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16November-December 1959
$0.10

Sergeant Bilko #16

DC · November-December 1959 · on sale 1959-09-24

First appearance: Emma Ritzik
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Identification plate

Series
Sergeant Bilko (DC, 1957 series)
Issue
#16
Publication date
November-December 1959
Key date
1959-11-00
On-sale date
1959-09-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Emma Ritzik - 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
0Sgt. "Ooh-Ooh" Ritzik's Lucky Day!cover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo)Sgt. Bilko, Colonel John Hall
2Sgt. "Ooh-Ooh" Ritzik's Lucky Day!comic story25script: Cal Howard; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerCpl. Rocco Barbella, Sgt. Bilko, Pvt. Duane Doberman, Colonel John Hall, Emma Ritzik First
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5New Stars for "Old Glory"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1
7Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeerpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
8The Light Sidecartoon1pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
9A Date with Judy; The Adventures of Bob Hopepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 4.5 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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