Publishers / Charlton / Atomic Mouse (1953) / #40
40January 1960 [January 1961]
$0.10

Atomic Mouse #40

Charlton · January 1960 [January 1961] · on sale 1960-10-06

First appearance: Raro the RabbitFirst appearance: Froggo the FrogFirst appearance: Squaro the Squirrel1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Atomic Mouse (Charlton, 1953 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
January 1960 [January 1961]
Key date
1961-01-00
On-sale date
1960-10-06
Indicia publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jon D'Agostino; inks: Jon D'Agostino; letters: Jon D'AgostinoAtomic Mouse, Cimota Mouse
1TV or Not TVcomic story5Atomic Mouse, Cimota Mouse
2To the Rescuecomic story4Atomic Mouse, Cimota Mouse
3The Secret Ingredientcomic story5Atomic Mouse, Cimota Mouse
4What's News?comic story6letters: typesetAtomic Mouse
5Clever Caterpillertext story2letters: typesetFroggo the Frog First, Raro the Rabbit First, Squaro the Squirrel First
6...A Success!comic story0.5Old Smokey
7Wealthy Welbycomic story0.5Welby; Sue
8There Are Ways and Wayscomic story1pencils: George Wildman; inks: George WildmanAtomic Mouse, Cimota Mouse
9Sink-a-Puttactivity1letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 6d [0-0-6 GBP]

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Series context

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Sources

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