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24August - September 1946
$0.10

Joker Comics #24

Marvel · August - September 1946 · on sale 1946-06-01

First appearance: Snoopy
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Identification plate

Series
Joker Comics (Marvel, 1942 series)
Issue
#24
Publication date
August - September 1946
Key date
1946-08-00
On-sale date
1946-06-01
Indicia publisher
Current Detective Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Starring All... ...Your Laff Favoritescover1Tessie Tender, Powerhouse Pepper, Snoopy First
3-comic story8pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris WeissSkidsy, Tessie Tender
4-comic story8pencils: Morris Weiss; inks: Morris WeissRuffy Ropes; Mr. Gabby; Miss Liverlilly; Mr. Kayo
5-comic story6
6Mixed Datestext story2letters: typeset
8To The Operacomic story8
9-comic story6
10Car Factscomic story1script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Harvey Kurtzman
11Colonel Coot's Carnivalcomic story6script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Basil WolvertonPowerhouse Pepper

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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