M.D. by EC Comics is published. It will only last until December. First issue of the Italian magazine Miciolino. May Il Segreto del Cinese (The chinaman’s secret), last adventure of Dick Fulmine (Selene). With issue #24, Mad converts its format from an EC Comics comic book to a magazine. In doing so, it inadvertently escapes the strictures of the Comics Code and becomes one of the great success stories of 20th-century magazine publishing. Western Tales of Black Rider, with issue #28, takes over the numbering of Black Rider — Atlas Comics The third-last issue of Teen-Age Romances is published and the series is cancelled shortly after. June June 5: Warren Tufts' Lance makes its debut. June 10: In Topolino the first chapter of The Blot's Double Mystery, by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa is published. In this story, exceptionally crude and disquieting for the Disney's standards, the Phantom Blot returns fifteen years after his first creation. June 27: With Mickey Mouse and Li'l Davy by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson, the Davy Crockett miniseries is spoofed. It's also Gottfredson's final longer adventure comic, who later realizes only self-conclusive strips. In the 92nd issue of Batman the character Ace the Bat-Hound makes its debut. Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge story The Fabulous Philosopher’s Stone is first published. July July 15: The first issue of Pepito hits the market (Edizioni Alpe). July 30: Frank Victor Martinek's Don Winslow of the Navy comes to an end. July 30: Ken Reid's Grandpa makes its debut in The Beano. Crime Does Not Pay (1942 series) #147 cancelled by Lev Gleason Publications. Cancellation of Red Ryder Comics, with issue #144 by Dell Comics. Cancellation of Famous Funnies, with issue #218. In the first issue of the Italian magazine Volpetto (Editoriale Metro), Nonna Abelarda makes her debut with the story La Banda La Bott, by Giovan Battista Carpi. August August 26: In Spirou the Lucky Luke story Rails on the prairie by René Goscinny and Morris is first published. This marks the first time Goscinny writes a story for the series, as well as the first time Luke sings his signature song: I'm a poor lonesome cowboy in the final panel. August 28: In Albi d’oro, Paperino e l’uomo del west (Donald Duck and the westerner), by Guido Martina and Giovan Battista Carpi “Holes in the hands”, the prodigal brother of Uncle Scrooge makes his first and only