Xmas Comics #4 - First Appearance of Ozzie Turner, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 1949
Key date: December 1949
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 196

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Ozzie Turner - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Babs Forester - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior 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: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Babs Forester First, Nyoka Gordon, Tom Mix, Santa Claus, Ozzie Turner First

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Series context

‹ #[3]4 of 7#5 ›

Sources

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

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