1951 in comics

Notable events of 1951 in comics.

Events

January

• January 21 - La banda dei Dalton , by Aurelio Galeppini and Gia Luigi Bonelli; Tiger Jack, the Tex Willer's Indian pard, makes his debut.
• January 27: The Nero story De Zwarte Voeten is first published in the newspapers. Halfway in the story, the main cast member Meneer Pheip makes his debut.
• Action Comics (1938 series) #152 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #160 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #19 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Alan Ladd (1949 series) #9 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 7) (1942 series) #12 - Hillman Periodicals
• All Star Comics (becomes All Star Western) (1948 series) #58 - DC Comics
• Amazing Adventures (1950 series) #2 - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #48 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #7 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #8 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Rival Reggie (1950 series) #2 - Archie Publications
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #36 - Quality Comics
• The Cisco Kid #2 - Dell Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #15 - DC Comics
• Danger Trail (1950 series) #4 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #167 - DC Comics
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #38 - Atlas Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #30 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #19 - DC Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #101 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #112 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #4 - DC Comics
• Superboy (1949 series) #12 - DC Comics

February

• February 1: Jean-Michel Charlier and Octave Joly's educational comics series L'Oncle Paul is first published in Spirou .
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #31 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #153 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #161 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #102 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #20 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #7 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #1 - Hillman Periodicals
• All American Western (1948 series) #118 - DC Comics
• All Star Comics (1940 series) #57 - final issue (cover-dated February/March), cancelled by DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #44 - Atlas Comics
• Amazing Adventures (1950 series) #3 - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
• Astonishing (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #63 - DC Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #37 - Quality Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #168 - DC Comics
• Flash Gordon (1950 series) #4 - Harvey Publications
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Boy (1950 series) #2 - Altas Comics - Marvel Boy will be renamed to Astonishing
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #102 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #113 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #68 - DC Comics
• White Fang (1944 series) #80 - Classics Illustrated
• Young Men (1949 series) #7 - Atlas Comics

March

• March 4: The final episode of Jules Feiffer's gag comic Clifford is published. ^[1]
• March 5: Malang is sued by the Filipino police for defamation over a cartoon ridiculing them. ^[2]
• March 12:
  • Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace makes its debut. ^[3]
  • David Law's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher makes its debut in The Beano . ^[4]
• March 13: In Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey Beetle Bailey joins the army, which changes the overall concept of the comic strip, originally premiered in 1950. ^[5]
• March 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Charlie Brown and his friends play their first baseball match. ^[6]
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #32 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #154 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #162 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #21 - American Comics Group
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #2 - Hillman Periodicals
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #49 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #8 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #9 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Rival Reggie (1950 series) #3 - Archie Publications
• Battle (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #38 - Quality Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #16 - DC Comics
• Danger Trail (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #169 - DC Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #31 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #20 - DC Comics
• Mystic (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #102 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #114 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #6 - DC Comics
• Superboy (1949 series) #13 - DC Comics

April

• April 16: Pom's Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber makes its debut in Het Zondagsblad. ^[7]
• April 17: The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Bravo! is published.
• April 25: The first issue of the Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum is published. It will run until 11 January 1967. ^[8]
• In Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy story Captain Atom Professor Ochanomizu makes his debut.
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #33 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #155 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #163 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #103 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #22 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #8 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #3 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-American Western (1948 series) #119 - DC Comics
• All Star Western (previously All Star Comics) (1948 series) #58 - DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #45 - Atlas Comics
• Astonishing (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #64 - DC Comics
• Battle (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #39 - Quality Comics
• Danger Trail (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #170 - DC Comics
• Flash Gordon (1950 series) #5 - Harvey Publications
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #103 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
• Mystery in Space (1951 series) #1 - DC Comics
• Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #115 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #7 - DC Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #69 - DC Comics
• Young Men (1949 series) #8 - Atlas Comics

May

• May: Manuel Vázquez Gallego's La familia Cebolleta makes its debut in the first issue of El DDT. ^[9]
• May 22:L'ombra della paura, by Aurelio Galeppini and Gian Luigi Bonelli; Kit, Tex Willer's son, (here a child again) appears for the first time. In the same adventure, set in Canada, two other recurring characters of the series (the Redcoat Jim Brandon and the trapper Gros-Jean) make their debut. ^[10]
• May 30: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Schroeder makes his debut, though he will not be depicted playing piano until 24 September. ^[6]
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #34 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #156 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #164 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #23 - American Comics Group
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #4 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-Famous Crime (1950 series) #8 - Star Publications
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #50 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #9 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #10 - Archie Publications
• Battle (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #40 - Quality Comics
• The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #1 - Dell Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #17 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #171 - DC Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #14 - Atlas Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #32 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #21 - DC Comics
• Mystic (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #103 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #116 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #8 - DC Comics first "gorilla themed" cover featured on a DC comic. ^{[11] [12]}
• Superboy (1949 series) #14 - DC Comics

June

• June 30: The final issue of the Dutch comics magazine Tom Poes Weekblad, based on Maarten Toonder's Tom Poes , is published. ^[13]
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #35 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #157 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #165 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #104 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #24 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #9 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #5 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-American Western (1948 series) #120 - DC Comics
• All Star Western (1948 series) #59 - DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #46 - Marvel Comics
• Astonishing (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #65 - DC Comics
• Battle (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #41 - Quality Comics
• Chamber of Chills (1951 series) #1 - Harvey Comics
• The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #2 - Dell Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #172 - DC Comics
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #104 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
• Mystery in Space (1951 series) #2 - DC Comics
• PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly - Department of the Army
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #117 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #9 - DC Comics
• Strange Tales (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #70 - DC Comics
• Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
• Witches Tales (1951 series) #1 - Harvey Comics
• Young Men (1949 series) #9 - Atlas Comics

July

• July 1: EsseGesse's Captain Miki makes its debut. ^[14]
• July 19: Bob De Moor's Cori, de Scheepsjongen (Cori Le Moussaillon) makes its debut in Tintin . ^[15]
• July 26: in Spirou, first strip of Spirou et les Héritiers ; Zantafio makes his debut.
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #36 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #158 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #166 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #25 - American Comics Group
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #6 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-Famous Crime (1950 series) #9 - Star Publications
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #7 - Marvel Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #51 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #10 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #11 - Archie Publications
• Battle (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #42 - Quality Comics
• The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #3 - Dell Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #18 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #173 - DC Comics
• Frontline Combat #1 - (EC Comics)
• Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #15 - Atlas Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #33 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #22 - DC Comics
• Mystic (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #104 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #118 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #10 - DC Comics
• Superboy (1949 series) #15 - DC Comics

August

• August 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Lucy van Pelt calls Charlie Brown "a blockhead" for the first time. This will become a running gag in the series. ^[6]
• August 29: The first issue of the German Disney comics magazine Micky Maus is published.
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #37 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #159 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #167 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #105 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #26 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #10 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #7 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-American Western (1948 series) #121 - DC Comics
• All Star Western (1948 series) #60 - DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #47 - Atlas Comics
• Astonishing (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #66 - DC Comics
• Battle (1951 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #43 - Quality Comics
• The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #4 - Dell Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #174 - DC Comics
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #105 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
• Mystery in Space (1951 series) #3 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #11 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #119 - DC Comics
• Strange Tales (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #71 - DC Comics
• Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
• Young Men (1949 series) #10 - Atlas Comics

September

• September 20: In the 701th issue of Spirou Morris publishes the Lucky Luke story Hors La Loi in which the Daltons make their debut.
• September 24: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Schroeder is first seen behind his piano. ^[6]
• September 26: Willy Vandersteen's comics series Tijl Uilenspiegel debuts in Tintin. ^[16]
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #38 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #160 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #168 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #27 - American Comics Group
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #8 - Hillman Periodicals
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #52 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #11 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #12 - Archie Publications
• Battle (1951 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #44 - Quality Comics
• The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #5 - Dell Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #19 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #175 - DC Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #16 - Atlas Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #34 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #23 - DC Comics
• Mystic (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #105 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #120 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #12 - DC Comics
• Superboy (1949 series) #16 - DC Comics

October

• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #39 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #161 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #169 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #106 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #28 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #11 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #9 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-American Western (1948 series) #122 - DC Comics
• All Star Western (1940 series) #61 - DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #48 - Atlas Comics
• Astonishing (1951 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #67 - DC Comics
• Battle (1951 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #45 - Quality Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #176 - DC Comics
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #106 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #10 - Atlas Comics
• Mystery in Space (1951 series) #4 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #121 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #13 - DC Comics
• Strange Tales (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #72 - DC Comics
• Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
• Young Men (1949 series) #11 - Atlas Comics

November

• November 2: The first issue of the British comics magazine Girl is published. It will run until 3 October 1964.
• November 17: Vilhelm Hansen and Carla Hansen's comic strip Rasmus Klump is first published.
• November: In the Donald Duck story Terror of the Beagle Boys by Carl Barks the Beagle Boys make their debut. The same story also introduces Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin.
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #40 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #162 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #170 - DC Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #29 - American Comics Group
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #10 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-Famous Crime (1950 series) #10 - Star Publications
• Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
• Archie Comics (1946 series) #53 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #12 - Archie Publications
• Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #13 - Archie Publications
• Battle (1951 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #46 - Quality Comics
• Combat Kelly (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
• Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #20 - DC Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #177 - DC Comics
• Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #17 - Atlas Comics
• Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #35 - DC Comics
• Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #24 - DC Comics
• Mystic (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
• Police Comics (1951 series) #109 - DC Comics
• Private Eye (1951 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
• Sensation Comics (1942 series) #106 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #122 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #14 - DC Comics
• Superboy (1949 series) #17 - DC Comics

December

• December 5: The first issue of the Finnish Disney comics magazine Aku Ankka is published. ^[17]
• December 28: André Breton, Benjamin Péret and Paul Braig's La Vie Imaginée de Pablo Picasso is launched in the magazine Arts. It's a comic strip about Pablo Picasso and run until 8 February 1952. ^[18]
• In the 37th issue of Will Eisner and Lou Fine's Doll Man Doll Man's girlfriend Martha Roberts becomes his team partner under the name Midge, the Doll Girl. ^[19]
• A-1 Comics (1944 series) #41 - Magazine Enterprises
• Action Comics (1938 series) #163 - DC Comics
• Adventure Comics (1938 series) #171 - DC Comics
• Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #107 - Atlas Comics
• Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #30 - American Comics Group
• Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #12 - DC Comics
• Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #11 - Hillman Periodicals
• All-American Western (1948 series) #123 - DC Comics
• All Star Western (1940 series) #62 - DC Comics
• All-True Crime (1948 series) #49 - Atlas Comics
• Astonishing (1951 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
• Batman (1940 series) #68 - DC Comics
• Battle (1951 series) #10 - Atlas Comics
• Blackhawk (1944 series) #47 - Quality Comics
• Combat Kelly (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
• Detective Comics (1937 series) #178 - DC Comics
• House of Mystery (1951 series) #1 - DC Comics
• Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
• Marvel Tales (1949 series) #107 - Atlas Comics
• Men Adventures (1949 series) #11 - Atlas Comics
• Mystery in Space (1951 series) #5 - DC Comics
• Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #123 - DC Comics
• Strange Adventures (1950 series) #15 - DC Comics
• Strange Tales (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
• Superman (1939 series) #73 - DC Comics
• Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #10 - Atlas Comics
• Young Men (1949 series) #12 - Atlas Comics - Renamed to Young Men on the Battlefield

Specific date unknown

• Eric Stanton concludes his erotic comic series Dianna. ^[20]
• John Gee's The Tindertoes makes its debut. He will draw it until his death in 1977, after which it's continued. ^[21]
• J.H. Koeleman publishes his first Pinkie Pienter (Ronny Roberts) album. ^[22]
• Maurice Chénechot draws Riri, which will last until 1953. ^[23]
• Tom Okamoto's gagcomic Deems first appears in print. It will run in syndication until 1980. ^[24]
• Archie Comics Annual (1946 series) #2 - Archie Publications
• Hopalong Cassidy (1946 series) #60 - Quality Comics
• King Solomon's Mines - Avon Comics
• Rocket To The Moon - Avon Comics

Births

September

• September 27: Jim Shooter, American comic book writer (Marvel Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes , Valiant Comics), (d. 2025). ^[25]

December

• December 22: Tony Isabella, American comic book writer, artist, and critic ( Daredevil , Spider-Man , Ghost Rider , creator of Black Lightning). ^[26]

Deaths

January

• January 7: Nelly Bodenheim, Dutch painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 76. ^[27]

April

• April 5: Harry Hemsley, British comedian, radio presenter, comics artist, voice actor and illustrator (drew for Ally Sloper's Half Holiday , wrote and drew comics based on his own radio show Ovaltiney's Concert Party ), dies at age 73. ^[28]
• April 7: Gustave-Henri Jossot, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (made early text comics), dies at age 84. ^[29]
• April 24: Henry Yoshikata Kiyama, Japanese manga artist ( The Four Immigrants Manga ), dies at age 75. ^[30]

May

• May 21: Clifford McBride, American comics artist ( Napoleon and Uncle Elby ), dies at age 50. ^[31]
• May 26: George Stampa, British illustrator, editorial cartoonist and comics artist, dies at age 75. ^[32]

June

• June 10: Dudley Fisher, American comics artist ( Right Around Home ), dies at age 60 or 61. ^[33]

July

• July 8: Walter Trier, Czech-German illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 61. ^[34]

August

• August 14: William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper comics publisher, co-founder of King Features and major force behind the comics industry, dies at age 88. ^[35]

September

• September 18: Gelett Burgess, American poet, novelist, illustrator and comics artist ( Goops ), dies at age 85.

October

• October 7: Hank Porter, American comic artist (Disney comics, comics based on Disney's animated features), dies at age 50. ^[36]

November

• November 8: Antoni Muntañola, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 67 or 68. ^[37]
• November 10: William Meade Prince, American illustrator, theatrical actor and comics artist (Aladdin, Jr.), commits suicide at age 58. ^{[38] [39]}

December

• December 2: J.P. Arnot, American comics artist ( Helpful Henry ), dies at age 64. ^[40]

Specific date unknown

• Bernard Graddon, British comics artist ( Just Jake ), dies at age 80 or 81. ^[41]
• George Frederick Kaber, American illustrator (The Adventures of Lovely Lilly), dies at age 90 or 91. ^[42]

Initial appearances by character name

• Tiger Jack, Tex Willer's Indian pard, in The Dalton gang, (January) created by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Galep - Bonelli
• Knights of the Galaxy in Mystery in Space #1 (April), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
• Kit Willer , Tex Willer's son, in The shadow of fear (May–October) created by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Galep - Bonelli.
• Captain Comet in Strange Adventures #9 (June), created by Julius Schwartz, John Broome and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
• Pedrito el drito by Antonio Terenghi (Editrice Universo, Italy) ^[43]

See also

• 1950 in comics
• other events of 1951
• 1952 in comics
• 1950s in comics
• list of years in comics

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