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Patsy Walker (comic book)

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The first issue was published in 1945, and was published by Timely Comics until issue #36 (September 1951), while Atlas Comics continued the publication from #37 (November 1951) through #94 (April 1961), and Marvel Comics continued the publication beginning with issue #95 (June 1961).
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Note at the bottom left of the cover is the Atlas globe, this being the latest month the globe will ever appear (Sept/57) as Goodman lost his distributor when ANC (American News Corp.) crashed in April. There is an October cover month with the globe, the comic book
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Following Patsy's high-school graduation in issue #116 (Aug. 1964), the title switched from humor to become a young career-gal romantic adventure.
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In fact, the first true 'Marvel Age' comic — the first issue minus the Atlas symbol in the upper-left corner — was
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was defunct as a comic by the time I got there. ... Still, as a fan, I had collected everything Marvel, including
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Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017).
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Miller, Jonathan (May 2010). "Beware the Claws of Patsy Walker: The Hellcat Cometh".
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The last comic to bear the Atlas globe on the cover was the comic
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later introduced the concept of Walker as a superhero in the
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Love on the Racks: A History of American Romance Comics
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made his mark with a more than decade-long run on the
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Index


Al Hartley
comic book
Patsy Walker
Timely Comics
Atlas Comics
Marvel Comics
Ruth Atkinson
Miss America Magazine
cover-dated
Timely Comics
Betty
Robert "Buzz" Baxter
teen-humor
Patsy and Hedy
Millie the Model
Kid Colt, Outlaw
Golden Age of Comic Books
Atlas Comics
Silver Age of Comic Books
Mad
cartoonist
Mad Fold-in
Al Jaffee
Harvey Kurtzman
Al Hartley
Archie Comics
Christian comic books
Otto Binder
Al Hartley

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