Public Defender in Action #7 for Sale - First Appearance of Richard Manning - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Public Defender in Action (Charlton, 1956 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: March 1956
Key date: 1956-03-10
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Richard Manning - 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: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia	Richard Manning First
1	The Accused	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Richard Manning First
2	Con Man's Alibi	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Richard Manning First
3	The Mechanical Snitcher	text story	2	letters: typeset
4	Country Cop	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Jon D'Agostino
5	Mercy of the Court	comic story	6	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Vince Alascia; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Richard Manning First
6	The Big Alarm!	comic story	4		Headline Harry

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Series context

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Sources

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

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