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3March 1956
$0.10

Spooky #3

Harvey · March 1956 · on sale 1956-01-10

First appearance: Pearl
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Identification plate

Series
Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
March 1956
Key date
1956-03-00
On-sale date
1956-01-10
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1-comic story1
2Better Latecomic story5Pearl First, Spooky
3-comic story0.75
5-comic story0.75
6Hard Headcomic story5
7Harvey Comics Newspromo (ad from the publisher)0.75
8Reformed Spookcomic story5
9Small Talktext story0.75letters: typeset
10-statement of ownership0.25letters: typeset
11The Nutty Squirreltext story1letters: typesetJoey Squirrel
12Sweet and Sourcomic story5

Plus 0.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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