Popular Comics #92 for Sale - First Appearance of Polly Perkins - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue: #92
Publication date: October 1943
Key date: 1943-10-00
On-sale date: 1943-09-01
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 60

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Polly Perkins - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Madam Mongoose; Kitty (a cat); Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (a cat); Dr. Stephen Bobbs; Mountain Music Malone; Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock
1	-	cartoon	1	script: Lichty; pencils: Lichty; inks: Lichty
2	-	comic story	8	script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley; letters: Boody Rogers	Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon [also as Uncle Theon]; Dixie Lee; Southy; Dome; Milt; Madam Mongoose (villain); Musclebound (villain); Dark Eyes (villain); The Head (cameo flashback, villain)
3	-	comic story	6	script: Elliott; pencils: McArdle; inks: McArdle	Dr. Bobbs
4	The Black Market Gang	comic story	6		Mark Welty; Dan; Darcy; Mr. Doane; Martha Doane; Tony Lugos (villain); Mac (villain)
5	-	cartoon	2	pencils: George Swanson; inks: George Swanson	Elza Poppin; Private Sims; Sarge; Joe
6	-	comic story	8	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Connie, The Dragon Lady, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
7	-	comic story	1	script: Gus Edson; pencils: Gus Edson; inks: Gus Edson	Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Hortense De Stross; Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump; also as Alexander Gump]
8	-	comic story	1	script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman	Spooky, Smokey Stover
9	-	comic story	1	script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman	Spooky, Smokey Stover
10	-	comic story	4	script: Paul Robinson; pencils: Paul Robinson; inks: Paul Robinson	Etta Kett; Bill Todd; Biff; Mr. Kett; Mrs. Kett
11	-	comic story	2	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett	Polly Perkins First
12	-	comic story	2	script: Cliff Sterrett; pencils: Cliff Sterrett; inks: Cliff Sterrett	Polly Perkins First
13	Through Fire and Snow	text story	3	pencils: Bob Jenney; inks: Bob Jenney	Ken Barclay; Yvonne Barclay; Nazis (villains)
14	Foreign Entanglements	comic story	1	script: Bill Scat Holman; pencils: Bill Scat Holman; inks: Bill Scat Holman	Spooky
15	Lid Astray	comic story	1	script: Bill Skat Holman; pencils: Bill Skat Holman; inks: Bill Skat Holman	Spooky
16	-	comic story	4	script: Jimmy Murphy; pencils: Jimmy Murphy; inks: Jimmy Murphy	Toots Hawkins; Casper Hawkins; Buttercup Hawkins; Colonel Hoofer; Sophie Hoofer; Aunt Clara
17	-	comic story	4	script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank King	Skeezix Wallet; Nina Clock; Walt Wallet; Jessica; Larry Packer
18	-	comic story	1	script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman	Spooky, Cookie Stover, Smokey Stover

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Smilin' Jack	1944	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.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #9192 of 145#93 ›

Sources

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

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