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27February-March 1960
$0.10

Sugar & Spike #27

DC · February-March 1960 · on sale 1959-12-29

First appearance: Uncle CharleyFirst appearance: Little Arthur
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Identification plate

Series
Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
February-March 1960
Key date
1960-02-00
On-sale date
1959-12-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Uncle Charley - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Little Arthur - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Valentine Mix-Upcover1script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
3Uncle Charley Tackles the Baby-Talk Mysterycomic story7.67script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerLittle Arthur First, Uncle Charley First, Barbara Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
4Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
5Sugar's Snow Familycomic story0.5script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
7-activity1pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
8-activity1pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
9Little Giantscomic story5.67script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerBarbara Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11-activity1pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer
12A Strange Strangercomic story4script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
13-letters page1script: Lawrence Nadle
14Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superboy
15Valentine Mix-Up!comic story5.67script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon MayerBarbara Plumm, Bill Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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