Last update: 6/6/2020 Codes: r: = reprint s: = script l: = layout p: = pencils i: = inks name = signed <name> = signed with an alias {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby [name] = unsigned attribution My Date (Hillman) #1 July 1947 (cover) 1 pg P:{Kirby} "My Date With Swifty Chase" 14 pg P:{Kirby} Lt:[Wyatt & Oda] "Ginny" 1 pg "Your Down-Payment on Dates" 1 pg (text) "Ultra Violet" 10 pg P:[Robinson?] I:[Roussos?] "Cleopatra and the Convertible" 2 pg (text) "My Date" 6 pg P:Barry "Fellas 'n' Gals" 1 pg "Kitty Hawk" 3 pg #2 September 1947 (cover) 1 pg P:{Kirby} "My Problem Date" 14 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "Ultra Violet" 8 pg P:Barry "My Date" 6 pg P:Barry "letters" 1 pg "Ginny" 8 pg "Lindy Hopp Dancing Lessons" 1 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "The Square Fairy Godmother" 2 pg (text) "The Rosebud Sisters" 7 pg P:Keeler "Dippy" 1 pg #3 November 1947 (cover) 1 pg P:{Kirby} "My Date With Swifty Chase" 13 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "pin-up" 1 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "Ginny" 8 pg "Second Best Girl" 2 pg (text) "My Date" 6 pg "letter page" 1 pg "Date Snatcher" 5 pg "Ultra Violet" 10 pg P:Barry #4 January 1948 (cover) 1 pg P:[Robinson & Meskin] "The Lonesome Wolf" 12 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "My Date" 5 pg Lt:[Oda] "letters" 1 pg "Ginny" 6 pg Lt:Typeset "Genius, That's What" 6 pg Lt:Typeset "Somebody New" 2 pg (text) "A Rainy Day With Housedate Harry" 3 pg P:[Kirby] Lt:[Oda] "Ultra Violet" 8 pg Lt:[Oda]
Since it’s been five years, would you be confident in adding any inking credit to the Kirby penciled pieces here? Also, you now believe Lindy Hopp in #2 is S&K, yes?
Given time to review the material, I suspect I could provide at least some inking attributions. However time is really short for me right now. As for Lindy Hopp, yes I have come to the opinion that it was penciled by Kirby.
As we discussed at the MoCCA Festival, the Ginny stories in 1 & 4 are both 8 pages. Here’s the GCD entry for 1…