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1September 1944
$0.10

Yellowjacket Comics #1

Charlton · September 1944 · on sale 1944-07-26

First appearance: The Filipino KidFirst appearance: Juan Manito
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Identification plate

Series
Yellowjacket Comics (Charlton, 1944 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1944
Key date
1944-09-00
On-sale date
1944-07-26
Indicia publisher
The Frank Comunale Publishing Company
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Filipino Kid - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Juan Manito - 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-cover1Yellowjacket (inset)
1-comic story9pencils: Ken BattefieldYellowjacket [Vince Harley] (introduction; origin); Judy Graves; Jake Mallon (gang boss)
2-comic story8pencils: Gus SchrotterDiana the Huntress (introduction); Hercules; Jupiter; Mercury; Discordia
3Message for the Copstext story2letters: typeset
4The Black Catcomic story7script: Edgar Allan Poe; pencils: Bill Allison; inks: Bill AllisonPluto (black cat)
5-comic story1
6-comic story6pencils: Harold De Lay; inks: Harold De LayDanny King (introduction); Russo; Lucy Flair; Whip Chandler
7The Man Who Should Have Diedcomic story6pencils: Arnold Hicks; inks: Arnold HicksJack
8-cartoon1
9-comic story8pencils: Chu F. Hing; inks: Chu F. HingThe Filipino Kid First, Juan Manito First

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Series context

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Sources

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