• Notable events of 1954 in comics. Publishers Comic Media, Fiction House, Star Publications, and Youthful go out of business. February 3: A controversial...
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  • The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled...
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  • Horror comics are comic books, graphic novels, black-and-white comics magazines, and manga focusing on horror fiction. In the US market, horror comic books...
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    Sub-Mariner Comics (issues #33-42, April 1954 - Oct. 1955) and Captain America (#76-78, May-Sept. 1954). All three superheroes also appeared in the final...
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  • revival by Atlas Comics in 1954. In 1940, writer Joe Simon conceived the idea for Captain America and made a sketch of the character in costume. "I wrote...
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    Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s...
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  • creation of the self-censoring body the Comics Code Authority in 1954. The debut of the new superhero the Flash in 1956 is generally considered the beginning...
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    invented back in the 1930s – and through really to the 1950s and 60s – these comics were almost the only entertainment available to children." In 1954, Tiger...
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  • C. Publications, Inc., (doing business as EC Comics) is an American comic book publisher specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military...
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    1954 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1954. 1954 (MCMLIV) was...
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  • events of 2024 in comics. January: Jan Vriends officially becomes the new Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comic Artist of the Mother Country) in the Netherlands...
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  • Franco-Belgian comics series about a fictional Canadian military flying ace and rocketship pilot. The comics series was conceived in 1954 as Tintin magazine's...
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  • focusing in particular on crime, horror, and superheroes. In 1954, publishers implemented the Comics Code Authority to regulate comic content. In the wake...
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  • Pre-1930s Before 1900s in comics 1900s in comics - debut: Happy Hooligan, Little Jimmy, Little Nemo in Slumberland 1910s in comics - debut: Krazy Kat, Polly...
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    Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973. At its...
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  • footballer) (1902–1962), Australian rules footballer Mike McMahon (comics) (born 1954), British comics illustrator Mike McMahon (professor), English surgeon Mike...
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  • Marvelman (category Comics characters introduced in 1954)
    American comics was enacted, leading to a boom in indigenous comics. However, a loophole existed whereby a British publisher could import overseas comics, print...
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  • adventures set in a realistically drawn setting. The original series only ran for five issues and ended in 1954. Tor was revived by DC Comics in June 1975...
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    a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first...
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  • was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with...
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    Nights of Horror (category 1954 comics debuts)
    place during the 1950s in the United States. Comics became the scapegoat for juvenile delinquency in America. In September 1954, amidst the trial for the...
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  • also: 1940s in comics, other events of the 1950s, 1960s in comics and the list of years in comics Publications: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 -...
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    John Romita Sr. (category Comics creator pop)
    first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. In 1951...
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  • Bazooka Joe (category Comics characters introduced in 1954)
    comics and a few cents or dollars. From the very beginning in 1954, the bottom of the comics included "fortunes" similar to those one would find in a...
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  • Fredric Wertham (category Comics controversies)
    comic book industry. Wertham's work, in addition to the 1954 comic book hearings, led to the creation of the Comics Code Authority, although later scholars...
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  • of comic book series published by Harvey Comics. 3-D Dolly Adventures in 3-D #1—2 (November 1953—January 1954) The Adventures of Felix the Cat #1 (May...
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    Comic book (redirect from East Asian comics)
    set up the Comics Magazine Association of America. The CMAA instilled the Comics Code Authority in 1954 and drafted the self-censorship Comics Code that...
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  • Charlton Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics. The character's earliest comic book appearances were in comic strip reprints published in several...
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    Martin Pasko (category Comics infobox image less caption)
    Rochefort; August 4, 1954 – May 10, 2020) was a Canadian comic book writer and television screenwriter. Pasko worked for many comics publishers, but is...
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    Superhero comics is one of the most common genres of American comic books. The genre rose to prominence in the 1930s and became extremely popular in the 1940s...
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