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1July-August 1952
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The Adventures of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis #1

DC · July-August 1952 · on sale 1952-05-19

First appearance: Kitty Karr
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Identification plate

Series
The Adventures of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
July-August 1952
Key date
1952-07-00
On-sale date
1952-05-19
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kitty Karr - 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: Howie Post; inks: Howie PostJerry Lewis, Dean Martin
1Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerBuzzy Brown
2-comic story8script: Howie Post; pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie PostJerry Lewis, Dean Martin
5-comic story10script: Howie Post; pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie PostJerry Lewis, Dean Martin
7-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9-comic story8script: Howie Post; pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie PostJerry Lewis, Dean Martin
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffVarsity Vic
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13Captain Video's Offspring Are Interplanetary Expertstext article2letters: typeset
15-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPeg
16-comic story4.75Kitty Karr First
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1Binky Biggs, Buzzy Brown

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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