Comic Cavalcade #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Slim - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: Spring 1943
Key date: 1943-04-00
On-sale date: 1943-03-13
Indicia publisher: Gainlee Publishing Co.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Slim - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fred - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Pedro - 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: Frank Harry; inks: Frank Harry	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Princess Diana, Alan Scott, Wonder Woman
1	-	blank page(s)	1
2	Boys and Girls	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
3	Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive	comic story	13	script: William Marston; pencils: Frank Godwin; inks: Frank Godwin	Etta Candy, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
5	All-Flash	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	The Haunted Tank	comic story	8	script: Ted Udall; pencils: Frank Harry; inks: Frank Harry	Fred First, Pedro First, Slim First
7	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: Sol Hess; inks: Sol Hess; letters: Sol Hess	Simp O'Dill
8	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: Sol Hess; inks: Sol Hess; letters: Sol Hess	Simp O'Dill; Pansy; Grandpa
9	They Wind Up in the Doghouse	comic story	8	script: Ted Udall; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Donna [Bonita] Valor; Virginia; a cloth merchant (introduction); two English women (introduction for both); Captain Gore (villain, introduction); Gore's men (villains, introduction for all)
10	The Tin-Fish Bobsled	text story	2	script: Evelyn Gaines; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. Blummer	Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; unnamed Eskimo tribal Chief (introduction); a group of pilots [Brown; Alpert; Sedges; Wernecki] (introduction for all); the crew of a Nazi raider (villains, introduction for all)
11	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
12	Superman by George Lowther	in-house column	0.67	script: Josette Frank
13	Covered Caravan	comic story	6	script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan	Sam Hill [Andrew Handy]; Lem Sharper [Ralph McSneer]; Sally Sue Hill [Blanche Rouge]; Zeke Skidmore [Fuller Phun]; Jed Hoskins [Dick Dare]
14	The "Corn" Doctors	comic story	1	script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan; letters: Ed Wheelan	Dr. Fat; Slat
15	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
16	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
17	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
18	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
19	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Jeff
20	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Jeff
21	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
22	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
23	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
24	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
25	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Jeff
26	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Al Smith	Mutt; Jeff
27	A Star Is Born	comic story	13	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jon Chester Kozlak; inks: Jon Chester Kozlak	Doiby Dickles, Green Lantern, Alan Scott
28	Yes...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
29	Here They Are Again!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
30	The Story behind the Bellyache	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Sock Smith (a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); Hennessey (Police officer, introduction); Killer Hooke (villain, a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); "Eats" Daly (villain, introduction); Daly's gang [Waxey; others unnamed] (villains, introductio
31	He Saved the President -- Almost	text story	1.5	script: Jay Marr	Jackie Burton; Inspector Casey; Hennessey; 5th Columnists (villains)
32	All-Star Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
33	Punk Junk	comic story	6	script: Ted Udall; pencils: Joe Gallagher; inks: Joe Gallagher	Red Dugan; Blooey Blue; Whitey Smith; Doris West; Schaeffer (villain, introduction); Japanese soldier (villain, splash only, introduction)
34	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
35	The City on Wheels	comic story	13	script: Gardner F. Fox; pencils: E. E. Hibbard; inks: E. E. Hibbard	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Joan Garrick
36	Now on Sale Everywhere	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
37	-	blank page(s)	1

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Comic Cavalcade Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0658-1	2005	On eBay ›
The Wonder Woman Chronicles #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-3692-2	2013	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945 #[nn] ISBN 078583284X; 978-0-7858-3284-3	2015	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6496-3	2016	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8536-4	2019	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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

‹ #12 of 63#3 ›

Sources

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

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