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Sun Girl #1

Marvel · August 1948 · on sale 1948-06-05

First appearance: Sun GirlFirst appearance: Mary Mitchell
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Identification plate

Series
Sun Girl (Marvel, 1948 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
On-sale date
1948-06-05
Indicia publisher
Comic Combine Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sun Girl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mary Mitchell - 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
0Menace of the Monsters!cover1pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldMary Mitchell First, Sun Girl First
2Flying Fists and Glamour!comic story7pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldMary Mitchell First, Sun Girl First
3The Menace of the Monster!comic story9pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldMary Mitchell First, Sun Girl First
4The Watchtext story2letters: typeset
5Murder Makes a Record!comic story7script: Stan LeeLois Anders (first appearance); Chief Brady; Mary Collins; Hal Latham; Jim Clark
6Sun Girl Puzzle Funactivity1
7A Jolt For Johnny!comic story6pencils: Ken Bald; inks: Ken BaldMary Mitchell First, Sun Girl First

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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