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1[November] 1942
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Jungle Girl #1

Fawcett · [November] 1942 · on sale 1942-10-07

First appearance: Nyoka GordonFirst appearance: Willie WynnFirst appearance: The Mad Artist
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Identification plate

Series
Jungle Girl (Fawcett, 1942 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
[November] 1942
Key date
1942-11-00
On-sale date
1942-10-07
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of The Mad Artist - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Perils of Nyokacover1pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
1Jungle Girl, or the "Perils of Nyoka"foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
2Perils of Nyoka, Chapter I: Doom in the Desertcomic story11script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
3Perils of Nyoka, Chapter II: Valley of Sacrificecomic story10script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
4Perils of Nyoka, Chapter III: Vultura's Vengeancecomic story12script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
5Perils of Nyoka, Chapter IV: Treasure of Terror!comic story7script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
6Perils of Nyoka, Chapter V: The Finger of Fatecomic story6script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
7Perils of Nyoka, Chapter VI: Climax of Conquestcomic story5script: Rod Reed; pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonNyoka Gordon First
8The Three Legionnairestext story2script: Nathaniel NitkinLt. Timothy Dolan; Gregor Petrakovich; Juan Almeria
9Marvel Gluecomic story6Willie Wynn First
10Moustache Artcomic story1The Mad Artist First

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Series context

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Sources

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