Large Feature Comic #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Chief Brandon - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [April] 1939
Key date: 1939-04-00
On-sale date: 1939-02
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 76

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

First appearance of Chief Brandon - 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	Dick Tracy Meets the Blank	cover	1	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould	Pat Patton, Dick Tracy
2	Title Page	credits, title page	1	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester Gould
3	Dick Tracy Meets the Blank	comic story	71	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould; letters: Chester Gould	Chief Brandon First, Pat Patton, Dick Tracy, Dick Tracy Jr.
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy); letters: typeset
5	-	illustration	1	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Dick Tracy Meets the Blank #[nn]	1983	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

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

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