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1April 1971
$0.15

The Pink Panther #1

Western · April 1971 · on sale 1971-01-07

First appearance: The InspectorFirst appearance: The Little Man [Big Nose]
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Identification plate

Series
The Pink Panther (Western, 1971 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
April 1971
Key date
1971-04-00
On-sale date
1971-01-07
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Inspector - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Little Man [Big Nose] - 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
0-cover1pencils: Phil De Lara; inks: Phil De LaraThe Little Man [Big Nose] First, The Pink Panther
1Congratulations! It's Pink!comic story8script: Carl Fallberg; pencils: Phil De Lara; inks: Phil De LaraThe Little Man [Big Nose] First, The Pink Panther
2Pink in the Drinkcomic story5script: Carl Fallberg; pencils: Phil De Lara; inks: Phil De LaraThe Little Man [Big Nose] First, The Pink Panther
3Gold Key Comics Club Newspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
4Sea? Si', Sir!comic story6script: Carl Fallberg; pencils: Phil De Lara; inks: Phil De LaraThe Inspector First
5Extinct Pinkcomic story6script: Carl Fallberg; pencils: Phil De Lara; inks: Phil De LaraThe Little Man [Big Nose] First, The Pink Panther
6-text article1script: George Allard

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Golden Comics Digest #381974On eBay ›
The Pink Panther #811982On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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