Mr. Jolt, Chubby, If They Came Back And Did It Over Again Today, Bringing Up Bill, Bradley, Vitamin Vic, Donny the Dreamer, Gadget Man, Iron Munro, Romeo the Robot, Three-Ring Binks), dies at age 48 or 49. Christian Haugen, Norwegian novelist and comics writer, whose stories were adapted into comics by Arent Christensen, dies at age 53 or 54. Joan García Junceda, Spanish illustrator and comics artist (Les Extraordinàries Aventures d'en Massagran), dies at age 66 or 67. First issues by title DC Comics Leave It to Binky (February/March) Mr. District Attorney (January/February) Western Comics (January/February) Dell Comics The Lone Ranger (January/February) Tarzan (January/February) Marvel Comics (Timely, Atlas) All-Winners Comics (vol. 2) cover-dated August (Timely) Annie Oakley cover-dated Spring Blaze Carson cover-dated September Comedy Comics cover-dated May Complete Mystery cover-dated August Crime Exposed cover-dated June Crimefighters cover-dated April Kid Colt, Hero Of The West cover-dated August Krazy Komics cover-dated August Lana Lawbreakers Always Lose! Mitzi Comics My Romance Namora cover-dated August Sun Girl cover-dated August (Timely) Tex Morgan Tex Taylor cover-dated September (Atlas) Two-Gun Kid March (Atlas) Venus cover-dated August Wacky Duck Wild West cover-dated Spring (Atlas) Witness Other publishers Adventures into the Unknown (B&I Publishing, Fall) The Adventures of Alix The Adventures of Dick Cole (Novelty Press) Funnyman (Magazine Enterprise) Kalle Anka & C:o (Egmont) Pantera Bionda (Giurma, April 24) Spirou et Fantasio (Dupuis) Spirou et l'aventure (Dupuis) Sweethearts (Fawcett, October) Tex Willer (Sergio Bonelli Editore, 30 September) Zago, Jungle Prince (Fox Feature Syndicate, September) Comic strips Pogo (Post-Hall Syndicate, October 4) Rusty Riley (King Features, January 26) Spiff and Hercules (L'Humanité on March 28, 1948) Renamed titles All True Crime Cases issue #26 renamed from Official True Crime Cases as of the February cover date. (Marvel Comics) All-Western Winners issue #2 renamed from All Winners Comics (vol. 2) as of the Winter cover date. (Timely Comics) Blackstone the Magician #2 (cover-dated May) renamed from Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime (EC Comics) Frankie and Lana issue #13 renamed from Frankie Comics as of the January cover date. (Marvel Comics) Mitzi's Boyfriend issue #2 renamed from Mitzi Comics (Marvel Comics) Wild Western issue #3 renamed from Wild West as of the September cover date (Atlas Comics) Initial appearances by character name Cowboy Marshall in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics Evil Star in All Star Comics #44 (December), created by John Broome and Irwin