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See 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 \- 1956 \- 1957 \- 1958 \- 1959

## Publications

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### 1950

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* Adventures into Terror #43 \- Marvel Comics
* Amazing Detective Cases #3 spin-off from Suspense \- Marvel Comics
* Apache Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Black Rider #8 renamed from Western Winners \- Marvel Comics
* Cindy Smith #39 renamed from Cindy Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Crime Can't Win #41 renamed from Cindy Smith \- Marvel Comics
* Crime Can't Win #4 renumbered from #44 \- Marvel Comics
* Crime Exposed #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Crime Must Lose! #4 renamed from Romantic Affairs \- Marvel Comics
* Cowgirl Romances #28 renamed from Jeanie Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Gunhawk, The #12 renamed from Whip Wilson \- Marvel Comics
* Hedy of Hollywood #36 renamed from Hedy de Vine \- Marvel Comics
* Honeymoon #41 renamed from Gay Comics \- Marvel Comics
* It's a Ducks Life #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Journey into Unknown Worlds #36 renamed from Teen Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Kellys, The #23 renamed from Rusty Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Marvel Boy #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Men's Adventures #4 renamed from True Adventures \- Marvel Comics
* My Friend Irma #3 renamed from My Diary (comics) \- Marvel Comics
* Romantic Affairs #3 renamed from Romances of the West \- Marvel Comics
* Sports Action #2 renamed from Sports Stars \- Marvel Comics
* Real Experiences #25 renamed from Tiny Tessie \- Marvel Comics
* Reno Browne, Hollywood's Greatest Cowgirl #50 renamed from Margie Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Romantic Affairs #4 renamed from Romances of the West \- Marvel Comics
* Spy Cases #26 renamed from Kellys, The \- Marvel Comics
* Spy Cases #4 renumbered from #29 \- Marvel Comics
* True Adventures #3 renamed from True Western \- Marvel Comics
* True Life Tales #2 renumbered from #9 \- Marvel Comics
* True Secrets #3 renamed from Our Love \- Marvel Comics
* Two-Gun Western #5 renamed from Casey Crime Photographer \- Marvel Comics
* War Comics #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Whip Wilson #9 renamed from Rex Hart \- Marvel Comics
* Young Men #4 renamed from Cowboy Romances \- Marvel Comics

### 1951

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* Adventures into Terror #3 renumbered from #45 \- Marvel Comics
* Arizona Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Astonishing #3 renamed from Marvel Boy \- Marvel Comics
* Battle #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Combat Kelly #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Fightin' Marines #1-176 changes publisher to Charlton in 1955- St. John
* Crime Cases Private Eye #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Journey into Unknown Worlds #4 renamed from #39 \- Marvel Comics
* Mystic #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Kent Blake of the Secret Service #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Rocky Jorden Private Eye #6 renamed from Crime Cases Private Eye \- Marvel Comics
* Young Men on the Battlefield #4 renamed from Young Men \- Marvel Comics
* Red Warrior #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Space Squadron #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Spy Fighters #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Strange Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Texas Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics

### 1952

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* Actual Confessions #13 renamed from Lova Adventures \- Marvel Comics
* Adventures into Weird Worlds #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Battle Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Battlefield #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Battlefront #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Combat #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Fighting Leathernecks #1-6 renamed United States Marines \- Toby Press
* Girl Confessions #13 renamed from Girl Comics \- Marvel Comics
* Journey into Mystery #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Men in Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Mystery Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Patsy and Hedy #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Space World #6 renamed from Space Squadron \- Marvel Comics
* Spellbound #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Tell It to the Marines #1-16 changes publisher to I.W. Enterprises in 1964, also see Tell It to the Marines Super \- Toby Press
* U.S. Marines in Action #1-3 \- Avon Periodicals
* Uncanny Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* War Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* War Adventures #1 \- Marvel Comics
* War Combat #1 \- Marvel Comics

### 1953

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* Battle Brady #10 renamed from Men in Action \- Marvel Comics
* Bible Tales for Young Folk #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Bible Tales for Young People #3 renamed from Bible Tales for Young Folk \- Marvel Comics
* Buck Duck #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Combat Casey #6 renamed from War Combat \- Marvel Comics
* Crazy #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Homer Hooper #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Little Lizzie #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Lorna the Jungle Queen #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Menace #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Miss America #50 renamed from Miss America Magazine \- Marvel Comics
* Monkey and the Bear, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Patsy and her Pals #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Princess Knight, by Osamu Tezuka, is first serialized on Kodansha's Shōjo Club
* Secret Story Romances #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Speed Carter, Spaceman #1 \- Marvel Comics
* The Topper #1 \- D.C. Thomson and Co. Ltd
* United States Marines #7-11 renamed from Fighting Leathernecks \- Toby Press
* Wendy Parker Comics #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Young Men #21 renamed from Young Men on the Battlefield \- Marvel Comics
* Young Men in Action #24 renamed from Young Men \- Marvel Comics

### 1954

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* Arrowhead #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Battle Ground #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Crime Fighters Always Win #11 renamed from Crimefighters \- Marvel Comics
* Girl's Life #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Jungle Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Jungle Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Lorna the Jungle Girl #6 renamed from Lorna the Jungle Queen \- Marvel Comics
* Marines in Battle #1-25 \- Atlas Comics
* Navy Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Outlaw Fighters #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Outlaw Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Police Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Ringo Kid Western, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Riot #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Rugged Action #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Semper Fi #1-9 \- Marvel Comics
* Spy Thrillers #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Western Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Western Outlaws #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Western Thrillers #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Wild #1 \- Marvel Comics
* With the Marines on the Battlefronts of the World #1-2 \- Toby Press

### 1955

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* Adventures of Pinky Lee, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Billy Buckskin Western #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Black Knight. The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Cowboy Action #5 renamed from Western Thrillers \- Marvel Comics
* Della Vision #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Gunsmoke Western #32 renamed from Western Tales of Black Rider \- Marvel Comics
* Homer the Happy Ghost #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Jann of the Jungle #8 renamed from Jungle Tales \- Marvel Comics
* Marines in Action #1-14 \- Atlas Comics
* Meet Miss Bliss #1 \- Marvel Comics
* My Girl Pearl #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Navy Combat #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Patty Powers #4 renamed from Della Vision \- Marvel Comics
* Police Badge#749 #5 renamed from Spy Thrillers \- Marvel Comics
* Rawhide Kid #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Strange Stories of Suspense #5 renamed from Rugged Action \- Marvel Comics
* Strange Tales of the Unusual #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Western Tales of Black Rider #28 renamed from Black Rider \- Marvel Comics
* Wyatt Earp #1 \- Marvel Comics

### 1956

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* Adventure into Mystery #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Caught #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Date with Millie, A #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Devil-Dog Dugan #1-3 renamed Tales of the Marines \- Atlas Comics
* Frontier Western #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Matt Slade, Gunfighter #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Melvin the Monster #1 \- Marvel Comics
* My Love Story #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Mystical Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Quick Trigger Western Action #12 renamed from Cowboy Action \- Marvel Comics
* Quick Trigger Western #13 renamed from Quick Trigger Western Action \- Marvel Comics
* Sailor Sweeney #12 renamed from Navy Action \- Marvel Comics
* Sgt. Barney Barker #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Sherry the Showgirl #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Stories of Romance #5 renamed from Meet Miss Bliss \- Marvel Comics
* True Tales of Love #22 renamed from Secret Story Romances \- Marvel Comics
* Two-Gun Western #4 renamed from Billy Buckskin Western \- Marvel Comics
* Western Gunfighters #20 renamed from Apache Kid \- Marvel Comics
* World of Fantasy #1 \- Marvel Comics
* World of Mystery #1 \- Marvel Comics
* World of Suspense #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Yellow Claw #1 \- Marvel Comics

### 1957

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* Adventures of Homer Ghost #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Black Rider Rides Again, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Commando Adventures #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Date with Patsy, A #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Dexter the Demon #7 renamed from Melvin the Monster \- Marvel Comics
* G.I. Tales #4 renamed from Sgt. Barney Barker \- Marvel Comics
* Hedy Wolfe #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Kid from Dodge City, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Kid from Texas, The #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Marines at War #1-8 renamed from Tales of the Marines \- Atlas Comics
* Marvin Mouse #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5 renamed from Matt Slade, Gunfighter \- Marvel Comics
* Navy Action #15 renamed from Sailor Sweeney \- Marvel Comics
* Navy Tales #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Nellie the Nurse #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Showgirls #4 renamed from Sherry the Showgirl \- Marvel Comics
* Sherry the Showgirl #5 renamed from Showgirls \- Marvel Comics
* Showgirls #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Six-Gun Western #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Tales of the Marines #4 renamed Marines at War renamed from Devil-Dog Dugan \- Atlas Comics
* Western Trails #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Willie the Wise Guy #1 \- Marvel Comics

### 1958

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* Strange Worlds #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Tell It to the Marines Super #1 also see Tell It to the Marines \- I.W. Enterprises

#### August

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* August 13: Jack Cole dies at age 43.

### 1959

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* Kathy #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Date with Millie, A #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Tales of Suspense #1 \- Marvel Comics
* Tales to Astonish #1 \- Marvel Comics

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