Gunmaster #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Bullet the Gun-Boy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Gunmaster (Charlton, 1964 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: November 1964
Key date: 1964-11-10
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bullet the Gun-Boy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bob Tellub - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Gunmaster Vs Gunmaster	cover	1	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano	Gunmaster
1	The Golden Wagon	comic story	10	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Fraccio; inks: Tony Tallarico	Bullet the Gun-Boy First, Bob Tellub First
2	The Scout	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas
3	Good Guns	text article	2	letters: typeset
4	Gunmaster vs. Gunmaster	comic story	10	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Fraccio; inks: Tony Tallarico	Gunmaster; Bullet the Gun Boy
5	Western Doctor	comic story	3	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas
6	The Stagecoach	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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