Wonderworld Comics #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Yarko - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: September 1939
Key date: 1939-09-00
On-sale date: 1939-07-24
Indicia publisher: Fox Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of K-51 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Don Quixote - 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	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame, Gary Preston
1	John Chisum the Cattle King of New Mexico	comic story	1		John Chisum
2	The Construction Crooks	comic story	9	script: Basil Berold; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	The Flame, Gary Preston
3	Vladim the Voodoo Master	comic story	8	script: Anthony Brooks; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Yarko First
4	-	comic story	6	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger	Shorty Shortcake
5	-	comic story	6	script: Adolphe Barreaux; pencils: Adolphe Barreaux; inks: Adolphe Barreaux	Patty O'Day
6	-	comic story	6	script: Arthur Dean; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Dr. Fung
7	An Adventure with Tommy Taylor	text story	2	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell	Tommy Taylor
8	-	comic story	5	pencils: Cecilia Munson; inks: Cecilia Munson	Beasley; Sneed; Pat Fallon; Tom Maxon; Pat Fallon Jr.
9	-	cartoon	1		Sam Yale; Mrs. Wm. Borr; Cy Young
10	-	comic story	2		Don Quixote First
11	-	comic story	5	script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner	K-51 First, Franklin D. Roosevelt
12	-	comic story	5	script: Harold Vance; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	Robinson; Mullins
13	Pegasus, the Winged Horse	text article	0.5	letters: typeset	Pegasus
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
15	-	cartoon	1	script: Glenda Carol; pencils: Glenda Carol; inks: Glenda Carol; letters: Glenda Carol	Sonia Henie; Flush; Edward G. Robinson; Bette Davis
16	-	comic story	7	script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling	Spark Stevens First
17	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine	Rex Dexter

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Blue Beetle #1	1940	On eBay ›
The Flame #1	1940	On eBay ›
Golden-Age Greats #3 ISBN 1-56225-007-8	1995	On eBay ›
Golden-Age Men of Mystery #12	1999	On eBay ›
America's Greatest Comics #4	2002	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 Flame Volume 1 ISBN 978-1546410348	2017	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

‹ #43 of 31#6 ›

Sources

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

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