Miss America Magazine #2 [14] for Sale - First Appearance of Ronald Reagan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Miss America Magazine (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue: #2 [14]
Publication date: November 1945
Key date: 1945-11-00
On-sale date: 1945-10-07
Indicia publisher: Miss America Publishing Corporation
Price: $0.10
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ronald Reagan - 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: Hal Reiff; inks: Hal Reiff; colors: Hal Reiff	Peggy Ann Garner (photo)
1	-	text article	1.88	script: May Mann	Ronald Reagan First
2	Miss America Contents	table of contents	0.67	pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
3	-	text article	0.33	script: Jean Goodman
5	Invitation to a Dance...	text story	3.8	script: Maxine Shore; pencils: James Billmyer; inks: James Billmyer
8	The Fat Girl and Her Worries	text article	1.67	script: Tina Travers; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
9	It Was a Wonderful Party	text article	2	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset
10	Bluebelle?	text article	1.5	script: John Oliven; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
11	-	text article	2.67	script: Laraine Day
12	Handling the Forward Pass...	text article	2.12	script: Rosalie F. Wilson; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
13	Why Not Rhumba?	text article	2.38	script: Xavier Cugat; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick	Xavier Cugat (photo)
14	Three Cheers for Eileen	text story	3.25	script: Vera Lawson; pencils: Louise Altson; inks: Louise Altson
15	-	text article	2	script: Victoria Allen Dunford; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
16	-	comic story	7	pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Buzz Baxter, Nancy Brown, Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Joshua Walker, Dorothy Walker
17	The Chance of a Lifetime...	text story	3.5	script: Marie Sally; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
18	Something to Be Thankful For...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
19	-	comic story	6	letters: typeset	Betty Blair
20	Yule Tidings!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.14	letters: typeset
21	Are You Socially Adequate?	activity	0.33	pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
23	Football Fancies...	text story	2.36	script: Mikki; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
24	-	text article	2	script: Pat Parks	Harry James (photo); Monica Lewis (photo)
25	-	letters page	1.83	script: Jean Goodman
26	Miss America Pen Pals	letters page	0.22	letters: typeset
27	-	text article	1.75	script: Merita Helmis; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick	Peggy Fields (photo); Bill Terry (photo); Eileen Barton (photo)

Plus 5.67 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 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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