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Notable events of 1954 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

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Events and publications

  • Publication of Seduction of the Innocent, by American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. The book warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. A minor bestseller, it created alarm in parents and galvanized them to campaign for censorship.
  • Publishers All American Comics, Comic Media, Fiction House, Star Publications, and Youthful go out of business.

    • February

  • Hopalong Cassidy, with issue #86, revived by DC Comics, taking over the numbering of the Fawcett Comics series.

    • March

  • Atlas Comics publishes Lorna, the Jungle Girl #6 (renamed from Lorna, the Jungle Queen)

    • April

  • April 21–22: United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings on the comic book industry.

    • June

  • "Tralla La," a Scrooge McDuck story by Carl Barks, published in Uncle Scrooge #6
  • June 4: Further meeting of United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency

    • September

  • Formation of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA) and the Comics Code Authority (CCA)
  • Atlas Comics publishes Crime Fighters Always Win #11 (renamed from Timely's Crimefighters)
  • Roy of the Rovers debuts in Fleetway's Tiger

    • November

  • The Haunt of Fear, with issue #28 (November/December cover date), canceled by EC Comics.

    • December

  • Kodansha publishes Nakayoshi.
  • The Vault of Horror, with issue #40 (December 1954/January 1955 cover date), canceled by EC Comics.
  • Chamber of Chills, with issue #26, canceled by Harvey Comics.

    • Archie Comics

  • Archie Giant Series

    • Atlas Comics

  • Arrowhead
  • Battle Ground
  • Girl's Life
  • Jungle Action
  • Jungle Tales
  • Marines in Battle
  • Navy Action
  • Outlaw Fighters
  • Outlaw Kid
  • Police Action
  • The Ringo Kid Western
  • Riot
  • Rugged Action
  • Semper Fi
  • Spy Thrillers
  • Western Kid (December)
  • Western Outlaws
  • Western Thrillers
  • Wild

    • Hulton Press

  • Swift

    • National Comics

  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (October)
  • Our Fighting Forces (October)

    • Toby Press

  • With the Marines on the Battlefronts of the World

    • Atlas Comics

  • Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale) in Men's Adventures #26 (March)
  • Gorilla-Man (Arthur Nagan) in Mystery Tales #21 ([September)
  • Jann of the Jungle in Jungle Tales #1 (September)
  • M-11 in Menace #11 (May)
  • Outlaw Kid in The Outlaw Kid #1 (September)
  • Ringo Kid in The Ringo Kid Western #1 (August)
  • Western Kid in The Western Kid #1 (November)

    • Dell Comics

  • Turok in Four Color Comics #596 (October/November)

    • Harvey Comics

  • Wendy the Good Little Witch in Casper the Friendly Ghost #20 (May)

    • L. Miller & Son

  • Marvelman in Marvelman #25 (3 February)

    • National Comics

  • Angle Man in Wonder Woman #70 (November), created by Robert Kanigher and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics
  • Crimesmith in World's Finest Comics #68 (January),
  • Halk Kar in Superman #80 (February), created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino - DC Comics
  • Janu the Jungle Boy in Action Comics #191 (April)
  • Mirror Man in Detective Comics #213 (November), created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics
  • Mysto in Detective Comics #203 (January), created by George Kashdan and Leonard Starr - DC Comics
  • Space Cabbie in Mystery in Space #21 (August)

    • Prize Comics

  • Fighting American in Fighting American #1 (April/May)

    • Newspaper strips

  • Charlotte Braun in Peanuts (November 30)
  • Pig-Pen in Peanuts (July 13)

    • References

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