Terry-Toons Comics #50 - First Appearance of Heckle, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Terry-Toons Comics (Marvel, 1942 series)
Issue: #50
Publication date: November 1946
Key date: November 1946
On-sale date: September 17, 1946
Indicia publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Heckle - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Jeckle - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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		Heckle First, Jeckle First
1	The Fiendish Fiddle!	comic story	12
2	Don't Joke About Smoke!	comic story	5
3	The Balmy Swami!	comic story	7	script: Harold Straubing	Andy Cat; Bertie Mouse
4	Madcap Magicians	text story	2	letters: typeset
5	10 Easy Ways to Get a Job	comic story	6
6	Muscle Madness	comic story	6
7	C'mon Gang!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	-	comic story	8

Before you buy

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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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