World's Finest Comics #59 - First Appearance of Jerry Lewis, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #59
Publication date: July-August 1952
Key date: July 1952
On-sale date: May 28, 1952
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Jerry Lewis - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Dean Martin - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (advertisement) of Major Mars - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

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: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
1	Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Buzzy Brown
2	Superman's Super Hold-Up!	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Superman
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Chief Hot Foot
6	The Case of the Vanishing Arrow!	comic story	10	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
9	The Bush Trackers!	comic story	8	pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf	Jack Woodward; Mark Sawyer
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Jeff, Clark Kent, Mutt, Superboy
12	The Men Who Stole Roads!	comic story	10	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Ira Schnapp	Bill Polk, The Wyoming Kid
13	-	activity	0.67	script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: Horace Elmo
15	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Professor Eureka
16	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
17	The Race History Will Never Forget	text article	2	script: Ben Galloway
18	The Joker's Aces!	comic story	12	script: David Vern; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Dick Grayson, Joker, Robin, Bruce Wayne
20	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
21	The Ball Goes 'Round and 'Round!	activity	1	script: Al McLean; pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean
22	The Craziest Pair in History	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Jerry Lewis First, Dean Martin First

Plus 6.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Strange Adventures #83	1957	On eBay ›
Batman Annual #3	1962	On eBay ›
Blackhawk #177	1962	On eBay ›
Aquaman #37	1968	On eBay ›
Detective Comics #422	1972	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #27	1982	On eBay ›
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-2192-8	2009	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.
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Series context

‹ #5858 of 322#60 ›

Sources

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

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