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24January-February 1950
$0.10

Movietown's Animal Antics #24

DC · January-February 1950 · on sale 1949-11-02

First appearance: Julius the Bug
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Identification plate

Series
Movietown's Animal Antics (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#24
Publication date
January-February 1950
Key date
1950-01-00
On-sale date
1949-11-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer
2-comic story6pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerMuggsy Mole
4-cartoon1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
5-comic story6pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer
6Peter Porkchopspromo (ad from the publisher)1
7-comic story5pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman
8Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
9-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
11-comic story6pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanJulius the Bug First
12-activity0.75script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
14Ham Hocks, Private Eyecomic story7pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto FeuerBrain
152 Great Western Stars in 2 Great Comics Magazines!promo (ad from the publisher)1
16-comic story1pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer
17The Long Tailed Muletext story2pencils: Martin Naydel
18-activity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
19-comic story6pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube GrossmanCharlie; Abner

Plus 5.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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