Publishers / Charlton / Tom Cat (1956) / #5
5August 1956
$0.10

Tom Cat #5

Charlton · August 1956

First appearance: Tom Cat
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Identification plate

Series
Tom Cat (Charlton, 1956 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
August 1956
Key date
1956-08-10
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 Tom Cat - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Tom Cat First
1-comic story0.5Tom Cat First
2-comic story0.5Tom Cat First
3Tom Cat the High Scorercomic story7pencils: Al Fago; inks: Al FagoTom Cat
4Tom Cat Knows Bestcomic story2Tom Cat First
5Tommy Thumb and the Big Windtext story2script: Clem Colbert
6The Menace of the Meet!comic story7Tom Cat First
7No Do-Ray-Mecomic story6King Karrot
8-comic story0.5Tom Cat First
9-comic story0.5Tom Cat First
10In the Soup!comic story2Droopy; Reddy Fox; Mr Grumpy
11Tom Catcomic story0.5Tom Cat
12Tom Catcomic story0.5Tom Cat
13Dog Dazecomic story3
14Tom Catcomic story0.5Tom Cat
15-comic story0.5Tom Cat First
16Coach's Petcomic story1Tom Cat First

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Sources

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