Astonish (1959 series) #50 – Marvel Comics In Italy, the first issue of Braccio di Ferro (Bianconi), containing Popeye’s adventures written by Italian authors, produced by Classici Audacia (Mondadori) is published. The first issue of the Italian monthly Il Piccolo Ranger is published (Bonelli). Specific date unknown DC Comics purchases two Prize Comics romance titles, Young Love and Young Romance, continuing their numbering. Shueisha publishes Margaret. Alfredo Alcala's Voltar makes its debut. Jim Berry's Berry's World debuts. Mauricio de Sousa's The Funnies (Monica's Gang) and The Tribe (Monica's Gang) and Horacio's World debut. The final issue of the Argentine comics magazine Hora Cero is published. The final episode of Malcolm Judge's Colonel Crackpot's Circus is published. The final episode of Horace Boyten, Stewart Pride and Evelyn Flinders' The Silent Three is published. The final episode of Birgitta Lilliehöök's Spara och Slösa is published. The final episode of Brian Lewis' The Suicide Six is published. The final episode of Al Jaffee's Tall Tales is published. Births Deaths January January 2: Joaquín Buigas, Spanish comics writer (La familia Ulises), dies at age 76. January 18: Francisco Valença, Portuguese comics artist and illustrator, passes away at age 80. February February 18: Vadim Lazarkevich, Russian-Bulgarian illustrator and comics artist (Vesel Putniks Balloon, The Little Barber), passes away at age 67. February 26: Charles Folkard, British illustrator and comics artist (Teddy Tail), dies at age 84. March March 23: Maurice Boyer, aka Moriss, French actor, comedian, illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, dies at age 88. Specific date in March unknown: Koos Schadée, Dutch comics artist and illustrator, dies at an unknown age. May May 3: Alejandro Del Prado, aka Calé, Argentine cartoonist and comics artist (Buenos Aires Intimo), dies at age 37. July July 2: Alicia Patterson, American publisher and comics writer (Deathless Deer), dies at age 56 of complications following stomach surgery for an ulcer. July 7: François-Joseph Herman, Belgian comics artist (worked for Studio Vandersteen and made several one-shot stories of his own for Tintin), passes away at age 31. August August 16: Ralph Fuller, American comics artist (Oaky Doaks), passes away at age 73. August 30: Jan Lunde, Norwegian comics artist (Pappa og Pjokken, Skomakker Bekk of Tvililligene Hans, Professor Skjeel, Dimpen og Dumpen), dies at age 74. August 31: Willem Gerrit van de Hulst Sr., Dutch novelist and comics writer (In de Soete Suikerbol), dies at age 83. September September 19: David