100 Pages of Comics #101 for Sale - First Appearance of Tony - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: 100 Pages of Comics (Dell, 1937 series)
Issue: #101
Publication date: [1937]
Key date: 1937-00-00
On-sale date: 1937
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 100

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tony - 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		Tom Mix
1	-	comic story	1	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
2	-	comic story	4		Tom Mix, Tony First
3	-	comic story	4	script: J. Irving Crump
4	-	comic story	4	script: Martha Orr; pencils: Martha Orr; inks: Martha Orr
5	-	comic story	4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest
6	-	comic story	4	script: Peter K. Maple; pencils: Hal Arbo; inks: Hal Arbo
7	-	comic story	4	script: Ray Thompson; pencils: Charles Coll; inks: Charles Coll
8	-	comic story	4	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin
9	-	comic story	4	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
10	-	comic story	4
11	-	comic story	4	script: Dougal Lee; pencils: Dougal Lee; inks: Dougal Lee
12	-	comic story	4	script: Conrad Vane; pencils: Jim Gary; inks: Jim Gary
13	-	comic story	4	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern	Major Hoople
14	-	comic story	4	script: Blosser; pencils: Blosser; inks: Blosser
15	-	comic story	4	pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
16	-	comic story	3	script: William Engle; pencils: Henry Vallely; inks: Henry Vallely
17	The Texas Rangers	comic story	4
18	-	comic story	2	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
19	-	comic story	4	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane
20	-	comic story	0.4	pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly
21	-	comic story	1.6	script: Williams; pencils: Williams; inks: Williams	The Willets
22	-	comic story	4
23	In Africa	comic story	4
24	Lone Marshall and the Lost River	comic story	4	script: Hal Arbo; pencils: Hal Arbo; inks: Hal Arbo	The Lone Marshall; Vajo (his Indian aide); Lobo (his faithful horse)
25	-	comic story	4	script: Edgar Martin; pencils: Edgar Martin; inks: Edgar Martin
26	Two Gun Montana	comic story	4		Two Gun Montana; Cyclone (his faithful horse); Black Bart Kreuger
27	-	comic story	2	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams
28	-	comic story	4	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh
29	The Safety Pins and Ribbons	activity	1	letters: ?; typeset

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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