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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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Our Family Catechism (1955)

One-Shot

Catechetical Guild Educational Society

Edgar Wallace Comic (1951)

Young's Merchandising

6 issues

Pope Pius XII (1950)

One-Shot

Catechetical Guild Educational Society

Our Lady of Fatima (1955)

One-Shot

Catechetical Guild Educational Society

Li'l Abner (1954)

New Century Press

15 issues

Great Guns! (1957)

One-Shot

American Comics Group

Zip! (1951)

Kirby Publishing Company

39 issues

Zoot (1950)

Bell Features

3 issues

Nancy and Sluggo (1953)

New Century Press

38 issues

Western Roundup Comic (1955)

World Distributors

1 issue

Mighty Atom (1958)

I.W. Publishing

1 issue

My Private Life (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

1 issue

A Date with Patsy (1957)

One-Shot

Marvel Comics

Jungle Jo (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

3 issues

Martin Kane, Private Eye (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

2 issues

March of Crime (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

3 issues

Hunted (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

2 issues

Hoot Gibson (1950)

Fox Comics (US)

3 issues

Journey into Fear (1951)

Superior Publishers Limited

21 issues

Piracy (1955)

Calvert

1 issue

Robin Hood Comics (1955)

New Century Press

3 issues

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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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