Danger Trail #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Specs - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Danger Trail (DC, 1950 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: March-April 1951
Key date: 1951-03-00
On-sale date: 1951-01-22
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Specs - 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	Rendezvous in Rio	cover	1	pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Ira Schnapp	Johnny Peril
1	Tops in Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	Rendezvous in Rio!	comic story	12	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia	Johnny Peril
5	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
6	Mission to Malaya	comic story	8	script: David Wood; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bernard Sachs	Ellan; Art Gaxton; Smike (villain); Zella; J. Barroc (villain); Joe Werner
7	Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: George Roussos	Buzzy Brown, Susie Gruff, Wolfert
8	London Laughs	comic story	0.75	script: Hy Rosen; pencils: Hy Rosen; inks: Hy Rosen; letters: Hy Rosen
10	The Return of the Pharaoh	comic story	8	script: David Vern; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Bernard Sachs
11	Lester the Lumberjack	comic story	0.75	script: Hy Rosen; pencils: Hy Rosen; inks: Hy Rosen; letters: Hy Rosen	Lester
13	Eternal Egypt	comic story	1	pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Bernard Sachs
14	Danger Trail Junction	text article	2	script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella	Johnny Peril
15	Safari to Nowhere!	comic story	10	script: David Vern; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella, Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan Barry	Steve Wilson, Lorelei Kilbourne

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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

‹ #45 of 5

Sources

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

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