Notable events of1960 in comics.

• January 16: The first issue of theBritish girls' comics magazineJudy is published. It will run until 1991.
• January 30: The first issue of theBritish girls' comics magazinePrincess is published. It will run until 16 September 1967 when it merges withTina to becomePrincess Tina.

• February 4: InRené Goscinny andMorris'Lucky Luke storySur la piste des Dalton the dogRantanplan makes its debut.^[1]
• February 18: inSpirou, first chapter ofL’ombre du Z, byGreg andFranquin.
• February 29:Bil Keane'sThe Family Circus makes its debut.

• March 10: In the Italian Disney magazineTopolinoRomano Scarpa'sMickey Mouse storyThe Chirikawa Necklace is published, which marks the debut ofMelinda Mouse andTrudy Van Tubb. In the same issue,Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket byCarlo Chendi andLuciano Bottaro is published: the first episode of the so-called “Saga ofRebo” (continued in the 1990s). The evil alien, created byCesare Zavattini inSaturno contro la terra, becomes part of theDuck universe.^[2]
• March 24: The fourthLe Vieux Nick story is prepublished inSpirou. Halfway the story Barbe-Noire makes his debut.^[3]
• March 30: inLe Journal de Tintin, first chapter ofRoute de nuit, byJean Graton.
• March:Gardner Fox introduces theJustice League in the 28th issue ofThe Brave and the Bold.^[4][5]
• InUncle Scrooge,Hound of Whiskerwiles byCarl Barks.

• April 20: The British comics magazineExpress Weekly publishes its final issue and changes its name toTV Express Weekly.^[6]
• April 25: InCharles M. Schulz'PeanutsLucy van Pelt hugsSnoopy and first utters the phrase:"Happiness is a warm puppy.".^[7]

• May 9: first strip ofProfessor Phumble, byBill Yates.^[8]
• May 28: The first issue of the British comics magazineBuster is published. In its first issueBill Titcombe'sBuster Capp makes its debut, a spin-off ofReg Smythe'sAndy Capp. The magazine will run until 4 January 2000.
• May 29: The final episode ofWarren Tufts'Lance is published.^[9]
• InStar-Spangled war stories,The War that Time Forgot, byRobert Kanigher andRoss Andru, first apparition ofDinosaur Island.

• June 1: InLe Parisien liberè, the first chapter of theLucky Luke storyLes Dalton courent toujours, byRené Goscinny andMorris starts serialisation.
• June 16: First issue of the Italian western seriesJames Dyan (Editoriale Dardo), written byRenzo Barbieri and drawn by Edgardo Dall’Acqua; the protagonist is a cowboy with theJames Dean’s face.
• June 16: InTopolino,The Washed-Up Witch, byLuciano Bottaro and Carlo Chendi is first published. The story introduces the antagonism betweenWitch Hazel andGoofy, unshakably skeptic about magic, the theme will be often reused by the Italian Disney authors later.^[10]

• July 14: InSpirou, first chapter ofA l’ombre des derricks, byGoscinny andMorris.
• July 24: In the Italian Disney comics magazineTopolino,The Last Balaboo byRomano Scarpa is published, which marks the debut ofBrigitta McBridge.
• In the second issue ofJohn Broome andGil Kane'sGreen Lantern theGuardians of the Universe make their debut.

• August 11 : inPilote, first chapter ofAsterix and the golden sickle, byGoscinny andUderzo.
• August 18:Willy Vandersteen launches his spin-offJerom.^[11]
• August 21: The final episodes ofAl Posen'sJinglet andSweeney & Son are published.^[12]
• August 25: The final issue of the French girls' comics magazineLa Semaine de Suzette is published.^[13]
• Rawhide Kid (1955 series), with issue #17, revived byMarvel.
• Harvey Kurtzman publishes his satirical magazineHelp!, which will run for five years.

• September 1:Joe Simon publishes the first issue of the American satirical comics magazineSick, which will run until 1980.
• September 11:InTopolino,The lentils from Babylon, byRomano Scarpa; theBeagle Boys get, legally, the whole ofUncle Scrooge’s patrimony.^[14]
• September 15:Andries Brandt'sHolle Pinkel makes its debut. It will run until June 11, 1963.^[15]
• September 22: InTintin, first chapter ofThe time trap, byEdgar Pierre Jacobs.
• The first issue of the French satirical magazineHara-Kiri is published, which will offer room for countless subversive French and foreign cartoonists. It will be banned three times during its decade run. In 1970 it changes its name toCharlie Hebdo.
• Warren Satler revivesCrockett Johnson'sBarnaby for two years, until 14 April 1962.
• In Italy, first issue of the magazine of adventure comicsRin Tin Tin  & Rusty (Editoriale Cenisio).

• November 7: The first episode ofLee Holley's comic stripPonytail is published. It will run until 16 October 1988.^[16]
• November 12:David Law'sCorporal Clott makes its debut inThe Dandy.^[17]
• November 24: InTintin magazine, the first episode of theMichel Vaillant episodeLe 13 est au départ, byJean Graton is published, in whichMichel Vaillant meets his future wife (Françoise Latour) and his greatest rival (Bob Cramer) for the first time.
• November 28: The first episode ofPeter Pan’s Christmas Story by Frank Reilly andManuel Gonzales is published, the first of theDisney Christmas Stories.

• December 15:Peyo'sBenoît Brisefer makes its debut.^[1]
• Frank Dickens publishes his comic stripOddbod inThe Sunday Times, which already features the character after whom the series will be retitled the next year:Bristow. It will become one of the longest-running comics series drawn by one and the same single author.^[18]
• Cancellation ofAl Fagaly'sSuper Duck.

• Belgian comic publisherDupuis brings out theGaston Lagaffe comicGaston byAndrè Franquin andJidehem, an anthology of the best gags in the series so far. Yet the album is poorly edited and has a limited circulation. Today, its rarity makes it one of the most valuable Belgian comic books.^[19]
• InLe Parisien liberè, theLucky Luke storyLes Dalton courent toujours, byRené Goscinny andMorris, is published.
• The final episode of Jostein Øvrelid andHallvard Sandnes's long-running science fiction seriesIngeniør Knut Berg på eventyr is published.^[20]

• January 16:Steve Erwin, American comic artist (Checkmate,Gunfire), (d.2023).^[21][22]
• January 31:Grant Morrison, Scottish comic book writer (DC Comics).^[23]

• September 16:Mike Mignola, American comic book artist and writer (Baltimore,Batman,Hellboy).^[24]

• October 9:Maddie Blaustein, American comic writer (Milestone Media), (d.2008).

• January 8: Jan Fischer, Czech comics artist (Rychlé šípy), dies at age 52.^[25]
• January 26:Riley Thomson, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics,Mickey Mouse comics), dies at age 47.^[26]

• February 7: Jim McArdle, American comics artist (Dr. Bobbs,Davy Crockett), dies at age 60.^[27]
• February 16:Norman Pett, British comics and erotic artist (Jane), dies at age 69.^[28]

• March 6:Gene Ahern, American comics artist (Our Boarding House,The Squirrel Cage,Room and Board), dies at age 64 from a heart attack.^[29]

• May 7: Leo O'Mealia, American sports cartoonist and comic artist (Wedlocked,In Jungleland A.K.A.Jungle Definitions), dies at age 76.^[30]
• May 27:James Montgomery Flagg, American painter, illustrator and comics artist (Nervy Nat,A Momentary Qualm), dies at age 82.^[31]

• June 10:Al Posen, American comics artist (Them Days Is Gone Forever,Jinglet,Sweeney & Son), dies at age 65.^[12]

• August 9: Tihamer Czemicsky, Hungarian graphic artist, comics artist, poster designer, painter and writer (Pipi), dies at age 56.^[32]
• August 15:Jefferson Machamer, American actor, screenwriter and comics artist (High Hat,Petting Patty,Past Performances,Gags and Gals,Nifties,Simple Sylvia,Hollywood Husband,The Baffles,Today's Laugh), dies at age 59.^[33]
• August 31:Edgar Martin, sometimes nicknamedAbe Martin, American comics artist (Boots and Her Buddies), dies at age 62.^[34]
• Specific date unknown:Jorge, Spanish comics artist (Doña Urraca), dies at age 38.^[35]

• September 5:Allan Morley, British comics artist (Nero and Zero,Freddie the Fearless Fly,Hungry Horace,Keyhole Kate), dies at age 75.^[36]

• October 10: Inez Townsend, British-American comics artist, illustrator and singer-songwriter (Gretchen Gratz,Snooks and Snicks), dies at age 82.^[37]

• November 2: Wilprand, AKA Floris Jansen, Dutch illustrator and comic artist (Episode Editie,Havenkwartier,Boeddha op Borneo,Wolvenserie), dies at age 48.^[38]
• November 16: Ray Perry, American comic artist and editor (Mr. District Attorney, art editor forNational Comics Publications), dies at age 84.^[39]

• December 9:Gunila Stierngranat, Swedish comics artist (Lila Lena och Jon Blund,Lille Göran och Jon Blund,Lasseman och Hans Vänner,Snövit,Morfars Barndomsminnen,Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd), dies at age 58.^[40]

• Carlos Clemen, Argentine comics artist (Pepe Bujía), dies at an unknown age.^[41]

• Buster (IPC Magazines, May 28)
• Green Lantern vol. 2 (DC Comics, July)
• Help! (Warren Publishing, August)
• Justice League of America (DC Comics, October/November)
• Richie Rich (Harvey Comics, November)
• Wendy the Good Little Witch (Harvey Comics, August)

• Amazo, inThe Brave and the Bold #30 (June)
• Aqualad, inAdventure Comics #269 (February)
• Arrowette inWorld's Finest Comics #113 (November)
• Atomic Knight, inStrange Adventures #117 (June)
• Captain Boomerang, inFlash #117 (December)
• Colossal Boy, inAction Comics #267 (August)
• Snapper Carr, inThe Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)
• Cave Carson inThe Brave and the Bold #31 (September)
• Clock King, inWorld's Finest Comics #111 (August)
• Despero, inJustice League of America #1 (October)
• Danny the Dummy, inBatman #134 (September)
• Elongated Man, inFlash #112 (May)
• Guardians of the Universe, inGreen Lantern vol., 2 #1 (July)
• Professor Ivo, inThe Brave and the Bold #30 (June)
• Justice League of America, inThe Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)^[42]
• Thomas Kalmaku, inGreen Lantern vol. 2, #2 (October)
• Kite Man, inBatman #133 (August)
• Kryptonite Man, inSuperboy #83 (September)
• Lyla Lerrol, inSuperman #141 (November)
• Multi-Man, inChallengers of the Unknown #14 (June–July)
• Puppet Master, inGreen Lantern vol. 2, # 1 (July–August)
• Reep Daggle, inAction Comics #267 (August)
• Sea Devils, inShowcase #27 (August)
• Starro, inThe Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)
• Streaky the Supercat, inAction Comics #261 (February)
• Trickster, inFlash #113 (June–July)
• Zebra-Man, inDetective Comics #275 (January)

• Abominable Snowman, inTales to Astonish #13 (November)
• Chondu the Mystic, inTales of Suspense #9 (May)
• Dragoom, inStrange Tales #76 (August)
• Gorgilla, inTales To Astonish #12 (October)
• Master Khan, inStrange Tales #77 (October)
• Molten Man-Thing, inTales of Suspense #7 (January)
• Rawhide Kid, inRawhide Kid #1 (Atlas Comics, March)
• Xemnu, inJourney into Mystery #62 (November)

• Benoît Brisefer, inSpirou magazine #1183 (mid-December)
• Captain Atom, inSpace Adventures #33^[43] (Charlton Comics, March)
• Corporal Clott, inThe Dandy #990 (D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., 12 November)

• Jimmy Five, inMonica's Gang
• Willie Lumpkin, in syndicated strip created byStan Lee andDan DeCarlo
• Maggy, inMonica's Gang

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