Notable events of 1951 in comics.
Events
January January 21 - La banda dei Dalton, by Aurelio Galeppini and Gia Luigi Bonelli; Tiger Jack, the Tex Willer's Indian pard, makes his debut. January 27: The Nero story De Zwarte Voeten is first published in the newspapers. Halfway in the story, the main cast member Meneer Pheip makes his debut. Action Comics (1938 series) #152 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #160 - DC Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #19 - American Comics Group Adventures of Alan Ladd (1949 series) #9 - DC Comics Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 7) (1942 series) #12 - Hillman Periodicals All Star Comics (becomes All Star Western) (1948 series) #58 - DC Comics Amazing Adventures (1950 series) #2 - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #4 - Atlas Comics Archie Comics (1946 series) #48 - Archie Publications Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #7 - Archie Publications Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #8 - Archie Publications Archie's Rival Reggie (1950 series) #2 - Archie Publications Blackhawk (1944 series) #36 - Quality Comics The Cisco Kid #2 - Dell Comics Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #15 - DC Comics Danger Trail (1950 series) #4 - DC Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #167 - DC Comics Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #38 - Atlas Comics Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #30 - DC Comics Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #19 - DC Comics Private Eye (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #101 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #112 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #4 - DC Comics Superboy (1949 series) #12 - DC Comics
February February 1: Jean-Michel Charlier and Octave Joly's educational comics series L'Oncle Paul is first published in Spirou. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #31 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #153 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #161 - DC Comics Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #102 - Atlas Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #20 - American Comics Group Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #7 - DC Comics Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #1 - Hillman Periodicals All American Western (1948 series) #118 - DC Comics All Star Comics (1940 series) #57 - final issue (cover-dated February/March), cancelled by DC Comics All-True Crime (1948 series) #44 - Atlas Comics Amazing Adventures (1950 series) #3 - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Astonishing (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics Batman (1940 series) #63 - DC Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #37 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #168 - DC Comics Flash Gordon (1950 series) #4 - Harvey Publications Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #4 - Atlas Comics Marvel Boy (1950 series) #2 - Altas Comics - Marvel Boy will be renamed to Astonishing Marvel Tales (1949 series) #102 - Atlas Comics Men Adventures (1949 series) #6 - Atlas Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #113 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #68 - DC Comics White Fang (1944 series) #80 - Classics Illustrated Young Men (1949 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
March March 4: The final episode of Jules Feiffer's gag comic Clifford is published. March 5: Malang is sued by the Filipino police for defamation over a cartoon ridiculing them. March 12: David Law's Dennis the Menace makes its debut in The Beano. Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace makes its debut. March 13: In Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey Beetle Bailey joins the army, which changes the overall concept of the comic strip, originally premiered in 1950. March 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Charlie Brown and his friends play their first baseball match. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #32 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #154 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #162 - DC Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #21 - American Comics Group Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #2 - Hillman Periodicals Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #5 - Atlas Comics Archie Comics (1946 series) #49 - Archie Publications Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #8 - Archie Publications Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #9 - Archie Publications Archie's Rival Reggie (1950 series) #3 - Archie Publications Battle (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #38 - Quality Comics Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #16 - DC Comics Danger Trail (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #169 - DC Comics Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #31 - DC Comics Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #20 - DC Comics (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics Private Eye (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #102 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #114 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #6 - DC Comics Superboy (1949 series) #13 - DC Comics In Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, A financiar fable by Carl Barks (Dell).
April April 16: Pom's Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber makes its debut in Het Zondagsblad. April 17: The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Bravo! is published. April 25: The first issue of the Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum is published. It will run until 11 January 1967.KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 195 In Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy story Captain Atom Professor Ochanomizu makes his debut. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #33 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #155 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #163 - DC Comics Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #103 - Atlas Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #22 - American Comics Group Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #8 - DC Comics Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #3 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Western (1948 series) #119 - DC Comics All Star Western (previously All Star Comics) (1948 series) #58 - DC Comics All-True Crime (1948 series) #45 - Atlas Comics Astonishing (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics Batman (1940 series) #64 - DC Comics Battle (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #39 - Quality Comics Danger Trail (1950 series) #5 - DC Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #170 - DC Comics Flash Gordon (1950 series) #5 - Harvey Publications Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #5 - Atlas Comics Marvel Tales (1949 series) #103 - Atlas Comics Men Adventures (1949 series) #7 - Atlas Comics Mystery in Space (1951 series) #1 - DC Comics Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #6 - Atlas Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #115 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #7 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #69 - DC Comics Young Men (1949 series) #8 - Atlas Comics
May May: Manuel Vázquez Gallego's La familia Cebolleta makes its debut in the first issue of El DDT. May 22: L'ombra della paura, by Aurelio Galeppini and Gian Luigi Bonelli; Kit, Tex Willer's son, (here a child again) appears for the first time. In the same adventure, set in Canada, two other recurring characters of the series (the Redcoat Jim Brandon and the trapper Gros-Jean) make their debut. May 30: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Schroeder makes his debut, though he will not be depicted playing piano until 24 September. In Four colors, Old California by Carl Barks. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #34 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #156 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #164 - DC Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #23 - American Comics Group Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #4 - Hillman Periodicals All-Famous Crime (1950 series) #8 - Star Publications Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #6 - Atlas Comics Archie Comics (1946 series) #50 - Archie Publications Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #9 - Archie Publications Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #10 - Archie Publications Battle (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #40 - Quality Comics The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #1 - Dell Comics Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #17 - DC Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #171 - DC Comics Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #14 - Atlas Comics Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #32 - DC Comics Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #21 - DC Comics (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics Private Eye (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #103 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #116 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #8 - DC Comics first "gorilla themed" cover featured on a DC comic. at the Grand Comics Database Superboy (1949 series) #14 - DC Comics
June June 30: The final issue of the Dutch comics magazine Tom Poes Weekblad, based on Maarten Toonder's Tom Poes, is published. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #35 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #157 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #165 - DC Comics Adventures into Terror (1950 series) #104 - Atlas Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #24 - American Comics Group Adventures of Bob Hope (1950 series) #9 - DC Comics Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #5 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Western (1948 series) #120 - DC Comics All Star Western (1948 series) #59 - DC Comics All-True Crime (1948 series) #46 - Marvel Comics Astonishing (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics Batman (1940 series) #65 - DC Comics Battle (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #41 - Quality Comics Chamber of Chills (1951 series) #1 - Harvey Comics The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #2 - Dell Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #172 - DC Comics Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950 series) #6 - Atlas Comics Marvel Tales (1949 series) #104 - Atlas Comics Men Adventures (1949 series) #8 - Atlas Comics Mystery in Space (1951 series) #2 - DC Comics PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly - Department of the Army Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #117 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #9 - DC Comics Strange Tales (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics Superman (1939 series) #70 - DC Comics Two-Gun Kid (as Two-Gun Western) (1948 series) #7 - Atlas Comics Witches Tales (1951 series) #1 - Harvey Comics Young Men (1949 series) #9 - Atlas Comics
July July 1: EsseGesse's Captain Miki makes its debut. July 19: Bob De Moor's Cori, de Scheepsjongen (Cori Le Moussaillon) makes its debut in Tintin. July 26: in Spirou, first strip of Spirou et les Héritiers; Zantafio makes his debut. A-1 Comics (1944 series) #36 - Magazine Enterprises Action Comics (1938 series) #158 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #166 - DC Comics Adventures Into the Unknown! (1948 series) #25 - American Comics Group Airboy (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942 series) #6 - Hillman Periodicals All-Famous Crime (1950 series) #9 - Star Publications Amazing Detective Cases (1950 series) #7 - Marvel Comics Archie Comics (1946 series) #51 - Archie Publications Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950 series) #10 - Archie Publications Archie's Pal Jughead (1949 series) #11 - Archie Publications Battle (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics Blackhawk (1944 series) #42 - Quality Comics The Cisco Kid (1951 series) #3 - Dell Comics Dale Evans Comics (1948 series) #18 - DC Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #173 - DC Comics Frontline Combat #1 - (EC Comics) Kid Colt Outlaw (1948 series) #15 - Atlas Comics Movie Town Animial Antics (1946 series) #33 - DC Comics Mr. District Attorney (1948 series) #22 - DC Comics (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics Private Eye (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #104 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #118 - DC Comics Strange Adventures (1950 series) #10 - DC Comics Superboy (1949 series) #15 - DC Comics
August August 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Lucy van Pelt calls Charlie Brown "a blockhead" for the first time. This will become a running gag in the series.