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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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Battleground (1954)

Marvel Comics

20 issues

Commando Adventures (1957)

Marvel Comics

2 issues

Willie the Wiseguy (1957)

Marvel Comics

1 issue

The Amazing Willie Mays (1954)

One-Shot

Eastern Color

Daffy (1959)

Allers

213 issues

Beware! Terror Tales (1952)

Fawcett Publications

8 issues

Magic of Christmas (1955)

Promotional Publications

1 issue

The Big Four (1956)

Murray Comics

2 issues

Every Boy's Adventure Omnibus (1952)

Collected Edition

Horwitz

1 issue

Hwyl! Llyfr Mawr (1952)

Self Published

1 issue

Women in Love (1952)

One-Shot

Ziff-Davis

Santa and the Pirates (1952)

Promotional Publications

1 issue

Crisis at the Carsons! (1958)

One-Shot

Pictorial Media Inc.

Pawnee Bill (1951)

Story Comics

3 issues

Masked Ranger (1954)

Premier Magazines

9 issues

Red Arrow (1951)

P. L. Publishers

3 issues

Heroes Of the Highway (1952)

American Visuals Corporation

1 issue

World of Li'l Abner (1953)

Collected Edition

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

1 issue

Destination Moon (1950)

Fawcett Publications

1 issue

Playing It Safe! (1954)

One-Shot

Pictorial Media Inc.

He-Man (1954)

Toby

2 issues

He-Man (1952)

One-Shot

Ziff-Davis

Great Western (1958)

I.W. Publishing

4 issues

Frontier Scout Dan'l Boone (1955)

New Century Press

1 issue

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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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