1950s in comics

See also: 1940s in comics, other events of the 1950s, 1960s in comics and the list of years in comics

Publications: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959

1950

 * Adventures into Terror #43 - Marvel Comics
 * Amazing Detective Cases #3 spin-off from Suspense - Marvel Comics
 * Apache Kid #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Black Rider #8 renamed from Western Winners - Marvel Comics
 * Cindy Smith #39 renamed from Cindy Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Crime Can't Win #41 renamed from Cindy Smith - Marvel Comics
 * Crime Can't Win #4 renumbered from #44 - Marvel Comics
 * Crime Exposed #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Crime Must Lose! #4 renamed from Romantic Affairs - Marvel Comics
 * Cowgirl Romances #28 renamed from Jeanie Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Gunhawk, The #12 renamed from Whip Wilson - Marvel Comics
 * Hedy of Hollywood #36 renamed from Hedy de Vine - Marvel Comics
 * Honeymoon #41 renamed from Gay Comics - Marvel Comics
 * It's a Ducks Life #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Journey into Unknown Worlds #36 renamed from Teen Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Kellys, The #23 renamed from Rusty Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Marvel Boy #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Men's Adventures #4 renamed from True Adventures - Marvel Comics
 * My Friend Irma #3 renamed from My Diary (comics) - Marvel Comics
 * Romantic Affairs #3 renamed from Romances of the West - Marvel Comics
 * Sports Action #2 renamed from Sports Stars - Marvel Comics
 * Real Experiences #25 renamed from Tiny Tessie - Marvel Comics
 * Reno Browne, Hollywood's Greatest Cowgirl #50 renamed from Margie Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Romantic Affairs #4 renamed from Romances of the West - Marvel Comics
 * Spy Cases #26 renamed from Kellys, The - Marvel Comics
 * Spy Cases #4 renumbered from #29 - Marvel Comics
 * True Adventures #3 renamed from True Western - Marvel Comics
 * True Life Tales #2 renumbered from #9 - Marvel Comics
 * True Secrets #3 renamed from Our Love - Marvel Comics
 * Two-Gun Western #5 renamed from Casey Crime Photographer - Marvel Comics
 * War Comics #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Whip Wilson #9 renamed from Rex Hart - Marvel Comics
 * Young Men #4 renamed from Cowboy Romances - Marvel Comics

1951

 * Adventures into Terror #3 renumbered from #45 - Marvel Comics
 * Arizona Kid #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Astonishing #3 renamed from Marvel Boy - Marvel Comics
 * Battle #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Combat Kelly #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Fightin' Marines #1-176 changes publisher to Charlton in 1955- St. John
 * Crime Cases Private Eye #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Journey into Unknown Worlds #4 renamed from #39 - Marvel Comics
 * Mystic #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Kent Blake of the Secret Service #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Rocky Jorden Private Eye #6 renamed from Crime Cases Private Eye - Marvel Comics
 * Young Men on the Battlefield #4 renamed from Young Men - Marvel Comics
 * Red Warrior #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Space Squadron #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Spy Fighters #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Strange Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Texas Kid #1 - Marvel Comics

1952

 * Actual Confessions #13 renamed from Lova Adventures - Marvel Comics
 * Adventures into Weird Worlds #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Battle Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Battlefield #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Battlefront #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Combat #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Fighting Leathernecks #1-6 renamed United States Marines - Toby Press
 * Girl Confessions #13 renamed from Girl Comics - Marvel Comics
 * Journey into Mystery #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Men in Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Mystery Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Patsy and Hedy #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Space World #6 renamed from Space Squadron - Marvel Comics
 * Spellbound #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Tell It to the Marines #1-16 changes publisher to I.W. Enterprises in 1964, also see Tell It to the Marines Super - Toby Press
 * U.S. Marines in Action #1-3 - Avon Periodicals
 * Uncanny Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * War Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * War Adventures #1 - Marvel Comics
 * War Combat #1 - Marvel Comics

1953

 * Battle Brady #10 renamed from Men in Action - Marvel Comics
 * Bible Tales for Young Folk #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Bible Tales for Young People #3 renamed from Bible Tales for Young Folk - Marvel Comics
 * Buck Duck #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Combat Casey #6 renamed from War Combat - Marvel Comics
 * Crazy #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Homer Hooper #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Little Lizzie #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Lorna the Jungle Queen #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Menace #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Miss America #50 renamed from Miss America Magazine - Marvel Comics
 * Monkey and the Bear, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Patsy and her Pals #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Princess Knight, by Osamu Tezuka, is first serialized on Kodansha's Shōjo Club
 * Secret Story Romances #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Speed Carter, Spaceman #1 - Marvel Comics
 * The Topper #1 - D.C. Thomson and Co. Ltd
 * United States Marines #7-11 renamed from Fighting Leathernecks - Toby Press
 * Wendy Parker Comics #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Young Men #21 renamed from Young Men on the Battlefield - Marvel Comics
 * Young Men in Action #24 renamed from Young Men - Marvel Comics

1954

 * Arrowhead #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Battle Ground #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Crime Fighters Always Win #11 renamed from Crimefighters - Marvel Comics
 * Girl's Life #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Jungle Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Jungle Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Lorna the Jungle Girl #6 renamed from Lorna the Jungle Queen - Marvel Comics
 * Marines in Battle #1-25 - Atlas Comics
 * Navy Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Outlaw Fighters #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Outlaw Kid #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Police Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Ringo Kid Western, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Riot #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Rugged Action #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Semper Fi #1-9 - Marvel Comics
 * Spy Thrillers #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Western Kid #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Western Outlaws #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Western Thrillers #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Wild #1 - Marvel Comics
 * With the Marines on the Battlefronts of the World #1-2 - Toby Press

1955

 * Adventures of Pinky Lee, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Billy Buckskin Western #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Black Knight. The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Cowboy Action #5 renamed from Western Thrillers - Marvel Comics
 * Della Vision #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Gunsmoke Western #32 renamed from Western Tales of Black Rider - Marvel Comics
 * Homer the Happy Ghost #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Jann of the Jungle #8 renamed from Jungle Tales - Marvel Comics
 * Marines in Action #1-14 - Atlas Comics
 * Meet Miss Bliss #1 - Marvel Comics
 * My Girl Pearl #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Navy Combat #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Patty Powers #4 renamed from Della Vision - Marvel Comics
 * Police Badge #5 renamed from Spy Thrillers - Marvel Comics
 * Rawhide Kid #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Strange Stories of Suspense #5 renamed from Rugged Action - Marvel Comics
 * Strange Tales of the Unusual #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Western Tales of Black Rider #28 renamed from Black Rider - Marvel Comics
 * Wyatt Earp #1 - Marvel Comics

1956

 * Adventure into Mystery #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Caught #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Date with Millie, A #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Devil-Dog Dugan #1-3 renamed Tales of the Marines - Atlas Comics
 * Frontier Western #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Matt Slade, Gunfighter #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Melvin the Monster #1 - Marvel Comics
 * My Love Story #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Mystical Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Quick Trigger Western Action #12 renamed from Cowboy Action - Marvel Comics
 * Quick Trigger Western #13 renamed from Quick Trigger Western Action - Marvel Comics
 * Sailor Sweeney #12 renamed from Navy Action - Marvel Comics
 * Sgt. Barney Barker #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Sherry the Showgirl #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Stories of Romance #5 renamed from Meet Miss Bliss - Marvel Comics
 * True Tales of Love #22 renamed from Secret Story Romances - Marvel Comics
 * Two-Gun Western #4 renamed from Billy Buckskin Western - Marvel Comics
 * Western Gunfighters #20 renamed from Apache Kid - Marvel Comics
 * World of Fantasy #1 - Marvel Comics
 * World of Mystery #1 - Marvel Comics
 * World of Suspense #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Yellow Claw #1 - Marvel Comics

1957

 * Adventures of Homer Ghost #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Black Rider Rides Again, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Commando Adventures #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Date with Patsy, A #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Dexter the Demon #7 renamed from Melvin the Monster - Marvel Comics
 * G.I. Tales #4 renamed from Sgt. Barney Barker - Marvel Comics
 * Hedy Wolfe #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Kid from Dodge City, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Kid from Texas, The #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Marines at War #1-8 renamed from Tales of the Marines - Atlas Comics
 * Marvin Mouse #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Kid Slade, Gunfighter #5 renamed from Matt Slade, Gunfighter - Marvel Comics
 * Navy Action #15 renamed from Sailor Sweeney - Marvel Comics
 * Navy Tales #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Nellie the Nurse #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Showgirls #4 renamed from Sherry the Showgirl - Marvel Comics
 * Sherry the Showgirl #5 renamed from Showgirls - Marvel Comics
 * Showgirls #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Six-Gun Western #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Tales of the Marines #4 renamed Marines at War renamed from Devil-Dog Dugan - Atlas Comics
 * Western Trails #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Willie the Wise Guy #1 - Marvel Comics

1958

 * Strange Worlds #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Tell It to the Marines Super #1 also see Tell It to the Marines - I.W. Enterprises

August

 * August 13: Jack Cole dies at age 43.

1959

 * Kathy #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Date with Millie, A #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Tales of Suspense #1 - Marvel Comics
 * Tales to Astonish #1 - Marvel Comics