Leave It to Binky #53 - First Appearance of Binny, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #53
Publication date: March-April 1956
Key date: March 1956
On-sale date: January 3, 1956
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 Binny - 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	Happy Birthday!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
2	A Present for Peggy!	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey
3	-	comic story	0.75	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
5	Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs
6	Forgotten Kiss!	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Bill Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Fireman Fred Farrell Jr.
8	Training Blacks and Blues	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
9	Watch Your Words!	comic story	2		Mrs. Graham; Jamie; Joanie; Sam; Tillie; Wally
10	-	comic story	0.7		Binny First
11	-	statement of ownership	0.3	letters: typeset
12	A Smattering of Ignorance	text story	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry	Jamie Draper, Linda Lee
13	Turning a New Leaf	comic story	6	pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Freddie Austin, Kenny Williams, Liz Williams

Plus 5.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Binky's Buddies #1	1969	On eBay ›
Date with Debbi #1	1969	On eBay ›
Leave It to Binky #65	1969	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #5253 of 71#54 ›

Sources

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

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