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Nellie the Nurse Comics #1

Marvel · on sale 1945-08-12

First appearance: Nellie NelsonFirst appearance: Snazzy WilksFirst appearance: Speed Murphy
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Identification plate

Series
Nellie the Nurse Comics (Marvel, 1945 series)
Issue
#1
Key date
1945-08-12
On-sale date
1945-08-12
Indicia publisher
Select Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Nellie Nelson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Snazzy Wilks - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Speed Murphy - 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-cover1Nellie Nelson First
2-comic story7Speed Murphy First, Nellie Nelson First, Snazzy Wilks First
3-activity1Speed Murphy First, Nellie Nelson First
4-comic story7Speed Murphy First, Nellie Nelson First, Snazzy Wilks First
6-comic story7Speed Murphy First, Nellie Nelson First, Snazzy Wilks First
7-activity1
8-comic story7Speed Murphy First, Nellie Nelson First, Snazzy Wilks First

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

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Series context

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Sources

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