Wonderworld Comics #32 for Sale - First Appearance of V-Man [Jerry Steele] - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue: #32
Publication date: December 1941
Key date: 1941-12-00
On-sale date: 1941-10-29
Indicia publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of V-Man [Jerry Steele] - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of U. S. Jones - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Grumbler - 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	Traitors Die Fast!	cover	1	pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Flame, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, U. S. Jones First, Gary Preston
1	As New as Tomorrow's Dawn	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Roland Patenaude; inks: Roland Patenaude	V-Man [Jerry Steele] First
2	Traitors Die Fast	comic story	14	script: Bob Farrow; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	Hermann Göring, Grumbler First, Adolf Hitler, U. S. Jones First, Franklin D. Roosevelt
3	Join U. S. Jones Cadets!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: ?; typeset	U. S. Jones First
4	-	comic story	6	pencils: Claire Moe; inks: Claire Moe	Patty O'Day
5	Burn, Devil, Burn!!	comic story	10	script: Basil Berold; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve	The Flame, Gary Preston
7	-	comic story	6	pencils: Anthony Brooks; inks: Anthony Brooks	Yarko
8	Panama Canal Passage	text story	2	script: Gene Rider	Sergeant Moore; Captain of the SS Marlin; unnamed private; unnamed saboteur
10	Reserve Your Copy Now!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.13	colors: ? (background)
12	Thare's a New Samson!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: ?; typeset	Samson
13	Smashing Their Way Into the Hearts of All America	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration)	Buddy First, Bill Powers, The Eagle
14	The Strange Case of Fulga the Fire Demon	comic story	6	script: Arthur Dean; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Dr. Fung
15	-	comic story	8	pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling	Spark Stevens
16	Death Strikes Fast at... The Eagle and Buddy	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Roland Patenaude; inks: Roland Patenaude	Buddy First, Adolf Hitler, Bill Powers, The Eagle
17	-	comic story	6	script: ? [as Scorpio]; pencils: ? [as Scorpio]; inks: ? [as Scorpio]	Lu-Nar [Lunar]; Adele; Mercer baby; Beansie Mulligan; Joe (kidnapper); Grannin (kidnapper)
18	The Blue Beetle Coast to Coast	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	The Blue Beetle, Dan Garret

Plus 4.12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›
U.S. Jones ISBN 978-1545101377	2017	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #108	2018	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

‹ #3130 of 31#33 ›

Sources

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

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