Danger Trail #1 for Sale - First Appearance of King Faraday - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Danger Trail (DC, 1950 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July-August 1950
Key date: 1950-07-00
On-sale date: 1950-05-24
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of King Faraday - 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	Hunters of the Whispering Gallery	cover	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella
2	Hunters of the Whispering Gallery!	comic story	10	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella	King Faraday First
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel	Buffalo Billy
6	Appointment in Paris	comic story	8	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth	Vern Hastings; Frankie; Sally Greer; Jack Devlin
8	Feature Films Magazine	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)	John Payne; Rhonda Fleming
10	Free Prizes for Your Letters	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella	King Faraday First
11	3 Steps to Mr. Sandino	comic story	8	script: David Vern; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Bob Lander	Mr. Sandino; Cliff Hoyt; Ramon Valdes; Mr. Jeffries; Capt. Marvin Murdock
13	Guide for Treasure Hunters	comic story	0.75	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen
15	Jam in Jamaica	text story	2	letters: typeset	Jim Kirby; Mr. Hines
16	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel	Gen. John C. Fremont
18	Buzzy Says Balance Your Fun Diet	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Buzzy Brown, Susie Gruff
19	Mystery of the Highland Queen!	comic story	8	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Bernard Sachs	Madeleine; Jay Gladding; Erskine; Link Moran
21	Dream Pirate	comic story	0.67
23	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Wayne Boring, Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye, Win Mortimer	Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne

Plus 8.58 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase #51	1964	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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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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