dˈuː tə ðə pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ lˈæɡ tˈaɪm, ðə dˈeɪli stɹˈɪp tˈiːm ʌv ɹˈaɪɾɚ wˈɪtni ˈɛlswɜːθ ænd ˈɑːɹɾɪst wˈeɪn bˈoːɹɪŋ sˈɔː wʌt hɐdbɪn kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd fɔːɹ ˈɪʃuː hˈæʃ θˈɜːɾi, ænd wɜːɹ ˈeɪbəl tə jˈuːz hˌɪm fˈɜːst ɪnðə dˈeɪli stɹˈɪp stˈoːɹi "ðə mˈɪstʃɪvəs mˈɪstɚ. ˈɛmzˈaɪzptlk" pˈʌblɪʃt fɹʌm fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi twˈɛnti wˈʌn tə dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ.
Due to the publishing lag time, the daily strip team of writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist Wayne Boring saw what had been created for issue #30, and were able to use him first in the daily strip story "The Mischievous Mr. Mxyzptlk" published from February 21 to July 19, 1944.