Leave It to Binky #10 for Sale - First Appearance of Mr. Van Roy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #10
Publication date: August-September 1949
Key date: 1949-08-00
On-sale date: 1949-06-27
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mr. Van Roy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Grandpa Van Roy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jimmy Wakely - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Jimmie Van Roy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Janie Hills - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
1	Now - More Than Ever	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	-	comic story	12	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Sherwood, Uncle Snootly, Soozie, Grandpa Van Roy First, Jimmie Van Roy First, Mr. Van Roy First
4	Superman on Safety First!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman
5	-	comic story	4	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Lucy Biggs
7	Meet Your Favorite Stars with Beverly	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Beverly Hills, Janie Hills First
8	-	comic story	6	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
10	-	comic story	4	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Allergy Biggs, Soozie
11	Something Is Always Buzzzzzing with Buzzy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Buzzy Brown, Susie Gruff
12	-	comic story	4	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
14	-	comic story	1	script: Hy Rosen; pencils: Hy Rosen; inks: Hy Rosen; letters: Hy Rosen	Bonny
15	Hiya, Stranger	text story	2	letters: typeset	Jamie Draper, Linda Lee
16	-	comic story	0.5		Lora First
18	-	comic story	7	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey, Uncle Snootly
19	Watch for Wakely!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Jimmy Wakely First

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Action Comics #205	1955	On eBay ›
Superboy #51	1956	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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Series context

‹ #910 of 71#11 ›

Sources

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

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