Sad Sack and the Sarge #39 for Sale - First Appearance of General Rockjaw - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sad Sack and the Sarge (Harvey, 1957 series)
Issue: #39
Publication date: October 1963
Key date: 1963-10-00
On-sale date: 1963-07-15
Indicia publisher: Harvey Hits Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of General Rockjaw - 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	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker	Sad Sack; The Sarge
1	Sleeping Beauty	comic story	1		Sad Sack, Sarge
2	Stuck With It!	comic story	5		Sad Sack, Sarge
3	Suprise Ending	comic story	2		Sad Sack, Sarge
4	Suprise Package	comic story	5		Sad Sack, Sarge
5	What a Night!	comic story	5		Sad Sack, Sarge
6	Quick Change	text story	2	letters: typeset	General Rockjaw First
7	Repeat Performance	comic story	5		Sad Sack, Sarge

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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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