gagcomic Deems first appears in print. It will run in syndication until 1980. 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 Deaths January January 7: Nelly Bodenheim, Dutch painter, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 76. 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), passes away at age 73. April 7: Gustave-Henri Jossot, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (made early text comics), dies at age 84. April 24: Henry Yoshikata Kiyama, Japanese manga artist (The Four Immigrants Manga), dies at the age of 75. May May 21: Clifford McBride, American comics artist (Napoleon and Uncle Elby), dies at the age of 50. June June 10: Dudley Fisher, American comics artist (Right Around Home), passes away at the age of 60 or 61. July July 8: Walter Trier, Czech-German illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 61. August August 14: William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper comics publisher, co-founder of King Features and major force behind the comics industry, passes away at age 88. September September 18: Gelett Burgess, American poet, novelist, illustrator and comics artist (Goops), dies at age 85. November November 8: Antoni Muntañola, Spanish illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 67 or 68. November 10: William Meade Prince, American illustrator, theatrical actor and comics artist (Aladdin, Jr.), commits suicide at age 58. December December 2: J.P. Arnot, American comics artist (Helpful Henry), dies at age 64. Specific date unknown Bernard Graddon, British comics artist (Just Jake), dies at the age of 80 or 81. George Frederick Kaber, American illustrator (The Adventures of Lovely Lilly), dies at age 90 or 91. 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. In the same adventure, set in Canada, two other recurring characters of the series (the Redcoat Jim Brandon and the trapper