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28Summer 1947
$0.10

Joker Comics #28

Marvel · Summer 1947 · on sale 1947-04-10

First appearance: Chili StormFirst appearance: Lily-Belle
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Identification plate

Series
Joker Comics (Marvel, 1942 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
Summer 1947
Key date
1947-07-00
On-sale date
1947-04-10
Indicia publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Lily-Belle - 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-cover1Millie Collins, Tessie Tender
2-table of contents1
3Millie vs Chili!comic story8Millie Collins, Howard Hanover, Clicker Holbrook, Chili Storm First
4Alone with the Phone!comic story9pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris WeissSkidsy, Tessie Tender
5Get Hep to Miss America Teen-Lifepromo (ad from the publisher)1
6Dandy Doin's!comic story7Lily-Belle First
7Indian Troubletext story2letters: typeset
8Car Crazy!comic story10Speed Murphy, Nellie Nelson, Snazzy Wilks
9Carnival Blues!comic story7Lily-Belle First
10-comic story1Willie

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

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Series context

‹ #2728 of 42#29 ›

Sources

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