Comic Cavalcade #29 for Sale - First Appearance of Johnny Peril - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series)
Issue: #29
Publication date: October-November 1948
Key date: 1948-10-00
On-sale date: 1948-08-11
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 76

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Mr. O'Hara - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Cotton-Top Katie Jones - 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: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Princess Diana, Alan Scott, Wonder Woman
2	Machine of Schemes	comic story	12	script: Charles Moulton; pencils: Harry Peter; inks: Harry Peter	Etta Candy, Phillip Darnell, Princess Diana, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Scribbly Jibbet, Dinky Jibbet, Mr. O'Hara First, Red Rigley
5	"Boy! I like the circus!	comic story	1	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Nips; Elmo (the famous midget)
6	-	comic story	5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Cotton-Top Katie Jones First, The Perfessor First
8	-	cartoon	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
9	Situation Wanted	comic story	12	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Bob Oksner	Green Lantern, Alan Scott, Doiby Dickles
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Orville; Miss Potts
13	Science-Snaps	cartoon	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
14	The Movie	comic story	6	pencils: Ken Hultgren; inks: Ken Hultgren	Binky Biggs, Peggy Baxter
15	Practice	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Orville
16	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
18	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Brooklyn, Rip Carter, Andre Chavard, Streak the Wonder Dog, Tex
19	The Lovely Lady	comic story	8	script: Howard Purcell; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell	Johnny Peril First
21	-	cartoon	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
22	The River of Doubt	text story	2	letters: typeset
23	-	comic story	1	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert	Jack
24	The Last Man Alive!	comic story	12	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Bernard Sachs	The Flash, Jay Garrick, Star Sapphire First

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-4012-9479-3	2020	On eBay ›

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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

‹ #2829 of 63#30 ›

Sources

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

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