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51January-February 1953
$0.10

Hollywood Funny Folks #51

DC · January-February 1953 · on sale 1952-11-24

First appearance: Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerFirst appearance: Santa Claus
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Identification plate

Series
Hollywood Funny Folks (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
January-February 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
On-sale date
1952-11-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Santa Claus - 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-cover1Robert Rabbit, Nutsy Squirrel
2-comic story6Nutsy Squirrel
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: ?; typesetJerry Lewis, Dean Martin
5Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy Brown
6-comic story3.75Bernard the Brave
8-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
10Fun Shopactivity2script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin NaydelNutsy Squirrel
11-comic story3Biggety Bear
12Rudolph Is Back Again!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman; letters: Ira SchnappRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer First, Santa Claus First
13-comic story3Robert Rabbit, Nutsy Squirrel
14Why the Ostrich Does Not Flytext story2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetPat Parrot; Olga Ostrich; Olga's son Oswald; Roger Rabbit; Oscar Ostrich
15Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy, Clark Kent
16-comic story5.67script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerButtons Bunny, Doodles Duck

Plus 5.58 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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