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4Fall 1942
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Hangman Comics #4

Archie · Fall 1942 · on sale 1942-09-25

First appearance: Heinrich Himmler
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Identification plate

Series
Hangman Comics (Archie, 1942 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
Fall 1942
Key date
1942-10-00
On-sale date
1942-09-25
Indicia publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Heinrich Himmler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry LuceyRoy Carter, Bob Dickering, Dusty, The Hangman, Roy the Super-Boy, Dustin Simmons
1Mr. Howard and the Huntercomic story13pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv NovickBob Dickering, Thelma Gordon, The Hangman, Heinrich Himmler First
2Special Case No. 11: The Cruise of the Skeletonscomic story13pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Bob FujitaniBob Dickering, Thelma Gordon, The Hangman
3The Return of Tyrannosaurus Rexcomic story13pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Tony DiPretaBob Dickering, Thelma Gordon, The Hangman
4Death by Remote Controltext story2pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typesetBob Dickering, The Hangman
5Special Case #7comic story8pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul ReinmanRoy Carter, Dusty, Roy the Super-Boy, Dustin Simmons
6Junior Flying Corpsillustration1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration)Dusty; Roy
7Special Case #7comic story7Roy Carter, Dusty, Roy the Super-Boy, Dustin Simmons
8Don't Let This Story Happen!comic story7script: Scott FeldmanRoy Carter, Dusty, Roy the Super-Boy, Dustin Simmons

Where to read it

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Series context

‹ #33 of 7#5 ›

Sources

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