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17May 1948
$0.10

Rusty Comics #17

Marvel · May 1948 · on sale 1948-03-05

First appearance: Gregory Le Grand
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Identification plate

Series
Rusty Comics (Marvel, 1947 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
May 1948
Key date
1948-05-00
On-sale date
1948-03-05
Indicia publisher
Hercules Publishing Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gregory Le Grand - 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-cover1Rusty Rumple
2Pop Loses Again!comic story7Rusty Rumple
3-comic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman
5Pop's Terrible Temper!comic story7Rusty Rumple
6A Peach of a Speech!comic story5pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris WeissTessie; Skidsy Spencer
7Boomerang!text story1.66letters: typesetLarry Carl; Ralph; Jack; Hal; Mr. Hall; Lila Twinkletoes; Miss Leahy
8-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
9The Big Blow-up!comic story7Rusty Rumple
12Hedy's Hep Helpers!comic story8Hedy De Vine, Gabby Dunn, Gregory Le Grand First, Sandra Stile
14Music Hath Harm!comic story6Rusty Rumple

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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