Events January January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released. January 16: Dutch cartoonist Willem wins the Inktspotprijs for Best Political Cartoon. January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6. February February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment. February 5: Gerben Valkema's comic strip Elsje (Lizzy in English) makes its debut. February 28: Release of 2000 AD prog #1526. This is the 30th anniversary issue and will see the start of three new storylines: Flesh (by Pat Mills and Ramon Sola), Nikolai Dante (by Robbie Morrison & Simon Fraser) and Savage (by Pat Mills and Charlie Adlard) The final issue of Cracked is published. March March 6: Albert Uderzo is honoured as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. March 7: Marvel Comics "kills" Captain America (US) March 14: The British children's TV show Blue Peter, who organized a competition to let young viewers choose which new character they would like to become a recurring cast member in the comic strip The Bash Street Kids declare the character Wayne the winner. March 21: Andy Diggle starts his run on Hellblazer with issue #230 With issue #215, Batman: Legends of theDark Knight is cancelled by DC. Webcomic Crying Macho Man is collected in a print edition May May 2: Weekly series 52 concludes. May 12: Bristol Comic Expo, start of two-day event May 23: British comic heroine Tank Girl returns after a twelve-year sojourn, with original writer Alan Martin on scripts and Australian penciler Ashley Wood on art. The four-part mini-series is called The Gifting and will be collected in time for Christmas. July July 10–11: Doug Marlette, creator of Kudzu is killed in a car accident, which means the end of his series. July 25: The United States Postal Service released Marvel Superhero Stamps featuring Spider-Man, Wolverine, and other Marvel superheroes. August August 11: Caption, start of two-day event August 14: Tokyopop begins publishing Undertown. August 26: The final episode of Kudzu is published. Half a month earlier the creator, Doug Marlette, died in a car accident. August 26: The final episode of Triple Take by Scott Nickel and Todd Clark is published. September September 8: London Film & Comic Con, start of two-day event. September 9: The final episode of Farley is published. Creator Phil Frank passes away on 12 September from a brain tumor. September 15: Suske