Leave It to Binky #22 for Sale - First Appearance of Jaq - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #22
Publication date: September-October 1951
Key date: 1951-09-00
On-sale date: 1951-07-01
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Bill - 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	8	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Uncle Snootly
4	Dance Data	comic story	2	inks: Bob Oksner	Charlie; Rollo
5	-	comic story	7	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood, Thurston
7	Comb to Hair	activity	0.75	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
9	-	comic story	8	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Alice Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs
11	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
12	Tomahawk!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Tom Hawk, Dan Hunter, Tomahawk
13	-	comic story	4	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey, Soozie
14	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
16	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
17	Out On a Limb	text story	2	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Jill Blake, Mrs. Blake, Mr. Blake, Pudge Blake
18	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
20	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
21	-	comic story	7	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
22	-	comic story	0.75		Bill First
24	Buzzy Says: "Old Folks Are People, Too!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Buzzy Brown

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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

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Sources

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

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