Events and publications Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold. Year overall January January 22: Peyo's gag comic Poussy is first published in Le Soir. Captain America Comics (1941 series) #70 - Timely Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #34 - Timely Comics Jughead #1 - Archie Comics February Lana (1948 series) #4 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #90 - Timely Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #6 - Timely Comics March Captain America Comics (1941 series) #71 - Timely Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #35 - Timely Comics - (The series will be cancelled for five years) Nipper, by Doug Wright, debuts in the March 12 issue of The Montreal Standard. The weekly comic strip would run until 1980 in magazines distributed across Canada. April April 9: The final issue of the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino is published. It becomes a digest instead. April 25: First publication of Wally Fawkes' (aka Trog) Flook in The Daily Mail. The final episode of the Belgian comic magazine Bimbo is published. In Walt Disney’s comics and stories, Rival beachcombers, by Carl Barks; debut of Judge Owl. Captain America Comics (1941 series) #72 - Timely Comics Lana (1948 series) #5 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #91 - Timely Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #7 - Timely Comics Venus (1948 series) #4 - Timely Comics May May 22: First publication of Warren Tufts' Casey Ruggles as a Sunday strip. It will become a daily strip on 19 September. May 26, Mefisto la spia by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Aurelio Galleppini; Tex Willer meets his most famous antagonist, Steve Deckart, alias Mefisto. The villain, here, is again a simple illusionist and spy, without the supernatural powers that he will get later. The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Wrill is published. June Lana (1948 series) #6 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #92. The final issue under this title; with the next issue it changes title and format to Marvel Tales - Timely Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #32 - Timely Comics - (The series will be cancelled for five years) Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #8 - Timely Comics Venus (1948 series) #5 -