All-American Comics #61 - First Appearance of Cyrus Gold, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #61
Publication date: October 1944
Key date: October 1944
On-sale date: August 8, 1944
Indicia publisher: J. R. Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Cyrus Gold - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Solomon Grundy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (advertisement) of R. C. - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

First appearance (advertisement) of Quickie - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

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	Fighters Never Quit!	cover	1	pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman	Doiby Dickles, Cyrus Gold First, Green Lantern, Alan Scott, Solomon Grundy First
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	The Torch of Liberty	in-house column	0.67	script: Josette Frank
3	Fighters Never Quit!	comic story	12	script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman	Doiby Dickles, Cyrus Gold First, Green Lantern, Alan Scott, Solomon Grundy First
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Al Smith; pencils: Al Smith; inks: Al Smith; letters: Al Smith	Jeff, Mutt
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Al Smith; pencils: Al Smith; inks: Al Smith; letters: Al Smith	Jeff
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Al Smith; pencils: Al Smith; inks: Al Smith; letters: Al Smith
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Al Smith; pencils: Al Smith; inks: Al Smith; letters: Al Smith
10	Van Dorra's Box!	comic story	6	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe Gallagher	The Atom, Al Pratt
11	The Men with Two Lives	comic story	7	script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch	Dr. Mid-Nite, Charles McNider
12	Murdered Spy, Part Two	text story	1.67	script: Evelyn Gaines	Jimmy Stone
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
14	Hop Harrigan Invites You to Join the All-American Flying Club	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
15	Captured	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe Gallagher	Blooey Blue, Red Dugan, Whitey Smith
16	A Letter from Home!	comic story	8	script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. Blummer; letters: Jon Blummer	Hop Harrigan
19	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #4	1972	On eBay ›
DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-173-8	2020	On eBay ›
Cryptology #6	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #6061 of 102#62 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q94656654 (Cyrus Gold), first-appearance property (CC0)

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