Mutt & Jeff #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Fatso - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: Summer 1945
Key date: 1945-07-00
Indicia publisher: Gainlee Publishing Co.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 44

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Fatso - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Mutt; Jeff
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Our Country's Generals & Admirals Appeal to You	public service announcement	0.67	letters: typeset
3	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
4	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
5	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
6	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
7	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
8	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
10	Chasing Her Tail	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
11	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
12	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
13	Tricking the Bloodhound	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
14	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
16	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
17	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
18	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
19	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
20	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
21	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
22	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
23	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
24	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
25	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
26	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
27	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
28	Bad Neighbor	text story	2	script: Lynne Lovelace
29	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
30	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
31	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
32	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
33	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
34	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
35	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
36	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
37	-	comic story	0.75	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
38	-	comic story	0.25	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
39	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
40	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
41	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
42	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
43	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
44	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
45	-	comic story	1	script: Sol Hess; pencils: W. A. Carlson; inks: W. A. Carlson
47	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
48	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
49	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
50	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
51	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
52	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
53	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
54	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
55	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
56	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
57	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
58	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher
60	A Prevue of Magazines Now Selling at Your Dealers!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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