Publishers / Harvey / Little Dot (1953) / #8
8November 1954
$0.10

Little Dot #8

Harvey · November 1954

First appearance: Reggie Van Dough Jr.First appearance: Freckles FriendlyFirst appearance: Pee Wee Friendly
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Identification plate

Series
Little Dot (Harvey, 1953 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
November 1954
Key date
1954-11-00
Indicia publisher
Harvey Enterprises Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Reggie Van Dough Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Pee Wee Friendly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Little Lotta, Little Dot
1-comic story1
2School Delayscomic story5pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve MuffattiLittle Dot; Little Lotta
3-comic story1Richie Rich
4The Mysterytext story0.75letters: typesetTommy Tatt
5Little Dot Meets Uncle Wingcomic story5
6Harvey Comics Newspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
7Hearty Appetitecomic story5
8-comic story1
9Pretty Boytext story0.8letters: typesetPreston Puppy
10Something Fishycomic story5Freckles Friendly First, Pee Wee Friendly First, Richie Rich, Reggie Van Dough Jr. First

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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