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1950s Comic Book Series

Comic series that began publishing between 1950 and 1959. EC's crime and horror lines led the first half of the decade until the 1954 Senate subcommittee hearings and the Comics Code Authority that publishers formed in response ended them. Output shifted to romance, westerns, war, science fiction, and funny animals, and DC's 1956 revival of the Flash opened the Silver Age. Browse every 1950s series in the catalog with its issue list, creator credits, covers, and release dates.

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Adventures of Winky Dink (1957)

One-Shot

Pines Publishing

Campus Humor (1957)

Charlton

3 issues

Animal Crackers (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

1 issue

Hot Stuff (1958)

Magazine Management

7 issues

The Brain (1956)

Magazine Enterprises

11 issues

Little Miss Sunbeam Comics (1950)

Magazine Enterprises

4 issues

Major Inapak The Space Ace (1951)

One-Shot

Magazine Enterprises

Tom-Tom (1957)

Magazine Enterprises

3 issues

Western Crime Busters (1950)

Trojan Magazines

10 issues

Fightin' Marines (1951)

Charlton

175 issues

Young Brides (1952)

Prize

30 issues

Captain 3-D (1953)

Harvey

1 issue

Black Magic (1950)

Prize

50 issues

Long Bow (1951)

Fiction House

9 issues

Apache (1951)

Fiction House

1 issue

Jonesy (1953)

Quality Comics

8 issues

Exotic Romances (1955)

Quality Comics

10 issues

Yanks In Battle (1956)

Quality Comics

4 issues

Danger Trail (1950)

DC Comics

5 issues

Youthful Romances (1950)

Pix-Parade

10 issues

Knockout Adventures (1954)

Fiction House

1 issue

Wedding Bells (1954)

Quality Comics

19 issues

Snoopy (1958)

One-Shot

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

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1950s FAQ

What ended EC's horror and crime line?
The 1954 Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings and the Comics Code Authority publishers created in response. EC dropped its horror titles and eventually kept only Mad.
What replaced superheroes in the 1950s?
Romance, westerns, war, crime, science fiction, and funny animals carried most of the decade. Only a handful of superhero titles published continuously through it.
When did the Silver Age begin?
With Showcase #4 in 1956, DC's revival of the Flash. Series that launched after it read very differently from the ones that started at the top of the decade.

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