Leave It to Binky #14 for Sale - First Appearance of Beanie Bellows - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #14
Publication date: May-June 1950
Key date: 1950-05-00
On-sale date: 1950-02-27
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Beanie Bellows - 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
2	-	comic story	6	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Sherwood, Soozie
4	-	comic story	7	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer	Bill Baxter, Jane Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs
6	The Loud Type	comic story	2	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
7	-	comic story	5	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Lucy Biggs, Herbert
8	The Toast of the Teen!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Clover Cooley, Judy Foster, Scribbly Jibbet, Oogie Pringle
9	Margaret, Keith, Mona, Boris	cartoon	0.5	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel	Boris; Keith; Margaret; Mona
10	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
11	-	comic story	6	script: Sheldon Mayer	Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Dopey, Uncle Snootly
13	-	comic story	3	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey
14	-	comic story	0.5	script: Howie Post; pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie Post; letters: Howie Post	Howie
16	Ann Kerr, Suzy Chambers, Billie Ann Scott, Anne Kendall	cartoon	1		Suzy Chambers; Anne Kendall; Ann Kerr; Billie Ann Scott
17	Betwixt and Between	text story	2	letters: typeset	Beanie Bellows First, Jamie Draper, Linda Lee
18	-	comic story	1		Skooter
19	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
21	-	comic story	7	script: Hal Seeger	Peggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey, Sherwood
22	Home, Sweet Home!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs
23	Bing's Coming Your Way!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Bing Crosby

Plus 5.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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

‹ #1314 of 71#15 ›

Sources

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

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