January

• Four Color Comics #762 (Dell Comics
  Dell Comics
  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 peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium...
  
  ) — cover-titled "The Sharkfighters
  The Sharkfighters
  The Sharkfighters is a 1956 American film about U.S. Navy scientists working to invent a shark repellent to help protect military personnel at sea. Directed by Jerry Hopper, it starred Victor Mature, James Olson, and Claude Akins-Plot:In 1943, U.S...
  
  ." The 34-page story, by an unknown writer, was penciled and inked by John Buscema
  John Buscema
  John Buscema, born Giovanni Natale Buscema , was an American comic-book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate...
  
  

Marvel Comics

• Adventures of Homer Ghost (June)
• The Black Rider Rides Again (Sept.)
• Commando Adventures (June)
• A Date with Patsy (Sept.)
• Hedy Wolfe (Aug.)
• The Kid from Dodge City (July)
• The Kid from Texas (June)
• Marvin Mouse (Sept.)
• Navy Tales (Jan.)
• Nellie the Nurse
• Showgirls (June)
• Six-Gun Western (Jan.)
• Western Trails (May)
• Willie the Wise Guy

Marvel Comics

• Dexter the Demon #7 — renamed from Melvin the Monster
• G.I. Tales #4 ± renamed from Sgt. Barney Barker
• Marines at War #1-8 — renamed from Tales of the Marines (Atlas Comics
  Atlas Comics (1950s)
  Atlas Comics is the term used to describe the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Magazine and paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities, used Atlas as the umbrella name for his comic...
  
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• Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5 — renamed from Matt Slade, Gunfighter
• Navy Action #15 — renamed from Sailor Sweeney
• Sherry the Showgirl #5 — renamed from Showgirls
• Showgirls #4 renamed from Sherry the Showgirl
• Tales of the Marines #4 — renamed Marines at War, renamed from Devil-Dog Dugan (Atlas Comics
  Atlas Comics (1950s)
  Atlas Comics is the term used to describe the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Magazine and paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities, used Atlas as the umbrella name for his comic...
  
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Initial appearance by character name

• Billy the Kid
  Billy the Kid (Charlton Comics)
  Billy the Kid is a Western comic book series published by Charlton Comics, with stories of a fictional character based on the historical Billy the Kid. Taking over the numbering of a previous Western comic, Masked Raider, Billy the Kid was published from issues #9-153...
  
  — Masked Raider #6 (Charlton, Feb.)
• Captain Cold
  Captain Cold
  Captain Cold, real name Leonard Snart, is a comic book villain created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino as one of the archenemies of Flash. He is a leader of the Rogues...
  
  — Showcase
  Showcase (comics)
  Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
  
  #8 (DC Comics, June)
• Challengers of the Unknown
  Challengers of the Unknown
  The Challengers of the Unknown is a group of fictional characters in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, or co-created with Dave Wood , this quartet of adventurers explored science fictional and apparent paranormal occurrences and faced fantastic menaces.Scripts for the first...
  
  — Showcase
  Showcase (comics)
  Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
  
  #6 (DC Comics, Feb.)
• Cirkeline
  Cirkeline
  Cirkeline is a fictional comic book character created by Hanne Hastrup in 1957. Her name is sometimes translated to English as Circleen. She is depicted with wild black hair and a red dress with black polka dots.-Films:...
  
  
• Professor Milo — Detective Comics
  Detective Comics
  Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
  
  #247 (DC, Sept.)
• Professor Potter
  Professor Potter
  Professor Phineas Potter is a supporting character in stories published by DC Comics featuring Superman and several related characters, most notably Jimmy Olsen...
  
  — Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #22 (DC, Aug.)
• Signalman
  Signalman (comics)
  Signalman is a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Batman vol. 1 #112 , and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff.- Fictional character biography :Phillip "Phil" Cobb was a gangster with big ideas...
  
  — Batman
  Batman (comic book)
  Batman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27, published in May 1939. Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication in the spring of 1940...
  
  #112 (DC, Dec.)

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