Leave It to Binky #1 - First Appearance of Binky Biggs, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: February-March 1948
Key date: February 1948
On-sale date: December 24, 1947
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Binky Biggs - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance (cover) of Allergy Biggs - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

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

First appearance (profile) of Dopey - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

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

First appearance (profile) of Uncle Snootly - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Chip - 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: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter First, Allergy Biggs First, Binky Biggs First
1	Meet Binky and His Folks!	character profile	0.67		Peggy Baxter First, Allergy Biggs First, Binky Biggs First, Lucy Biggs First, Bertram Biggs First, Alice Biggs First, Dopey First, Uncle Snootly First, Soozie First
2	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
3	-	comic story	9	script: Hal Seegar, Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter First, Binky Biggs First
4	Mimie	comic story	1	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert	Mimie (first appearance); Bill
6	-	comic story	12	script: Hal Seegar, Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter First, Allergy Biggs First, Binky Biggs First, Alice Biggs First, Lucy Biggs First, Bertram Biggs First, Herbert First, Uncle Snootly First, Soozie First
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert	Gerry First
9	-	comic story	8	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Allergy Biggs First, Bertram Biggs First, Alice Biggs First, Dopey First, Uncle Snootly First, Soozie First
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert	Chip First
12	-	comic story	6	script: Hal Seegar, Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Bob Oksner	Lucy Biggs First, Alice Biggs First
13	In Jamie We Trust	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset	Jamie Draper First, Linda Lee First
14	-	comic story	7	script: Hal Seegar, Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Bob Oksner, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter First, Allergy Biggs First, Binky Biggs First, Alice Biggs First, Dopey First

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 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

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q116258790 (Soozie), first-appearance property (CC0)

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