Eerie, a one-shot horror comic book published by Avon Periodicals as Eerie #1. The book holds the distinction of being the first true, stand-alone horror comic book and is credited with establishing the horror comics genre.
March 10: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes is resyndicated in the Dutch newspapers De Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant and De Volkskrant after being interrupted since the Liberation in 1944.
April 26: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Watergeest is first published. Halfway the story major Dirk Dickerdack and Markies de Canteclaer make their debut.
June 21: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Talisman is first published. Halfway the story the antagonist Joris Goedbloed makes his debut. He will later also become a recurring character in Panda.
June 29: Marc Sleen first publishes his gag cartoon series De Ronde van Frankrijk, in which he chronicles every tournament of the annual Tour de France. He will continue this series up and until July 1964.[8]
The Dutch comics magazine Sjors, which was already published between 1936 and 1942, reappears but every two weeks instead of each week.[9]
July 1: Willy Vandersteen leaves newspaper De Nieuwe Gids and takes his successful comics series Suske en Wiske with him. About 25.0000 readers instantly subscribe to De Standaard, the paper where the series will be published from now on.[10]
October 2: Marc Sleen's comic strip De Avonturen van Detectief Van Zwam starring Detective Van Zwam makes its debut in the newspaper De Nieuwe Gids. Halfway the story Van Zwam meets Nero who will soon become his sidekick and eventually the main protagonist of the series, which will then be known as The Adventures of Nero. It will run uninterruptedly until 2002 and is drawn singlehandedly by Sleen for its first 45 years.[8]
November 28: The Dutch comics magazine Tom Poes Weekblad based on the popularity of Marten Toonder's Tom Poes makes its debut, but will only last until June 1951.[15] One of the features to debut in the magazine is the comic series Bas en Van der Pluim by Frits Godhelp. [16]
