de Tintin, the first chapter of the Michel Vaillant story Le Fantôme des 24 heures by Jean Graton appears in print. May 17: A theme park built around the comic strip Li'l Abner opens, Dogpatch USA. It's located in Arkansas between the cities of Harrison and Jasper and will last until 1993. Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers makes its debut in the underground newspaper Rag. The first issue of the underground comics magazine Yellow Dog is published. It will run until 1973. The storyline Mordru the Merciless, by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and Jack Abel, begins in Adventure Comics #369 (concluding next issue). (DC Comics) House of Mystery, with issue #174 (May/June cover date), returns to its overt horror comics roots. New editor Joe Orlando challenges the Comics Code Authority with a reprint issue of old horror/suspense stories. World's Finest Comics #175, "The Superman-Batman Revenge Squads" marks Neal Adams's first work on a Batman story. The first run of Strange Tales ends. It will be revived in September 1973. June June 18: The last issue of Byron Aptosoglou's Mikrós Íros (The Little Hero) is published. Wally Wood's Sally Forth makes her debut in Military News. Strange Tales, with issue #169, changes its name to Doctor Strange. (Marvel Comics). Steve Ditko and Steve Skeates' Hawk and Dove make their debut. The American comics magazine Four Color is terminated. July July 11 : In the magazine Pilote, the first chapter of the Blueberry story General Tête jaune by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud is printed. This ends of the narrative saga about the "iron horse". July 25 : In Pilote, the first chapter of the Valérian and Laureline story The City of Shifting Waters, by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres is published. July 31: Franklin makes his debut in Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts. Spain Rodriguez's Trashman makes its debut. Canadian comics store owner George Henderson of Memory Lane in Toronto organizes the first Canadian comic book convention the Triple Fan Fair, which also celebrates science fiction and classic cinema. Summer In the summer the first issue of the influential underground comix magazine Bijou Funnies is published, which marks the debut of Jay Lynch's Nard 'n' Pat and Skip Williamson's Snappy Sammy Smoot. August August 13 : In Le journal de Tintin, the first chapter of the Ric Hochet storyLes cinq revenants, by André-Paul Duchâteau and Tibet is printed. August 29: Raoul