Leave It to Binky #24 for Sale - First Appearance of Coby Collins - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: January-February 1952
Key date: 1952-01-00
On-sale date: 1951-11-05
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 44

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Biff - 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, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
4	Three Seven-Letter Words from TRPNESE	activity	0.75	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
6	-	comic story	7	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
7	-	comic story	0.75		Betty First
11	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	-	comic story	3	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Coby Collins First
13	Tappers	comic story	2	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner
14	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
16	Jolly Jill the Hermit	text story	2	pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger	Jill Blake, Mr. Blake, Mrs. Blake, Pudge Blake, Johnny Morgan
17	-	comic story	0.45	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
19	-	comic story	11	script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bill Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Uncle Snootly
20	Amazing Facts About "Growth"	cartoon	0.67	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
22	-	comic story	0.75	pencils: Art Peddy; inks: Art Peddy	Biff First
24	Superboy Says "Share with Others!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superboy

Plus 6.63 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Leave It to Binky #66	1969	On eBay ›

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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

‹ #2324 of 71#25 ›

Sources

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

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