Publishers / Charlton / The Young Doctors (1963) / #6
6November 1963
$0.12

The Young Doctors #6

Charlton · November 1963

First appearance: Dr. Martin BurkeFirst appearance: Dr. Cliff Landon1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Young Doctors (Charlton, 1963 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
November 1963
Key date
1963-11-00
Indicia publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dr. Martin Burke - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dr. Cliff Landon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Make-Believe Truth!cover1pencils: Pat Masulli; inks: Dick GiordanoDr. Cliff Landon; Dr. Martin Burke
1The Make-Believe Truthcomic story10script: Joe Gill; inks: Vince CollettaDr. Martin Burke First, Dr. Cliff Landon First
2Christmas Comes In August!comic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Vince CollettaDr. Tom Brent
3Making Medicine Meaningfultext article2letters: typeset
4The Partycomic story10script: Joe Gill; inks: Vince CollettaDr. Cliff Landon; Dr. Martin Burke

Printings and variants

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Series context

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Sources

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