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104February 1951
$0.10

Police Comics #104

Quality Comics · February 1951 · on sale 1950-11-17

First appearance: Ken Shannon
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Identification plate

Series
Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#104
Publication date
February 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-11-17
Indicia publisher
Comic Magazines
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ken Shannon - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Handsome Hunk of Homicide!cover1Ken Shannon First
1Handsome Hunk of Homicidecomic story13script: Joe MillardKen Shannon
2Honolulu Homicidecomic story10pencils: Harry Anderson; inks: Harry AndersonT-Man Trask (formerly Treasury Agent Trask); Sam Spring (counterfeiter); Charlie Luani (field agent); Marge Daily (stewardess); Augie Bice (villain)
3The Hottest Corpse in Towncomic story7script: Joe Millard; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid GreeneInspector Marty Denver; Constable Cassidy; Tom Mason; Gunner Goby (villain); Art French (dead witness); Mavis Walker (smuggler); Slugger (killer)
4The Jonas Markham Casecomic story2
5Hostagetext story1.75letters: typeset
6Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulationstatement of ownership0.25script: Everett M. Arnold
7Beyond the Call of Dutycomic story6
8Killers' Country Clubcomic story7pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Sam CitronDan Leary (State Trooper); Happy Morton (villain); Benny (bartender); Miss Mardi

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Series context

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Sources

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