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1January-February 1948
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Western Comics #1

DC · January-February 1948 · on sale 1947-11-26

First appearance: The Wyoming Kid
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Identification plate

Series
Western Comics (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January-February 1948
Key date
1948-01-00
On-sale date
1947-11-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Wyoming Kid - 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
0Boss of Gila Gapcover1pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Boss of Gila Gap!comic story10pencils: Ed Smalle Jr.; inks: Ed Smalle Jr.
4The Bronc They Couldn't Bust!comic story8pencils: Howard Post; inks: Howard Post; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Gunfighter!comic story0.5script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie AllenBill Tilghman
7Jesse James Rides Again!comic story12pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Texas Rangercomic story1script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie AllenFrank Hamer
10Tables Turned Doubletext story1.67script: Henry Lysing; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond PerryDon Stuart; Blackie Dawson
11Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
12The Jailbreaker!comic story10pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira SchnappThe Wyoming Kid First
13Cattle Detectivecomic story0.5script: Stookie Allen; pencils: Stookie Allen; inks: Stookie Allen; letters: Stookie AllenTom Horn; Matt Rash

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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