Junior Miss #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Frank Sinatra - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Junior Miss (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: Winter 1944
Key date: 1944-12-14
On-sale date: 1944-12-14
Indicia publisher: Cornell Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Frank Sinatra - 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: Mike Sekowsky; inks: George Klein
2	Frank Sinatra's Life Story	comic story	6		Frank Sinatra First
4	-	comic story	8	pencils: Mike Sekowsky	Betty Lane; Ben Quirch (editor and owner of the Clarion newspaper); Tommy Masters (Betty's boyfriend); Jed Waters (veteran newspaper reporter); Mrs. Simpkins
7	-	comic story	8	pencils: Christopher Rule; inks: Christopher Rule	Peggy Brooks; Doc Brooks; Mammy; Bozo (dog); Mrs. Brooks; Chuck Rawlings; Nema Brooks; Alyce Forsyth
9	Starring June Allyson	comic story	5		June Allyson [Jan Allyson]; Charles "Van" Johnson; Gloria DeHaven; Arthur Allyson; Mrs. Allyson
10	Timed for Teens	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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

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Sources

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

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