Champ Comics #15 for Sale - First Appearance of The Human Meteor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Champ Comics (Harvey, 1940 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: September 1941
Key date: 1941-09-00
On-sale date: 1941-07-09
Indicia publisher: Champ Publishing Company
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Human Meteor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Duke O'Dowd - 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: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall	Human Meteor [Duke O'Dowd]
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	-	comic story	8	script: Edwin Wald; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	The Human Meteor First, Duke O'Dowd First
3	-	cartoon	1	script: Gosh; pencils: Gosh; inks: Gosh
4	-	comic story	8	pencils: Henry Kiefer; inks: Henry Kiefer	Chuck; Skip
5	-	comic story	4	script: Bently Wade; pencils: Jim Mooney, Nick Cardy; inks: Jim Mooney, Nick Cardy	Neptina; Brad; Norma; Walrus King; Eon; Moog
6	-	comic story	4	pencils: Aldo Rubano	Steve Battle; Senator Duff; Chairman Skyes
7	Hollywood Spitfires	text story	2	script: A. H. Young
8	-	comic story	9	script: George Little; pencils: George Little; inks: George Little	Champ; Henry; Dean Blake
9	Episode Ten	comic story	5	script: Toni Boone	Dash Dolan; Nalya Randolph; Dr. Ying; Chek Chai
10	-	comic story	2	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Seymour Reit; inks: Seymour Reit	Will; Mary Lou
11	-	comic story	4	script: ? [as Speed Mason]	Flyin' Flynn (first appearance)
12	-	comic story	4	script: S. M. Iger	Jungleman; Jean Willard; Mr. Willard
13	-	comic story	5	pencils: Art Saaf; inks: Art Saaf	Johnny Fox; Miss Tyler
14	-	comic story	8	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum	Dr. Miracle; General Rigo; Antonio Lagatta; Agent 7X

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Calling Dr. Miracle ISBN 978-1098726959	2019	On eBay ›

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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

‹ #145 of 15#16 ›

Sources

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

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