Jeanie Comics #13
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeJeanie Comics #13 marks the debut of Jeanie Johnson — billed on covers as 'Queen of the Teens' — and inaugurates the entire Jeanie Comics series, making it the foundational issue for one of Timely's post-war teen-humor franchises. The issue arrived as publisher Martin Goodman was aggressively pivoting away from superhero fare toward Archie-style teenage comedy, and Jeanie joined a crowded stable of similar Timely titles (Patsy Walker, Millie the Model, Georgie, Willie) that collectively defined the company's output for the late 1940s. The series also served as an early showcase for Al Jaffee — years before his celebrated run at Mad Magazine — giving him room to develop the comedic character work that would define his career. As the direct continuation of All Surprise Comics (with numbering picking up at #13 after that anthology's final issue, #12), Jeanie Comics #13 also illustrates the era's common practice of retitling ongoing series to spotlight a new lead character rather than launching a fresh title.
In "Oh Baby, No Baby," a 1947 Jeanie Comics standout, Stan Lee and Kin Platt deliver a charmingly chaotic family caper as Mitzi tries to navigate a simple hat shopping trip—only to find herself juggling her younger siblings, her boyfriend Perry, and her father in a whirlwind of misadventures that lands them all at the police station. A delightful slice of early comic book life, this issue captures the humor and heart of everyday family dynamics with a touch of classic 1940s flair.
In "Scandal While Shopping," Mitzi tries to pick out a new hat while juggling her younger siblings, only to find herself—and everyone she knows—dragged into a whirlwind of mishaps that lands them all at the police station. Written with a wink and drawn in the playful spirit of 1947 teen humor, this nine-page gem captures the chaos of a single afternoon gone wildly off track.
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Timely Comics launched Jeanie Comics by inheriting the publication slot and issue number of All Surprise Comics, which had run from Fall 1943 through Winter 1946–1947 for twelve issues before the numbering transferred directly to the new teen title. The series was edited under Stan Lee's broader editorial oversight and was part of a deliberate corporate strategy by publisher Martin Goodman to capitalize on the massive commercial success of Archie Comics, which had inspired a wave of copycat teen-humor launches across the industry. Al Jaffee, who by 1947 had already been a mainstay on the Patsy Walker title at Timely, took on the Jeanie feature as his workload there expanded to include these six-page stories; a writer credit for the earliest issues, including #13, has not been confirmed in publicly available indexes. Editor Ernie Hart is documented as one of the editors working on Timely's teen-humor line during this period.
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- First appearance of Jeanie Johnson ('Queen of the Teens'), the title character, whose debut is confirmed by both the Marvel Database and League of Comic Geeks.
- Released January 17, 1947, with a cover date of April 1947, published by Timely/Atlas Comics.
- The series continued the numbering directly from All Surprise Comics #12 (Winter 1946–1947), making #13 simultaneously the final issue of one anthology and the debut of the renamed title.
- Al Jaffee is credited as the primary penciler and inker on the Jeanie feature throughout the series, including its launch issue.
- The lead story in issue #13 is titled 'Oh Baby, No Baby.'
- The issue is a 48-page full-color anthology also featuring backup strips, including a Mitzi story titled 'Croon Goon!' — marking appearances by characters from the broader Timely teen-humor universe.
- The series ran for 15 issues in total, from April 1947 through October 1949, in the teen and romance genres.
- Jeanie Comics was one of more than a dozen Timely teen-humor titles launched in the post-war years (including Cindy Comics, Frankie Comics, and Hedy DeVine Comics) as part of a broad industry response to the dominance of Archie Comics.
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