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1September-October 1955
$0.10

Frontier Fighters #1

DC · September-October 1955 · on sale 1955-07-05

First appearance: Davy CrockettFirst appearance: Kit Carson
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Identification plate

Series
Frontier Fighters (DC, 1955 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September-October 1955
Key date
1955-09-00
On-sale date
1955-07-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Davy Crockett - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kit Carson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Challenge of Black Warrior!cover1pencils: John Prentice; inks: John PrenticeDavy Crockett First
2The Challenge of Black Warriorcomic story8pencils: John Prentice; inks: John PrenticeDavy Crockett First
4-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Tenderfoot Caravancomic story8script: Dave Wood; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe KubertBuffalo Bill Cody
8-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10Wagon Wheels Westwardtext article2script: Jeb Mallon; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
11Mohave Uprisingcomic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanKit Carson First

Plus 7.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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