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3April-May 1952
$0.10

Flippity & Flop #3

DC · April-May 1952 · on sale 1952-02-25

First appearance: Sam
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Identification plate

Series
Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
April-May 1952
Key date
1952-04-00
On-sale date
1952-02-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sam - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim DavisFlippity, Flop, Sam First
1Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBuzzy Brown
2-comic story5.67script: Hubie Karp; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim Davis; letters: Ira SchnappFlippity, Flop, Sam First
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6Let's Name Itactivity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
8-comic story6script: Hubie Karp; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim Davis; letters: Ira SchnappFlippity, Flop, Sam First
9-activity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
11Flippity and Flop Fun Shopactivity2script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelFlippity, Flop
12-comic story3script: Hubie Karp; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim Davis; letters: Ira SchnappTwiddle; Twaddle; Mr. Dingle; Mrs. R. Jones; Mr. John Jones
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1
14-cartoon1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
15The Curious Kittentext story2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
16-comic story6script: Hubie Karp; pencils: Jim Davis; inks: Jim Davis; letters: Ira SchnappFlippity, Flop, Sam First
17Can you find 6 sea creatures?activity0.67script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel

Plus 4.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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