Leave It to Binky #55 - First Appearance of Dinsmore Doolittle, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue: #55
Publication date: July-August 1956
Key date: July 1956
On-sale date: May 8, 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 Dinsmore Doolittle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Higby - 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; colors: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
2	The Impossible!	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Mr. Higby First, Sherwood
3	5000 Terrific Prizes!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Batman, Tom Hawk, Clark Kent, Superman, Tomahawk, Bruce Wayne
4	Do-It-Yourself Safety Rules!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira	Officer Brown
5	Snootly's Favorite!	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Dopey, Uncle Snootly, Soozie
6	Showcase	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti	Underwater Demolition Team frogman
7	-	comic story	6.7	pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker	Freddie Austin, Dinsmore Doolittle First, Liz Williams, Mr. Williams
9	Newsletter	text story	2	letters: typeset	Jamie Draper, Linda Lee
10	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
12	-	comic story	6	pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner	Peggy Baxter, Bertram Biggs, Binky Biggs, Sherwood

Plus 4.8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #256	1959	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #5455 of 71#56 ›

Sources

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

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