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26March-April 1948
$0.10

Boy Commandos #26

DC · March-April 1948 · on sale 1948-01-28

First appearance: Tex
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Identification plate

Series
Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
March-April 1948
Key date
1948-03-00
On-sale date
1948-01-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tex - 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
0The Jockey from Flatbush!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieBrooklyn, Rip Carter, Tex First
2Invasion from Out of Space!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiBrooklyn, Rip Carter, Tex First
5The Jockey from Flatbush!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieBrooklyn, Rip Carter, Tex First
7Gang Busterspromo (ad from the publisher)1
8Jungle Messagetext story1.67script: Cliff Rhodes
9-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
13The Strange Case of the Viller Brothers!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieBrooklyn, Rip Carter, Tex First
15Stumpy and Stretchcomic story1script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
16Western Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Series context

‹ #2526 of 36#27 ›

Sources

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