Publishers / Dell / Large Feature Comic (1939) / #2
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$0.10

Large Feature Comic #2

Dell · 1939

First appearance: Burma
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Identification plate

Series
Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
1939
Key date
1939-00-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Burma - 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
0Terry and the Piratescover1Connie, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
2-credits, title page1pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton CaniffConnie [George Webster Confucius]
3Terry and the Piratescomic story63script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank EngliConnie, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan, Burma First
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: ? (ad copy); letters: typeset
5-illustration1pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton CaniffConnie, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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CollectionYear
Terry and the Pirates #21983On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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