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16September-October 1948
$0.10

Real Fact Comics #16

DC · September-October 1948 · on sale 1948-07-07

First appearance: Colonel Tommy Tomorrow
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Identification plate

Series
Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
September-October 1948
Key date
1948-09-00
On-sale date
1948-07-07
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Colonel Tommy Tomorrow - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Reno Brotherscover1pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryReno Brothers
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Real Fact Comicstable of contents0.67
3Renegade Reno Brotherscomic story7script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan BarryReno Brothers
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
7The First Combat Photographercomic story6script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Fray; inks: FrayMatthew Brady
9Headline Huntercomic story6script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayLowell Thomas
10Junior Journalcartoon2script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie AllenSteve Smith; Frankie Groves; Betty Skelton; Nick Miller; Carol Hall; Calvin Nullmeyer
11The Comet Doomcomic story5pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Steve BrodieColonel Tommy Tomorrow First
13-letters page1letters: typeset
14The Ship with the Phantom Crew!comic story2script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
15The Quake That Split a Citycomic story5script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer
16The Story of the Washington Monumenttext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
17All-American Comics; Johnny Thunderpromo (ad from the publisher)1
18King of the Westernscomic story6script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, Bernie Breslauer; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanZane Grey
19Western Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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