Li'l Jinx #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Greg - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Li'l Jinx (Archie, 1956 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: November 1956
Key date: 1956-11-00
On-sale date: 1956-09-10
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Greg - 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: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
1	Love That Baby Sitting!	comic story	5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Merry Holliday, Li'l Jinx
2	-	illustration	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
3	Hold Still	comic story	2	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25	pencils: Bill Woggon	Katy Keene
5	The Water Works	comic story	4	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Greg First, Hap Holliday, Merry Holliday, Li'l Jinx
6	Free Air	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
7	-	letters page	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
8	Li'l Jinx Fun Page	activity	0.67
9	Broken Toys!	comic story	4	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Merry Holliday, Li'l Jinx
10	Camp Mudlake	text story	2	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
12	The Magic Touch!	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
13	-	letters page	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
14	A Chirp Off the Ol' Block!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Al Fagaly; inks: Al Fagaly	Uwanna, Super Duck
15	Hanging in the Balance!	comic story	0.5	pencils: Al Fagaly; inks: Al Fagaly	Fauntleroy, Super Duck
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Tom Moore	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
17	A Good Skate	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
18	Signs of the Times!	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Greg First, Li'l Jinx
19	-	letters page	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx
20	Hypnotist	comic story	4	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of Archie Comics #[1] ISBN 978-1-879794-84-9	2011	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #260	2015	On eBay ›
Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out #[nn] ISBN 978-1-62738-945-7	2015	On eBay ›
Best of Archie Comics #1 ISBN 978-1-61988-955-2	2016	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

1 of 6#12 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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