Pat the Brat #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Fleabite - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Pat the Brat (Archie, 1955 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: May 1956
Key date: 1956-05-00
On-sale date: 1956-03-05
Indicia publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Fleabite - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
1	-	cartoon	1		Fleabite First, Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
2	Retreat 'n Beat!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
3	Crack-Shot!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
4	Heart to Heart	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
5	Fan Mail	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
6	Go West!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
7	Oh Boy!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
8	Mirror-Mirror!	comic story	1		Pat the Brat
9	Jet Mutt	comic story	0.5		Fleabite First, Pat the Brat
10	Eye-Eye-Sir!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
11	Love is Blind	comic story	1		Pat the Brat
12	Once a Year Visit!	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
13	Smarty	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
14	Model Patient	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
15	His Master's Voice	comic story	1		Fleabite First, Pat the Brat
16	E-Z Does It!	activity	0.5
17	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Super Duck
18	Strong Drink	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
19	Good Catcher	comic story	0.5		Fleabite First, Pat the Brat
20	He Said a Mouthful!	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
21	A Hit!	activity	1
22	Football Flub	comic story	1	pencils: Bob Bolling	Fleabite First, Pat the Brat
23	Down the Drain!	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
24	Artistic Genius	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
25	Poetic Justice	comic story	1		Pat the Brat
26	Caught Napping	comic story	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper
27	The Woim Toins	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat
28	Fixed Chair	comic story	0.5		Pat the Brat, Oswald Smith
29	Double Trouble	comic story	1		Fleabite First, Pat the Brat
30	Little Sister	text story	2	letters: typeset	Suzie Warwick
31	He Dood It	comic story	2		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
32	-	comic story	1	pencils: Bill Woggon	Ditto, Katy Keene, Sis, Randy Van Ronson
33	Fun Page	activity	0.5		Pat the Brat
34	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Joe Edwards	Wilbur Wilkin
35	Strange but True	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
36	Use'n His Head-Ache	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Oswald Smith
37	Fun Page	activity	0.75
38	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25		Betty Cooper
39	Tooth Is Stranger n' Fixin'	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith
40	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: George Frese	Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
41	Trouble Shooter!	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Oswald Smith
42	Drivin' Pop Batty	comic story	1		Pat the Brat, Oswald Smith
43	-	cartoon	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith
44	-	cartoon	1		Pat the Brat, Alice Smith, Oswald Smith

Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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