This is a list of comics-related events in 1955. Publications and events As part of the fallout resulting from the Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent and the 1954 comic book hearings of the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, publishers Avon Comics, Eastern Color Printing, Lev Gleason Publications, Master Comics, Nesbit, Orbit Publications, Reston Publications, Toby Press, Trojan Magazines, and the S. M. Iger Studio go out of business (or otherwise cease publishing comic books). January January 2: Professor Pi by Dutch comics artist Bob van den Born, which already ran in some foreign newspapers, is published in a Dutch newspaper for the first time, namely Het Parool. January 3: The Mickey Mouse story Mickey Mouse and Dr. X by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson is first published. January 6: In Spirou the Tif et Tondu story Tif et Tondu contre la Main Blanche (written by Maurice Rosy and drawn by Will) starts running, which marks the debut of recurring and iconic villain Mr. Choc. January 8: With the death of cartoonist Ed Payne, the long-running newspaper comic Billy the Boy Artist comes to a close after having been in production for 56 years straight. The final issue of Giggle Comics is published. February February 15: Sydney Jordan's Jeff Hawke makes its debut. It will run until 18 April 1974. Cancellation of Tales from the Crypt, with issue #46, by EC Comics. Cancellation of Two-Fisted Tales. March March 30: In Tintin Ric Hochet makes his debut in the story Ric Hochet Mène Le Jeu, by Andrè-Paul Duchateau and Tibet. March 31: The first episode of Guy Bara's gag comic Max L'Explorateur is published. The first issue of the American comics magazine Extra is published. Five issues will be published before its eventual cancellation in November/December. Stephen Slesinger's King of the Royal Mounted draws to a close. Stan Lee and Bob Brown's Rawhide Kid makes its debut, published by Atlas Comics. Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge story, The Lemming with the Locket is first published. April April 1: Pieter J. Kuhn's Kapitein Rob is discontinued in Het Parool after nine and a half years of an uninterrupted run. The artist decides to quit, but a year later his series will be relaunched. April 4: Piet Wijn's aviation comic Frank, De Vliegende Hollander starts in Het Parool as a replacement for Kapitein Rob. The first issue of the American comics magazine