My Date Comics
#v1#4
(January 1948)
Hillman,
1947 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-11-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hillman Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
A Hillman Publication
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (credited as Edward Cronin) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.
[no title indexed]
Swifty Chase / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's funny! Gosh - I had a new five dollar bill ---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Swifty Chase; Sunny Daye; House-Date Harry
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art credit suggested by Harry Mendryk on his Simon & Kirby blog http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/category/comic-checkli…
The Lonesome Wolf
Swifty Chase / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sunny Daye; Swifty Chase; House-Date Harry; Howard Howard; Georgia Stafford; Snubby Skeemer
- Synopsis
- Howard Howard is famous for his womanizing ways, but in reality he is shy and diffident, afraid to admit his feelings for nightclub singer Georgia Stafford. House-Date Harry offers to set the two up and teach Howard how to behave, but his tactics don't work and Swifty has to set things right.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Howard Howard is based on Howard Hughes.
The Date-Letter of Bill Dotson in Pictures
My Date / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lee Ames ?
- Inks
- Lee Ames ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jean Anne Marten; Bill Dotson; Mary; Harry
- Synopsis
- Bill doesn't know how to ask Mary on a date, so his friend Harry takes advantage of the situation to get Mary for himself. But Bill's steady and friendly actions win out in the end.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits per Comic Book Plus site.
[no title indexed]
The "My Date" Letters Page / letters page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Lorrie McCullough, Joan Wieczorek, Jo Scharita, Phyllis Landes, and Raynal Lowel.
[no title indexed]
Ginny / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh -- Look at all the men going into Ginny's house!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ginny Tate; Herbert Gotrocks; Mrs. Tate; Ambrose Tate; Icky Davis; Caboose; Geni Gapalack; Mr. Gotrocks
- Synopsis
- Herbert overhears Ginny's dad discussing a real estate deal and runs to tell his father, who tries to ruin Mr. Tate's plans, but Ginny and her friends make sure that an even better deal goes through.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits per Comic Book Plus site.
Genius --- That's What!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lee Ames ?
- Inks
- Lee Ames ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ann; Lucy; Joe
- Synopsis
- Lucy manages to outsmart Ann, who's trying to steal her boyfiend.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits per Comic Book Plus site.
Somebody New
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dewey Triem (credited as Justin D. Triem)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Chris Peters; Mr. Peters; Marjory Peters; Elaine Williams; Tod Carter
- Synopsis
- Chris is jealous when it looks like his girlfriend Elaine has another suitor.
- Reprints
A Rainy Day with House-Date Harry
Swifty Chase / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Kirby (signed); Joe Simon (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- House-Date Harry; Sunny Daye; Mr. Duff; Mr. Zipken
- Synopsis
- Sunny thinks that maybe just this once Harry might change his ways, but she's wrong.
- Reprints
-
in The Best of Simon and Kirby (Titan, 2009 series) (May 2009) -
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1627 - The Complete My Date Comics ([January] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Ultra Violet / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee! It's wonderful that you've moved into town, Helen!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Violet Ray [Ultra Violet]; Helen; George; Carl
- Synopsis
- Violet uses her glamorous alter ego to teach two boys a lesson about their dating behavior.
- Reprints
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1627 - The Complete My Date Comics ([January] 2018), #1720 - The Complete Ultra Violet ([February] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits per Comic Book Plus site.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["That's funny! Gosh - I had a new five dollar bill ---"]
Swifty Chase -
1.
The Lonesome Wolf
Swifty Chase -
2.
The Date-Letter of Bill Dotson in Pictures
My Date -
3.
[no title indexed]
The "My Date" Letters Page -
4.
["Gosh -- Look at all the men going into Ginny's house!"]
Ginny -
5.
Genius --- That's What!
-
6.
Somebody New
-
7.
A Rainy Day with House-Date Harry
Swifty Chase -
8.
["Gee! It's wonderful that you've moved into town, Helen!"]
Ultra Violet
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- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
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