La mesa degli scheletri https://www.ubcfumetti.com/tx/39.htm 2022-07-13 www.ubcfumetti.com In the 73rd issue of Forbidden Worlds Richard E. Hughes and Ogden Whitney's Herbie Popnecker makes his debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/whitney_ogden.htm Ogden Whitney lambiek.net May 12, 2020 The first issue of Strange Worlds is published and will run until August 1959. The first issue of the British comics magazine Bunty is published, which will run until 2001. In Vaillant, debut of Grabadu and Gabaliouchtou, by Jean Tabary, “the two stupidest heroes of comics”. Specific date unknown Hui Guan-man's Uncle Choi is first published.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hui-guan-man.htm Hui Guan-man lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Philip Mendoza's Gulliver Guinea-Pig debuts and will run until 1965.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mendoza_philip.htm Philip Mendoza lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Hugh Morren's The Smasher makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/morren_hugh.htm Hugh Morren lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Irving Phillips's The Strange World of Mr. Mum makes its debut. It will run until 1974.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/phillips_i.htm Irving Phillips lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Jürgen Kieser creates Fix und Fax, which will run until 1987.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kieser_jurgen.htm Jürgen Kieser lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Foundation of publishers Major Publications and I. W. Publications. Tibet's Le Club de Peur-de-Rien makes its debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tibet.htm Tibet In Le parisien liberè, Spirou et les Hommes-bulles, by Andrè Franquin and Jean Roba, is prepublished. Births December December 2: André Osi, Belgian comic artist (Horizon Blanc, Napoléon), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/osi-andre.htm André Osi Lambiek.net November 13, 2021 Specific date unknown Esegé, Spanish comics artist (Gustavo, el de la Calle del Diecinueve, Tito Sidecar, El Dinosaurio Jeremías), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/esege.htm Esegé Lambiek.net May 22, 2021 Deaths January January 2: Harry G. Peter, American comics artist (Wonder Woman), dies at age 76 or 77.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/peter-hg.htm Harry G. Peter lambiek.net May 12, 2020 January 11: Frank Willard, American comics artist (Moon Mullins), dies at age 64.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/willard_f.htm Frank Willard lambiek.net May 12, 2020 January 23: Ilia Beshkov, Bulgarian comics artist and painter, dies at age 56.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/beshkov_ilia.htm Ilia Beshkov lambiek.net May 12, 2020 February February 17: Robert Moore Brinkerhoff (born 1880), American comics artist (Little Mary Mixup), dies at age 77.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brinkerhoff_rm.htm R. M. Brinkerhoff lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Hugh McCrea, Australian poet, illustrator and comics artist (Jim and Jam), dies at age 81.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccrea_hugh.htm Hugh McCrea lambiek.net Bob Satterfield, aka Sat, American comics artist (Sat's Bear, Oh, Thunder, The Family Next Door, Days We'll Never Forget), dies at age 82.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sattlefield_robert.htm Bob Satterfield lambiek.net May 12, 2020 February 20: Jim Wilcox, American illustrator and comic artist (continued Dick Cole), dies at age 62.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilcox_jim.htm Jim Wilcox lambiek.net September 26, 2022 March March 2: John Held Jr., AKA Myrtle Held, American illustrator and comic artist (Merely Margy, Rah Rah Rosalie), dies at age 69.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/held_j.htm John Held Jr. lambiek.net September 21, 2022 March 6: Andreas Haavoll, Norwegian schoolteacher, banker, publisher and comics writer (Smørbukk), dies at age 88.Andreas Haavoll Ottar Grepstad Ottar Grepstad Allkunne Rotevatn Audhild Gregoriusdotter Audhild Gregoriusdotter Rotevatn Nynorsk kultursentrum http://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/h/andreas-haavoll/91/689/ Norwegian 9 April 2016 April March 26: Fernand Dineur, Belgian comics artist (Tif et Tondu), dies at age 53.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dineur_f.htm Fernand Dineur lambiek.net May 12, 2020 March 31: Harry O'Neill, American comic artist (Broncho Bill, Bumps), dies at age 66.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/o-neill_harry.htm Harry O'Neill. lambiek.net February 1, 2023 April April 24: Vasilis Zisis, Greek painter and comics artist (worked on Classics Illustrated), commits suicide at age 44.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zisis_vasilis.htm Vasilis Zisis lambiek.net April 26: Joan Collette, Dutch graphic artist, designer, illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies at age 59.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/collette_joan.htm Joan Collette lambiek.net May 12, 2020 May May 1: Till Goodan, American comics artist (made comics based on Gene Autry), dies at age 62 from a heart attack while riding his horse.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goodan_till.htm Till Goodan lambiek.net May 12, 2020 May 12: Frank Minnitt, British comics artist (Billy Bunter), dies at age 63.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/minnitt_f.htm Frank Minnitt lambiek.net May 12, 2020 May 28: Charlie Schmidt, American comics artist (Radio Patrol), dies at age 71.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schmidt_c.htm Charlie Schmidt lambiek.net May 12, 2020 June June 7: Joe Maneely, American comics artist (Atlas Comics), dies in a railroad accident at age 32.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/maneely_joe.htm Joe Maneely lambiek.net May 12, 2020 August August 8: J.P. McEvoy, American comics writer, (Dixie Dugan), dies at age 61. August 13: Jack Cole, American comics artist (Plastic Man) commits suicide at age 43. September September 18: Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian-German cartoonist and comics artist (worked for Simplicissimus), dies at age 86.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gulbransson_olaf.htm Olaf Gulbransson lambiek.net May 12, 2020 September 20: Aleksander Dobrinov, Bulgarian caricaturist, cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 60.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dobrinov_aleksandar.htm Aleksandar Dobrinov lambiek.net May 12, 2020 October October 4: Jack King, American animator and comics artist (assisted on Mickey Mouse), dies at age 72.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/king_jack.htm Jack King lambiek.net May 12, 2020 October 26: Clare Victor Dwiggins, also known as Dwig, American comics artist (School Days, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn), dies at age 74.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dwiggins_cv.htm Clare Victor Dwiggins lambiek.net May 12, 2020 October 28: Mario Pompei, Italian comics artist and animator (Bice e Bauci, Saputino, Il Prode Anselmo, Armando il Pittore, Pinco Pallino, Isolina Marzabotto), dies at age 55.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pompei_mario.htm Mario Pompei lambiek.net March 22, 2021 December December 8: Andres C. Audiffred, Mexican comics artist (El Señor Pestaña, Chom Prieto, Don Lupito), dies at age 63.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/audiffred_ac.htm Andres C. Audiffred lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Specific date unknown Alex Akerbladh, Swedish-British comics artist (drew various celebrity comics based on popular music hall and film comedians), dies at age 71 or 72.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/akerbladh_alex.htm Alex Akerbladh lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Basil Blackaller, British comics artist (Hairy Dan), dies at age 36 or 37.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blackaller_basil.htm Basil Blackaller lambiek.net May 12, 2020 S.J. Cash, British comics artist and illustrator, dies at age 73 or 74.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cash_sj.htm S.J. Cash lambiek.net May 12, 2020 Charles Genge, British comics artist (Our Boy Scout Patrol), dies at age 83 or 84.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/genge_charles.htm Charles Genge lambiek.net May 12, 2020 First issues by title Bunty (D. C. Thomson & Co.) Il piccolo Ranger (Edizioni Audace, June) Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie Comics, September) Life with Archie (Archie Comics, September) Tex Gigante (Edizioni Audace, October) Strange Worlds (Atlas Comics, December) Superman's Girl Friend, Lois LaneIrvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 89: "Following her successful test run in the pages of Showcase #9 and #10, Lois Lane got her own title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane in which Superman was ever the prankster." (DC Comics, March/April) Tell It to the Marines Super #1 (I.W. Publishing) — (also see Tell It to the Marines) Uncle Choi (Hong Kong) Initial appearance by character name DC Comics Adam Strange in Showcase #17 (November), created by Julius Schwartz and Murphy Anderson - DC Comics Sardath in Showcase #17 (November), created by Julius Schwartz and Murphy Anderson - DC Comics Tlano in Batman #113 (August), created by France Herron and Dick Sprang - DC Comics Bizarro in Superboy #68 (October), created by Otto Binder and George Papp - DC Comics Brainiac in Action Comics #242 (July), created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino - DC Comics Calendar Man in Detective Comics #259 (September), created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics Doctor Alchemy in Showcase #13 (April), created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics Doctor Double X in Detective Comics #261 (November) False-Face in Batman #113 (February), created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics #247 (April), created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino - DC Comics Cosmic Boy Lightining Lad Saturn Girl Mister Element in Showcase #13 (April) Orana in Wonder Woman #250 (December), created by Jack C. Harris - DC Comics Rainbow Archer in Adventure Comics #246 (March), created by France Herron and George Papp - DC Comics Space Ranger in Showcase #15 (July), created by Edmond Hamilton, Gardner Fox and Bob Brown - DC Comics Terrible Trio in Detective Comics #253 (March), created by Dave Wood and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics Other publishers Cosmo the Merry Martian in Cosmo the Merry Martian #1 (Archie Comics, September) Mort & Phil in Pulgarcito #1394, January Herbie Popnecker in Forbidden Worlds #73 (American Comics Group, December) Papa Smurf in Johan and Peewit: "La Flûte à six trous" (Éditions Dupuis, October 23) The Smurfs in Johan and Peewit: "La Flûte à six trous" (Éditions Dupuis, October 23) Sherlock Time by Héctor Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia, in 'Hora Cero Extra' (December 5) – investigator of supernatural and time traveller. References