Miss America Magazine #3 [9] - First Appearance of Tom Hale, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Miss America Magazine (Marvel, 1944 series)
Issue: #3 [9]
Publication date: June 1945
Key date: June 1945
On-sale date: April 27, 1945
Indicia publisher: Miss America Publishing Corporation
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tom Hale - 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
1	Miss America Contents	table of contents	0.67	letters: typeset
2	-	text article	0.33	script: Jean Goodman
3	Miss America Goes to a Party...	text article	1.83	script: May Mann; pencils: Art Weissman; inks: Art Weissman	Virginia Weidler (photo); Peggy Ryan (photo); Jane Powell (photos); Sandra Marks (photo); Shirley Temple (photos); Jean Goodman (photo); Janet Martin (photo); Martin Goodman (photo)
4	Joyce Makes a Discovery...	text story	3.92	script: Alice A. Sherman; pencils: Albert Fischer; inks: Albert Fischer
5	Van Johnson's Date Tips	text article	2.5	script: Alyce Canfield, Van Johnson; pencils: Art Weissman; inks: Art Weissman	Van Johnson (photos); Marilyn Maxwell (photo); Keenan Wynn (photo)
6	Eve Was Warned...	text article	1.89	script: Tina Travers
7	-	letters page	1.5	script: Jean Goodman
9	Handling Hands...	text article	1.67	script: Maxine Shore
10	-	text article	1.53	script: May Mann	Robert Walker (photo); Shirley O'Hara (photo); Bonita Granville (photo); Ann Rutherford (photo)
12	-	text article	1.83	script: Pat Parks	Woody Herman (photo); Martha Stewart (photo)
13	-	comic story	7	pencils: Pauline Loth; inks: Pauline Loth	Buzz Baxter, Nancy Brown, Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Tom Hale First, Mickey Walker, Joshua Walker, Dorothy Walker
14	-	comic story	6	pencils: Christopher Rule; inks: Christopher Rule
15	-	cartoon	0.11	script: Shirley Herbstman; pencils: Shirley Herbstman; inks: Shirley Herbstman
16	-	text article	3.14	script: Victoria Allen Dunford; pencils: Christopher Rule; inks: Christopher Rule
17	Gramp Plays Cupid...	text story	3.5	script: Michele Small
18	-	cartoon	0.11	script: Bradley; pencils: Bradley; inks: Bradley
19	Don't Say It!	text article	1.25	script: Connie Nelson; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
20	Lucia and the Corporal...	text story	3.47	script: Paula Lohmann; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
21	-	comic story	6
22	Tricky Tests for Teens...	activity	1.25	script: Martin Panzer; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
25	Watch That Tummy!	text article	1	script: Karen Van Lissel
26	Subscription Offer	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
27	-	cartoon	0.11	pencils: Shirley Herbstman; inks: Shirley Herbstman
28	Lemon Juice	cartoon	0.11	pencils: Shirley Herbstman; inks: Shirley Herbstman
29	-	text article	1.5	script: Nina Wilcox Putnam; pencils: Marion Gerrick; inks: Marion Gerrick
30	Wisdom	text story	0.25	script: Martin Panzer

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 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.
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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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