Doll Man Quarterly #15 for Sale - First Appearance of The Undertaker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Doll Man Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: Winter 1948
Key date: 1948-00-00
On-sale date: 1947-11-21
Indicia publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Undertaker - 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	The Doll Man Faces Danger!	cover	1	pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant	Darrel Dane, Doll Man
1	The Boy Who Knew All the Answers	comic story	11	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Jack Spranger; inks: Jack Spranger	Darrel Dane, Doll Man, Martha Roberts
2	The Man in the Iron Mask!	comic story	12	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Alex Kotzky; inks: Alex Kotzky	Darrel Dane, Doll Man, Martha Roberts, Professor Roberts
3	She's a Gas!	comic story	8	script: Bill Ward; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward	Torchy Todd
4	Big Bear Interlude	text story	2	letters: typeset	Darrel Dane, Doll Man, Martha Roberts, Professor Roberts
5	The Undertaker	comic story	14	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Alex Kotzky; inks: Alex Kotzky	Darrel Dane, Doll Man, Martha Roberts, The Undertaker First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #5	1973	On eBay ›
Bill Ward's Torchy #4	1991	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #51	2005	On eBay ›
Bill Ward's Torchy, the Blonde Bombshell #1 ISBN 1-56521-005-0	1992	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #59	2006	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #105	2017	On eBay ›
Doll Man Giant #0.5 ISBN 978-1723916380	2018	On eBay ›
DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-173-8	2020	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

‹ #1415 of 16#16 ›

Sources

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

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