Miss America Magazine #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Patsy Walker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Miss America Magazine (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: November 1944
Key date: 1944-11-00
On-sale date: 1944-09-25
Indicia publisher: Miss America Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Mickey Walker - 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: Hal Reiff; inks: Hal Reiff; colors: Hal Reiff	Madeline Joyce
1	Miss America Contents	table of contents	0.67	letters: typeset
2	Dear Girls:	text article	0.33	script: Jean Goodman
3	The Mystery of the Shocker!	comic story	14	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Madeline Joyce
4	Miss America's Own Fashions	activity	1	pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Madeline Joyce
5	Don't Be a Pin-up Girl...	text article	1	script: Helene Wanderman; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
6	$1,000 Miss America Prize Contest Announcement	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
7	Hear the Bluebells Ring...	text story	4	script: Maxine Shore; pencils: Louise Altson; inks: Louise Altson	Meg Warner; Dierdre Sheriton; Jock Warner; Mary Warner
8	Are You Having Date Problems?	text article	3	script: May Mann, Jane Withers	Jane Withers (photo); Jimmy Lydon (photo)
9	Janie's Awakening...	text story	3.63	script: Frank Martin Webber; pencils: James Billmyer; inks: James Billmyer	Janie; Delia; David; Rusty
10	A Wallflower Blooms...	text story	3.17	script: Dorothy Day
11	An Almost Girl...	text article	2.65	script: Tess Lawrence	Margaret Preston [Maggie Preston] (photo of Jeanne Crain)
12	Are You Lonesome?	text article	2	script: John Oliven	Cora
13	Big Sister	text story	2	script: Sergeant Margaret Jane Taggs	Pat
14	-	text article	2.25	script: Nina Wilcox Putnam	Nina Wilcox Putnam
15	-	text story	3.1	script: Victoria Allen Dunford	Vickie; Betty Ann
16	Your Voice and You	text article	1.5	script: Susan Larkin
17	Tricky Tests for Teens...	activity	1.25	script: Martin Panzer
19	Happy Sitting	text article	2	script: Lorna Ellis; pencils: Mary Gibson; inks: Mary Gibson
20	Charm Rou-Teens...	text article	1.4	script: Mary M. Aherne
21	Beauty Isn't Everything	text article	1.8	script: Vera Lawson	Helen
22	It's Fun to Act	text article	1.5	script: Karen Van Lissel; pencils: Elmer Tomasch; inks: Elmer Tomasch
23	-	text article	1.75	script: Trudy Smith	Gloria de Haven (photo); Diana Lynn (photo); Shirley Temple (photo); Ann Blyth (photo); Guy Madison
24	-	comic story	7	script: Stuart Little; pencils: Ruth Atkinson; inks: Ruth Atkinson	Buzz Baxter First, Patsy Walker First, Hedy Wolfe First, Dorothy Walker First, Mickey Walker First, Joshua Walker First
25	Patsy Walker Dream Fashions	activity	1	pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Patsy Walker First

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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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