Publishers / DC / Leave It to Binky (1948) / #4
4August-September 1948
$0.10

Leave It to Binky #4

DC · August-September 1948 · on sale June 23, 1948

First appearance (promotional): WolfieFirst appearance (promotional): Nutsy SquirrelFirst appearance (advertisement): Maybelle
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Identification plate

Series
Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
August-September 1948
Key date
August 1948
On-sale date
June 23, 1948
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Wolfie - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Nutsy Squirrel - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (advertisement) of Maybelle - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

First appearance (promotional) of Robert Rabbit - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Red Rigley - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (advertisement) of Sweetie - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

First appearance of Bonny - 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
0-cover1pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Time Out for Laughspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67Crawford Crow, Dunbar Dodo, Fauntleroy Fox, Fenimore Frog, Peter Porkchops, Robert Rabbit First, Nutsy Squirrel First, Wolfie First
3-comic story7pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Mr. Dimdome
4-comic story1Bonny First
7-comic story6pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerAllergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Herbert
10-comic story12pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Dopey, Herbert, Uncle Snootly
12-comic story5Allergy Biggs, Dopey, Soozie
14-comic story1script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry LampertLila
15Jamie in a Jamtext story2letters: typesetJamie Draper, Linda Lee
16-comic story7pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1Scribbly Jibbet, Dinky Jibbet, Red Rigley First

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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