Master Comics #27 for Sale - First Appearance of Pinky the Whiz Kid - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #27
Publication date: June 1942
Key date: 1942-06-00
On-sale date: 1942-05-06
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Pinky the Whiz Kid - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Pinky Butler - 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	The Blackout Terror!	cover	1	pencils: Mac Raboy, Bob Rogers; inks: Mac Raboy, Bob Rogers	Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman
1	Always Rings the Bell!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Billy Batson, Captain Marvel
2	The Ring-Master Presents	table of contents	1	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset	Jim Barr, Bulletman, Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman, Minute-Man, Jack Weston
3	The Blackout Terror!	comic story	14	pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Captain Marvel Jr., Captain Nazi, Winston Churchill, Freddy Freeman, Albrecht Krieger
4	100 Pages -- 1000 Thrills!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Mr. Murder Comes Back	comic story	13	pencils: Binder Studio; inks: Binder Studio	Jim Barr, Bulletgirl, Bulletman, Susan Kent
6	Bull's Eye!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Jim Barr, Bulletgirl, Bulletman, Susan Kent
7	Death's Toymaker	comic story	8	pencils: Phil Bard; inks: Phil Bard	Minute-Man, Jack Weston
8	-	comic story	1	pencils: Cobina; inks: Cobina
9	Killer's Cargo	text story	2	script: Alan Ayers	Dan Foley
10	The Reformation of Duke Durkin	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Charles Sultan	El Carim; Duke Durkin (villain)
11	The Feather Thief	comic story	7	script: Buck Jones; pencils: Ralph Carlson; inks: Ralph Carlson	Marshal Buck Jones; Silver (his horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Uncle Sassafras; Indian Joe
12	Here It Is!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Brian Butler, Pinky Butler First, Commando Yank, Mr. Scarlet, Pinky the Whiz Kid First
13	The Ray Gun Invention	comic story	8	pencils: Kin Platt; inks: Kin Platt	Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Carrie Linden; Dr. Horace Linden (Carrie's father, inventor of the Ray Gun)
14	Spy Smasher Wants You	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gus Ricca; inks: Gus Ricca	Alan Armstrong, Spy Smasher
15	America on the March!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset	The U.S. Marines

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Bulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] #11	1942	On eBay ›
Captain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11	1942	On eBay ›
The Shazam! Family Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0779-0	2006	On eBay ›
The Eye Collection #[nn]	2002	On eBay ›
Justice League: Cry for Justice #5	2010	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›
The Golden Age of Comic Books #[nn] ISBN 0-345-25535-6-695	1977	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

‹ #2627 of 133#28 ›

Sources

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

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