Popular Comics #7 for Sale - First Appearance of Sandy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: August 1936
Key date: 1936-08-00
On-sale date: 1936-06-25
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Moon Mullins - 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		Little Orphan Annie, Moon Mullins First, Sandy First, Dick Tracy
1	-	comic story	1	script: Frank King; pencils: Frank King; inks: Frank King	Brickley; Sneezix; The Major
2	-	comic story	1	script: Gaar Williams; pencils: Gaar Williams; inks: Gaar Williams	Uncle Mort; Aunt Evvy
3	-	comic story	3	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Connie, The Dragon Lady, Terry Lee, Pat Ryan
4	-	comic story	0.8	script: Walter Berndt; pencils: Walter Berndt; inks: Walter Berndt	Smitty
5	Herby Throws Baseball Glove to Make Catch	comic story	0.2	script: Walter Berndt; pencils: Walter Berndt; inks: Walter Berndt	Herby
6	-	comic story	3.2	script: Harold Gray; pencils: Harold Gray; inks: Harold Gray
7	-	comic story	0.8	script: Harold Gray; pencils: Harold Gray; inks: Harold Gray
8	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
9	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby	Skippy
10	-	comic story	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley
11	-	comic story	4	script: Chester Gould; pencils: Chester Gould; inks: Chester Gould	Dick Tracy; Pat; Blake; Toby Townley
12	-	comic story	1	script: Ed Leffingwell; pencils: Ed Leffingwell; inks: Ed Leffingwell	Little Joe; The General
13	-	comic story	1	script: Carl Ed; pencils: Carl Ed; inks: Carl Ed	Lillums; Poppy Lemuel; Mom
14	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes	Pinhead Duffy; Mrs. Duffy
15	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes	Daisybelle
16	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman	Bronc Peeler; Coyote Pete; Miss Jean; The Parson
17	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
18	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
19	-	comic story	1	script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley	Smilin' Jack' The Professor
20	-	activity	1	script: Dick Ryan; pencils: Dick Ryan; inks: Dick Ryan
21	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
22	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby	Skippy
23	-	comic story	2	script: Sidney Smith; pencils: Sidney Smith; inks: Sidney Smith	Chester Gump; Chief Bessuk; Koodloo
24	-	comic story	0.8	script: Ferd Johnson; pencils: Ferd Johnson; inks: Ferd Johnson	Lovey Dovey
25	-	comic story	0.2	script: Ferd Johnson; pencils: Ferd Johnson; inks: Ferd Johnson	Texas Slim
26	-	comic story	0.8	script: Martin Branner; pencils: Martin Branner; inks: Martin Branner
27	-	comic story	0.2	script: Martin Branner; pencils: Martin Branner; inks: Martin Branner
28	-	comic story	0.8	script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
29	-	comic story	0.2	script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
30	The Heathen Waits	comic story	1	script: Jimmy Bancks; pencils: Jimmy Bancks; inks: Jimmy Bancks
31	-	comic story	0.8	script: Walter Berndt; pencils: Walter Berndt; inks: Walter Berndt
32	Baseball Hits Herby in the Face	comic story	0.2	script: Walter Berndt; pencils: Walter Berndt; inks: Walter Berndt	Herby
33	-	text article	1	script: Montgomery Mulford
34	-	comic story	0.8	script: Tack Knight; pencils: Tack Knight; inks: Tack Knight
35	-	comic story	0.2	script: Tack Knight; pencils: Tack Knight; inks: Tack Knight
36	-	comic story	0.8	script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
37	-	comic story	0.2	script: Frank Willard; pencils: Frank Willard; inks: Frank Willard
38	-	comic story	0.8	script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
39	-	comic story	0.2	script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
40	No Appetite!	comic story	1	script: Edwina Dumm; pencils: Edwina Dumm; inks: Edwina Dumm
41	Knickers, Longies - Or Art?	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet (introduction, Scribbly's mother); "Dinky" Jibbet (introduction, Scribbly's younger brother, unnamed while at Dell Comics, see Notes below); Rose (introduction, Mrs. Jibbet's friend); Ving Parker (famous cartoonist, mentioned only, appears next issue)
42	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
43	-	comic story	2	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
44	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
45	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes
46	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
47	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
48	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby	Skippy
49	-	activity	1	script: Dick Ryan; pencils: Dick Ryan; inks: Dick Ryan
50	Bertie & Bertha's Big Bang!	text story	2	script: Chet Grant
51	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent
52	-	comic story	2.1	script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth	Don Winslow
53	-	comic story	0.9	script: Frank V. Martinek; pencils: Leon A. Beroth; inks: Leon A. Beroth
54	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
55	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman
56	The Fighting Cowboy	comic story	1	script: Gaylord Du Bois, Leon Morgan; pencils: Hal Arbo; inks: Hal Arbo	Tom Mix
57	The Vanishing Heiress (conclusion)	text story	2	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker
58	-	comic story	1	script: Robert L. Ripley; pencils: Robert L. Ripley; inks: Robert L. Ripley
59	-	comic story	0.4	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby
60	-	comic story	0.6	script: Percy Crosby; pencils: Percy Crosby; inks: Percy Crosby	Skippy
61	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
62	-	comic story	1.4	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
63	-	comic story	0.8	script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
64	-	comic story	0.2	script: Al Posen; pencils: Al Posen; inks: Al Posen
65	-	comic story	0.8	script: Gaar Williams; pencils: Gaar Williams; inks: Gaar Williams
66	-	comic story	1	script: Frank Beck; pencils: Frank Beck; inks: Frank Beck
67	-	comic story	0.6	script: Stanley Link; pencils: Stanley Link; inks: Stanley Link
68	-	comic story	1	script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack Mosley
69	Smokey Sits Behind a Pole	comic story	0.7	script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman	Smokey Stover
70	-	comic story	1	script: Garrett Price; pencils: Garrett Price; inks: Garrett Price

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Series context

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Sources

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

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