Events Year overall In Italy, Diabolik, started softly the previous year, becomes a growing success and finds its definitive shape. In a series of classic stories (The elusive criminal, Diabolik arrested, Atrocious revenge, Buried alive) Diabolik begins to use the Jaguar E-Type, the rubber masks and the shelters, leaves his cover identity as Walter Dorian, ends dramatically his affair with the nurse Elisabeth Gray and begins a long love-story with Eva Kant. January January 26: The first issue of the British comics magazine Boys' World is published. It will run until 1964. The first issue of the Catholic magazine Messaggero dei ragazzi (The Boys’ herald) is published in Padua by the Friars Minor of the Basilica of Saint Anthony. In the next decades, the magazine, in spite of its limited distribution, will host the works of important cartoonists such as Dino Battaglia and Hugo Pratt. Sergio Aragones makes his debut in MAD Magazine #76. Jack Miller and Joe Certa's Zook makes his debut. Fantastic Four (1961 series) #10 – Marvel Comics The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #5 – Marvel Comics Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #88 – Marvel Comics Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #108 – Marvel Comics Strange Tales (1951 series) #104 – Marvel Comics Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #37 – Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #39 – Marvel Comics Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #61 – Marvel Comics The Purple Smurfs (original title Les Schtroumpfs noirs), by Peyo, first album of the Smurfs. Oddbal Odissey by Carl Barks, on Uncle Scrooge. February February 16: The final issue of the British comics magazine Knockout is published, after which it merges with Valiant. February 4: The first chapter of Jacovitti’s Baby Rocket, about the interstellar adventures of a half-notch gangster, is published in Il giorno dei ragazzi. February 7: The first episode of Asterix and the Banquet by Goscinny and Uderzo, is prepublished in Pilote. The story marks the debut of Dogmatix, Obelix' dog. Fantastic Four (1961 series) #11 – Marvel Comics Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #89 – Marvel Comics Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. marks the debut of Russ Manning's Magnus Robot Fighter. Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #32 – Marvel Comics Strange Tales (1951 series) #105 – Marvel Comics Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #38 – Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #40 – Marvel Comics March March 2: The final issue of the British