Real Fact Comics #13 for Sale - First Appearance of Peter Porkchops - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: March-April 1948
Key date: 1948-03-00
On-sale date: 1948-01-12
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Dale Evans - 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: Stookie Allen, Howard Sherman; inks: Stookie Allen, Howard Sherman	Dale Evans First, Tommy Tomorrow
2	He Challenged the Unknown	comic story	6	script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve Brodie	Richard Francis Burton
5	Queen of the Westerns	comic story	5	script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Max Elkan	Dale Evans First
6	The Junior Journal	cartoon	2.5	script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen	Bob Hartlieb; Dick Robinson; Larry Wildi: Olga Osterholm; Richard Lovering; Rosemary Blanciforti; Marlene Bauer; Albert Hayner
8	The Brady Gang!	comic story	7	script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Mort Meskin	John Dillinger; Alvin Karpis; Alfred Brady; Clarence Shaffer; James Dalhover
9	Scoops in Sports	cartoon	2	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube	Red Grange; Bill Robinson; L Vanderstuyft; L. K. Tarrant; James Vaughn
10	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
11	Quiz Corner	activity	3.75	pencils: Jon Small; inks: Jon Small	Buzzy Brown, Dunbar Dodo, Fenimore Frog, Tom Hawk, Peter Porkchops First, Tomahawk, Black Canary First, Dinah Drake First
12	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Jack Liebowitz
14	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
15	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr
16	Bill Dillingham	comic story	1	script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen	Bill Dillingham
17	The King of Coins	comic story	5	script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Vernon L. Brown
19	The Star Spangled Banner	text article	2	letters: typeset
20	The Planet of Peril	comic story	5	script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Tommy Tomorrow

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 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

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q91136434 (Dinah Drake), first-appearance property (CC0)

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