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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published June 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Al Fago [as Al Fago Studios]
Notes Based on Dale Messick's comic strip.

Cover Details

Characters Brenda Starr
Genre Adventure; Drama
Pencils Dale Messick (?)
Inks Dale Messick (?)
Notes Based on Dale Messick's comic strip.

1 page Dale Messick biography (nonfictional) "untitled"

Characters Dale Messick
Genre Fact
Pencils ? (Photograph)
Inks ? (Photograph)
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside Front Cover.

32 page Brenda Starr, Reporter story "untitled"

Characters Brenda Starr; Abretha; Pesky; Mr. Livwright
Genre Drama; Adventure
Script Dale Messick
Pencils Dale Messick
Inks Dale Messick
Notes Dale Messick's comic strip "Brenda Starr" debuted on June 30, 1940. It was an unusual blend of such diverse elements as soap-opera, adventure, mystery, fantasy, and even science fiction. Dale Messick was one of the first successful women cartoonists in the world. She retired in 1980.
Reprinted from Brenda Starr newspaper strip distributed by the Chicago Tribune.

1 page Brenda Starr (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters ? (Brenda's dog)
Genre adventure; crime