Events and publications
Year overall
In The Daily Orange, the Syracuse University students' newspaper, the initial story of Vaugh Bode’s Cheech Wizard, Race to the Moon, appears. In Milan, Renzo Barbieri and Giorgio Cavedon, after the bankruptcy of their Editrice 66, set up another publishing house specialized in erotic comics, ErreGi. The new label immediately gets a great public success. On Almanacco dei comics, the catalog of the Lucca International Comics Fair, the first Italian graphic novel, La rivolta dei racchi (The riot of the ugly people) by Guido Buzzelli, is published. La vilaine Lulu by Yves-Saint Laurent (Tchou). The work, an erotic graphic novel created by the fashion designer ten years earlier, becomes controversial for its sadistic and pedophilic content.
January
January 11: The final issue of the Flemish children's magazine Pum-Pum is published. January 17: Greg and William Vance's Bruno Brazil makes its debut. January 17: in Le journal de Tintin, Greg and Eddy Paape's Luc Orient makes its debut. In the same issue, Mach 1 pour Steve Warson by Jean Graton, with the first appearance of the Michel Vaillant’s nemesis, the Leader. January 20: The Rolling Stones release their album Between the Buttons. On the back cover, a comic strip drawn by drummer Charlie Watts can be seen. January 21: The first issue of the British comics magazine Pow! is published. It will run until 13 January 1968. January 21: The first issue of the British girls' comics magazine Mandy is published. It will run until 1991. January 21: in Italy, first issue of the comic series Pappagone (Gallo Rosso), by Luciano Bernasconi and Peppino De Filippo. De Filippo, who interpreted the protagonist in television, appears also in the series as a secondary character. Blackhawk #228, the beginning of "the New Blackhawk Era" — in the issues that follow, all characters but team leader Blackhawk gain a costumed superhero alter-ego at the behest of a shadowy government agency. (DC Comics) Detective Comics #359, "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl," written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Carmine Infantino. (DC Comics)--first appearance of Batgirl "The Death of Ferro Lad" story arc begins in Adventure Comics #352, by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein (continued in Adventure Comics #353). (DC Comics)--first appearance of the Fatal Five Fightin' 5 #41—last issue, canceled by Charlton. Le dernier Spartiate by Jacques Martin. In Hara-Kiri, first episode of the underground comic Pravda la surviveuse by Guy Pellaert; for its feminist and anti-consumerist themes, it anticipates the youth protest of May 68.
February
February 9: in Spirou, La diligence by Goscinny and Morris. February 18: The first issue of the British comics magazine Fantastic is published. It will run until February 1968. February 25: The first issue of the British girls' comics magazine Tina is published, but will be cancelled in September, when it merges with Princess to become Princess Tina. February 28: in Le journal de Tintin, Suspense à la télévision by Tibet and André-Paul Duchâteau. Ghost Rider #1 published Warfront #39 (1951 series) the final issue, canceled by Harvey Comics. Thor #137: Ulik debuts. Spyman is cancelled. In Walt Disney’s comics and stories, The red wasp mystery, by Cecil Beard and Paul Murry, debut of Red Wasp, the Mouseton's superhero..
March
March 21: Ill pioniere becomes a supplement to Noi Donne. "The Adult Legion" story arc begins in Adventure Comics #354, by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein (Concludes next issue) (DC Comics) The character Peacemaker, who debuted in November 1966, now receives his own series. The final issues of Dracula and Frankenstein are published by Dell Comics. In Donald Duck, A whale of an adventure, by Vic Lockman and Tony Strobl; debut of Moby Duck.
April
April 1: David Sutherland's Billy the Cat and Katie makes its debut in The Beano. It will run until 1971. April 4: In Peanuts the yellow bird Woodstock makes its debut, but he will only receive his name on 22 June 1970. April 14: Sezgin Burak's Tarkan debuts in the daily pages of Hürriyet. April 15: The first issue of the British comics magazine Terrific is published. It will run until 3 February 1968. C.C. Beck and Otto Binder's Fatman the Human Flying Saucer makes his debut.