Publishers / Western / The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril (1970) / #4
4March 1971
$0.15

The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril #4

Western · March 1971 · on sale 1970-12-31

First appearance: The Pink Panther
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Identification plate

Series
The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril (Western, 1970 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
March 1971
Key date
1971-03-00
On-sale date
1970-12-31
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Pink Panther - 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 Hairy Case of the Bewitched Wigscover1script: Del Connell; pencils: Jack Manning; inks: Jack ManningPauline Peril; Weakheart
2The Hairy Case of the Bewitched Wigscomic story26script: Del Connell; pencils: Jack Manning; inks: Jack ManningPauline Peril (girl reporter for the Daily Noose); Porterhouse P. Peril (Pauline's Papa and Noose owner); Weakheart (Pauline's helpful pet dog); Chester Chesty (Pauline's boyfriend who takes an instant protein formula to gain great strength); Snodgrass McViper (The villain)
3Gold Key Comics Club Newsin-house column1The Pink Panther First
4Stamp and Coin Collector's Cornertext article1script: George Allard
5Gold Key Kidforeword, introduction, preface, afterword0.25Gold Key Kid
6Jokes on Youletters page0.75script: Reader submitted
7Your Futuretext article1

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q15012089 (The Pink Panther), first-appearance property (CC0)

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