Publishers / Harvey / Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (1950) / #12
12November 1951
$0.10

Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #12

Harvey · November 1951

First appearance: Elmer
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Identification plate

Series
Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
November 1951
Key date
1951-11-00
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Gangway!cover1Blondie Bumstead, Dagwood Bumstead, Daisy, Elmer First
1Dagwood Comics Contentstable of contents1Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Daisy’s pups; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Herb Woodley; Tootsie Woodley; Mr. Beasley (mailman)
2Thunder-Headcomic story6pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.; letters: Paul Fung Jr.Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Daisy’s pups; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Herb Woodley; Tootsie Woodley; football players; hardware store clerk; cloud-seeder pilot
3A Real Sportcomic story4pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.; letters: Paul Fung Jr.Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Alexander Bumstead; Alvin; Herb Woodley; ticket booth clerk
4Close Brush!comic story2script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic YoungBlondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Mrs. McNuff; brush salesman; Tootsie Woodley; Cookie Bumstead; Daisy
5Dagwood's Puzzle Pageactivity2pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.; letters: Paul Fung Jr.Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Elmer; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead
6Model Husband!comic story3script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic YoungBlondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Daisy’s pups; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; two of Dagwood's pool-playing buddies; Herb Woodley; Tootsie Woodley
7Horse Trainertext story0.75letters: typesetJeb Stomi; Rox Stomi
9Big Noise!comic story3script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic YoungBlondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Daisy; Daisy’s pups; Cookie Bumstead; Alexander Bumstead; Herb Woodley; Tootsie Woodley
10Now You See Him, Now You... Still Do!comic story1script: Tom Sims; pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill ZabolyPopeye the Sailor; Swee’pea; Aunt Jones; movie theatre ticket booth attendant; movie theatre usher
11Block Headcomic story0.5script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic YoungColonel Potterby; The Duchess; marble block delivery man
12Meat and Greetcomic story0.5script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic YoungColonel Potterby; The Duchess; marketeer 1; marketeer 2; marketeer 3; department store salesman; cow
13Jungle Triptext story0.75letters: typesetThe Wilsons
15A King and His Canine - Costumedcomic story1script: Otto Soglow; pencils: Otto Soglow; inks: Otto SoglowThe Little King; The Little King's dog; royal servant; bill poster; royal costumer; masquerade ball guests
16Down to Businesscomic story1script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic Young; letters: Chic YoungDagwood Bumstead; salesman; Alexander Bumstead

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #481954On eBay ›
Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #591955On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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