1956 in comics

Events and publications

Year overall

• Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings continue to negatively affect the comics marketplace. Ace Comics, Avon Comics, EC Comics, Mainline Publications, Nedor Comics (Standard, Better, and Thrilling), and Quality Comics all cease publishing, though EC continues to publish Mad magazine (and Nedor is succeeded by the short-lived Pines Comics).

April

• Apache Kid, with issue #19, canceled by Atlas

October

• Showcase #4 (National Periodical Publications) — First appearance of a revamped Flash ushers in the Silver Age of Comic Books

December

• Quality Comics ceases operations; many of the company's characters and title trademarks sold to National Periodical Publications, which chooses to keep only four series running: Blackhawk, G.I. Combat, Heart Throbs, and Robin Hood Tales.

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