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14January 1948
$0.10

Georgie Comics #14

Marvel · January 1948 · on sale 1947-10-03

First appearance: Frankie
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Identification plate

Series
Georgie Comics (Marvel, 1945 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
January 1948
Key date
1948-01-00
On-sale date
1947-10-03
Indicia publisher
Gem Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Frankie - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike SekowskyGeorgie, Judy Collins
1Georgie Gets Clipped!comic story6pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike SekowskyGeorgie, Judy Collins
2The Basket-Brawl!comic story8pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike SekowskyGeorgie
3The Horrible Hat Happenings!comic story7pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike SekowskyGeorgie, Judy Collins
4Penthouse Bluestext story2letters: typeset
5Kangaroo to You!comic story7Frankie First
6-comic story1script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton
7Stealing the Scene!comic story4pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike SekowskyGeorgie
8-comic story1pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Mike Sekowsky
9The Hammy Hero!comic story7script: Morris Weiss; pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris WeissMargie
10Bark Is Worse Than Bitecomic story0.67script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman

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Series context

‹ #1314 of 36#15 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q109186289 (Frankie), first-appearance property (CC0)

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