Mickey Mouse Magazine #3 [51] for Sale - First Appearance of Pinocchio - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Mickey Mouse Magazine (Western, 1935 series)
Issue: #3 [51]
Publication date: December 1939
Key date: 1939-12-00
On-sale date: 1939-11-15
Indicia publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Pinocchio - 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	letters: ?; typeset	Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio First
1	Pinocchio Books and Games	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	Make a Child Happy an Entire Year With a Christmas Gift Subscription	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
3	-	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
4	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
5	Pinocchio	text story	5	letters: typeset
6	-	letters page	1	script: ? [as Mickey Mouse]; letters: typeset
7	The Sun Among the Stars	text article	1	script: Dorothy Bennett
8	Blackie's Roller Skates	text story	2	letters: typeset
9	Peter the Farm Detective	text story	2	letters: typeset
10	Crossword Puzzle	activity	1	letters: typeset
11	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
12	Christmas Hints	text article	2	letters: typeset
13	What Makes Sound?	text article	0.75	letters: typeset
14	-	in-house column	2	letters: typeset
15	Baba Yaga	text story	4	letters: typeset
16	Mr. Man-in-the-Moon Gets Fooled	text story	1.67	letters: typeset
17	-	comic story	1		Mickey Mouse
18	-	comic story	1		Mickey Mouse
19	Robinson Crusoe	comic story	2		Mickey Mouse
20	Timid Elmer	comic story	1

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #619	1997	On eBay ›

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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

‹ #2 [50]51 of 60#4 [52] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q18279909 (Pinocchio), first-appearance property (CC0)

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