Publishers / Fawcett / Wow Comics (1940) / #69
69August 1948
$0.10

Wow Comics #69

Fawcett · August 1948

First appearance: Mickey Malone
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Identification plate

Series
Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue
#69
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-10
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mickey Malone - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: C. R. Schaare; inks: C. R. Schaare
1-table of contents1letters: ?; typeset
2Rest Curecomic story7pencils: C. R. Schaare; inks: C. R. Schaare
3Can't Figure Him Out!comic story0.5
4That's Differentcomic story0.5
5Mr. Scarlet and Pinky and the Jewel of the Totemcomic story6.67pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl PfeuferBrian Butler, Pinky Butler, Mr. Scarlet, Pinky the Whiz Kid
6Hopalong Cassidyillustration0.67letters: typeset
7A Sad Casecomic story4
8The Flight of the Bee!comic story7script: Marc Swayze; pencils: Marc Swayze; inks: Marc SwayzeMickey Malone First, Phantom Eagle
9Finds a Weighcomic story2
10Not So Crazycomic story0.5
11Clean Jobcomic story0.5
12No Time For Murdertext story2script: Richard Kraus
14Easy as Piecomic story1
15Death Rides the Stagecoachcomic story8script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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