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3August-September 1956
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Sugar & Spike #3

DC · August-September 1956 · on sale 1956-06-26

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Series
Sugar & Spike (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
August-September 1956
Key date
1956-08-00
On-sale date
1956-06-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Spike Discovers the Oceancover1script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerBarbara Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson
2The Shiny Round Rollercomic story6script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerBarbara Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson
3Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
4Spike Discovers the Ocean!comic story6script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerBarbara Plumm, Bill Plumm, Sugar Plumm, Harvey Wilson, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson
5Pint-Size Pin-Upsactivity1script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Spike Wilson
6-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
8Lobsters Away!comic story4script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Harvey Wilson, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson
9Peter Porkchops Solves "The Case of the Careless Camper!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman; letters: Ira SchnappPeter Porkchops; Smokey Bear (unnamed); Wolfie
10-letters page2script: Larry Nadle
11You Be the Editor!!activity1script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer
12Anti-Auntycomic story6script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon MayerSugar Plumm, Peg Wilson, Spike Wilson

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Sugar & Spike #961971On eBay ›
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The Best of DC #681986On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0930289803
1991On eBay ›
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1992On eBay ›
The Sugar and Spike Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-3112-5
2011On eBay ›

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