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2November-December 1955
$0.10

Frontier Fighters #2

DC · November-December 1955 · on sale 1955-09-04

First appearance: Buck Skinner
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Identification plate

Series
Frontier Fighters (DC, 1955 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
November-December 1955
Key date
1955-11-00
On-sale date
1955-09-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Buck Skinner - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Rifle Named Betseycover1pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice; colors: Jack AdlerDavy Crockett
2The Rifle Named "Betsy"comic story8pencils: John Prentice; inks: John PrenticeDavy Crockett
4Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Ambush of the Iron Horsecomic story8pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe KubertBuffalo Bill Cody
6We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!"promo (ad from the publisher)1
7-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffBuck Skinner First
9Captured by the Crowstext story2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
10The 10-Day Siege of Fort Santa Fecomic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanKit Carson
11-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffChief Hot Foot
13Buffalo Hunting!comic story0.5

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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