Miss America Magazine #6 [18] for Sale - First Appearance of Xavier Cugat - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Miss America Magazine (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue: #6 [18]
Publication date: April 1946
Key date: 1946-04-00
On-sale date: 1946-03-07
Indicia publisher: Miss America Publishing Corporation
Price: $0.10
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Franklyn Lee - 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: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph)	Jane Powell (photo); Roddy McDowall (photo)
1	-	text article	1.8	script: May Mann; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick	Xavier Cugat First
2	-	table of contents	0.67	letters: typeset
4	Making Tomorrow's Music...	text article	1.75	script: Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington (photo)
6	Giggles	text story	3.3	script: Bonnie Gay; pencils: Louise Altson; inks: Louise Altson
7	Tresses and Messes	text article	2	pencils: ?; ? (photograph); inks: ?; ? (photograph); letters: typeset
8	Tell It to Your Diary...	text article	2.65	script: Alice Craig Greene; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
9	With Malice Towards None...	text article	2.25	script: Tina Travers
10	I Saw Stars	text article	3.21	script: Merry Carr; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick	Merry Carr (photos); Joan Crawford (photos)
11	The Atom -- and You...	text article	2.8	script: Dr. Elias Lieberman
12	-	text article	1.8	script: Victoria Allen Dunford; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
13	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Brad; pencils: Brad; inks: Brad
14	Everybody Sing!	text article	1.2	script: Karen Van Lissel; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
15	-	comic story	7	pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Buzz Baxter, Nancy Brown, Patsy Walker, Joshua Walker, Dorothy Walker, Franklyn Lee First
16	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Brad; pencils: Brad; inks: Brad; letters: Brad
17	The Easter Suit...	text story	3.77	script: Riki Kremer; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
18	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Brad; pencils: Brad; inks: Brad
19	-	text article	1.5	script: Helene Wanderman; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
20	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
21	-	text article	2	script: Laraine Day; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
22	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Brad; pencils: Brad; inks: Brad
24	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.1	letters: typeset
25	What's Being Modern?	text article	1.5	script: Maxine Shore; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
26	-	text article	2	script: Pat Parks; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick	Frank Sinatra (photo); Dardanelle (photo)
29	Save Your Skin!	text article	1.35	script: John Oliven
30	Laraine Day's Party Tips...	text article	0.28	script: Laraine Day; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
31	Miss America Pen Pals	letters page	0.33	letters: typeset
32	-	text article	0.33	script: Jean Goodman
33	-	letters page	1.33	script: Jean Goodman
34	Popularity	text article	0.04	letters: typeset
35	Are You Too Sensitive?	activity	0.33	letters: typeset
36	Allergy	text article	0.08	letters: typeset
37	Heaven	text article	0.02	letters: typeset
39	Word Game (Add-a-Letter)	activity	0.5	letters: typeset

Plus 5.22 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 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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