Publishers / Quality Comics / Doll Man Quarterly (1941) / #8
8Spring 1946
$0.10

Doll Man Quarterly #8

Quality Comics · Spring 1946 · on sale 1946-01-16

First appearance: Candy O'Connor
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Identification plate

Series
Doll Man Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
Spring 1946
Key date
1946-04-00
On-sale date
1946-01-16
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Candy O'Connor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Doll Man, Mighty Mite of Action, in 3 Big Stories!cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantDarrel Dane, Doll Man
1The Corpse of the Doll Mancomic story12script: Joe Millard; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Bob FujitaniDarrel Dane, Doll Man
2The Man With the Terrible Eyescomic story11pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichDarrel Dane, Doll Man
3Introducing Torchycomic story5script: Bill Ward; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill WardTorchy Todd (first appearance); Mayor
4-comic story3script: Harry Sahle; pencils: Harry Sahle; inks: Harry SahleCandy O'Connor First
5The Eyes of Erictext story2letters: typesetEric Logan; Kwong (philosopher)
6-comic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxPoison Ivy
7The Will of Enos Gotchcomic story14script: Joe Millard; pencils: Dan Zolnerowich; inks: Dan ZolnerowichDarrel Dane, Doll Man

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Sources

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