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9June-July 1949
$0.10

Leave It to Binky #9

DC · June-July 1949 · on sale April 27, 1949

First appearance (promotional): Beverly HillsFirst appearance: HowieFirst appearance (promotional): Will Shire
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Identification plate

Series
Leave It to Binky (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
June-July 1949
Key date
June 1949
On-sale date
April 27, 1949
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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 OksnerBinky Biggs, Peggy Baxter
2-comic story10script: Hal SeegerAllergy Biggs, Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Binky Biggs, Dopey, Uncle Snootly
4-comic story7script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Lucy Biggs, Herbert
7-comic story7script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
9-comic story4Bertram Biggs, Alice Biggs, Allergy Biggs, Dopey
11Tops with the Teenspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5Buzzy Brown, Clover Cooley, Judy Foster, Susie Gruff, Scribbly Jibbet, Dinky Jibbet, Oogie Pringle
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
13Private Eye Jamietext story2letters: typesetJamie Draper
14-comic story0.5pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Owen FitzgeraldHowie First
16-comic story9script: Hal Seeger; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerPeggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
19-promo (ad from the publisher)1Beverly Hills First, Will Shire First

Plus 9.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q135264382 (Beverly Hills), first-appearance property (CC0)

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