ft88 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I really enjoy the cartoon comics of the 40's mainly because I like the covers and they seen a better bargain than prints or cells of the cartoons themselves. I just came into a collection of low grade cartoon books and started wondering about their first appearances. Here's a list of characters please feel free to add to them and am curious where the first appearance is. With some of these I am going off of memory so please correct anything that is mistaken. Little Dot and Richie Rich: Little Dot 1 Ramona: RR 100 Dollar: RR 60 (questionable if you read the book and see the cover) Archie: Pep 22? Uncle Scrooge: FC 148 Bugs Bunny: Looney Tunes 1, or Feature #8 Porky Pig: Looney Tunes 1 or the book with him and Daffy Duck from 1937(?) Daffy Duck: see above Elmer Fudd Sylvester Tweety Yosemite Sam Michigan P Frog Gladstone Gander: WDCS 88 Gyro Gearloos: WDCS 140 Huey Duey Louis: Daisy Duck Minnie Mouse: Goofy: Pluto: Peter pan I won't even go into Mickey and Donald since they have so many cartoon type books it gets impossible to say what the first "comic" book was. I consider FC 4 and FC 16 as the first true comic appearance. Mighty Mouse Atomic Mouse Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker associated characters Amdy Panda Fritz the Cat Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby It always seems like these characters were first seen in reprint type comics or "Large Feature comics" and the like with no real first appearance. My main interest are specifically these cartoon character books and its tough to easily find this info out scrolling through an Overstreet. Thanks for the help on these, commentary is appreciated as well. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpfef Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Andy Panda - CRACKAJACK FUNNIES #39 (1941) Woody Woodpecker - NEW FUNNIES #74 (I think) 1942 The early New Funnies would be the first appearance of most of the Lantz characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Oh yeah Tom and jerry too: Probably an Our Gang I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 (edited) I've added a few things off the top of my head. They're in bold Little Dot and Richie Rich: Little Dot 1 Ramona: RR 100 Dollar: RR 60 (questionable if you read the book and see the cover) Archie: Pep 22 Jughead and Betty also in Pep 22 Veronica in Pep 26 Reggie in Jackpot 5 Uncle Scrooge: FC 178 Bugs Bunny: Looney Tunes 1, or Feature #8 Porky Pig: Looney Tunes 1 or the book with him and Daffy Duck from 1937(?) Daffy Duck: see above Elmer Fudd Sylvester Tweety Yosemite Sam Michigan P Frog Spooky: Casper 10 Casper: Casper 1 Baby Huey: Also Casper 1 Pogo: Animal Comics 1 Gladstone Gander: WDCS 88 Gyro Gearloos: WDCS 140 Huey Duey Louis: Daisy Duck Minnie Mouse: Goofy: Pluto: Peter pan I won't even go into Mickey and Donald since they have so many cartoon type books it gets impossible to say what the first "comic" book was. I consider FC 4 and FC 16 as the first true comic appearance. Mighty Mouse Atomic Mouse Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker associated characters Amdy Panda Fritz the Cat Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Edited October 12, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpfef Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Oh yeah Tom and jerry too: Probably an Our Gang I would guess. Yup, Our Gang #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Little Dot and Richie Rich: Little Dot 1 Ramona: RR 100 Dollar: RR 60 (questionable if you read the book and see the cover) Archie: Pep 22 Jughead and Betty also in Pep 22 Veronica in Pep 26 Reggie in Jackpot 5 Uncle Scrooge: FC 178 Bugs Bunny: Looney Tunes 1, or Feature #8 Porky Pig: Looney Tunes 1 or the book with him and Daffy Duck from 1937(?) Daffy Duck: see above Elmer Fudd Sylvester Tweety Yosemite Sam Michigan P Frog Spooky Baby Huey Little Lotta: (Little Dot 1?) Casper: Casper 1 Baby Huey: Also Casper 1 Pogo: Animal Comics 1 Gladstone Gander: WDCS 88 Gyro Gearloos: WDCS 140 Huey Duey Louis: Daisy Duck Minnie Mouse: Goofy: Pluto: Peter pan Mighty Mouse Atomic Mouse Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker associated characters Amdy Panda Fritz the Cat Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 The first appearance of Mighty Mouse is Terry-Toons Comics #38. We just added a copy, otherwise, "I did not know that." Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Nice cover where MM is given the keys to TerryVille - I like this early cover (and thanks to ft88 I just bought my own copy) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mica Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Popeye first appears in 1929. Olive Oyl first appeared in 1919. I was amazed at that. Olive's first boyfriend was Ham Gravy. Of course this is all comic strip so I don't know the comic book answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybolt Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Popeye first appears in 1929. Olive Oyl first appeared in 1919. I was amazed at that. Olive's first boyfriend was Ham Gravy. Of course this is all comic strip so I don't know the comic book answers. Interesting, I never knew that. To this day I can't figure out why Popeye and Bluto would fight over that piece of stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 To this day I can't figure out why Popeye and Bluto would fight over that piece of stick. Dude...drunken sailors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mica Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Apparently Cegar needed a character to sail Olive over to someplace so he drew a sailor character. This became popeye and soon he took over the whole Thimble Theater strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenSmith Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Popeye Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Popeye first appears in 1929. Olive Oyl first appeared in 1919. I was amazed at that. Olive's first boyfriend was Ham Gravy. Of course this is all comic strip so I don't know the comic book answers. Olive Oyl's first appearance in a book is "All the Funny Folks" Platinum Age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Who are you callin' skinny - seems a mite plump to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybolt Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Who are you callin' skinny - seems a mite plump to me. Wow, did she go on a slim fast diet or something? Maybe she was pregnant with Sweepy at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psiknight Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Little Dot and Richie Rich: Little Dot 1 Ramona: RR 100 Dollar: RR 60 (questionable if you read the book and see the cover) Archie: Pep 22 Jughead and Betty also in Pep 22 Veronica in Pep 26 Reggie in Jackpot 5 Uncle Scrooge: FC 178 Bugs Bunny: Looney Tunes 1, or Feature #8 Porky Pig: Looney Tunes 1 or the book with him and Daffy Duck from 1937(?) Daffy Duck: see above Elmer Fudd: Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies 1 Sylvester Tweety Yosemite Sam Michigan P Frog Spooky: Casper 10 Casper: Casper 1 Baby Huey: Also Casper 1 Pogo: Animal Comics 1 Gladstone Gander: WDCS 88 Gyro Gearloos: WDCS 140 Huey Duey Louis: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 3 Daisy Duck: Large Feature # 16 Minnie Mouse: Goofy: Pluto: Peter pan Donald's first comic book appearance was Donald Duck (1935) by Whitman. It's a linen-type book. I won't even go into Mickey and Donald since they have so many cartoon type books it gets impossible to say what the first "comic" book was. I consider FC 4 and FC 16 as the first true comic appearance. Mighty Mouse: Terry-Toons # 38 Atomic MouseL Atomic Mouse # 1 Woody Woodpecker: New Funnies # 87, I think Woody Woodpecker associated characters Andy Panda Crackajack Funnies # 39 Fritz the Cat Popeye: King Comics #1 Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mica Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 King comics #1 would be the introductions to Flash Gordon, Henry , Brick Bradford, and Mandrake the Magician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 King Comics #1... yeah right, thats a comic you see for sale once a lifetime. No doubt the linen book predates fc#4 but I sort of don't accept those as comic books. Plus the first Donald Duck with the short beak and attitude and it makes for his first appearance to me (and me only I guess). Same with FC 16. BTW is WDCS #3 really the first appearance of HD&L? #4 is the first cover but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psiknight Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 King Comics #1... yeah right, thats a comic you see for sale once a lifetime. No doubt the linen book predates fc#4 but I sort of don't accept those as comic books. Plus the first Donald Duck with the short beak and attitude and it makes for his first appearance to me (and me only I guess). Same with FC 16. BTW is WDCS #3 really the first appearance of HD&L? #4 is the first cover but.... Yep WDCS 3 is their first appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ft88 Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Little Dot and Richie Rich: Little Dot 1 Ramona: RR 100 Dollar: RR 60 (questionable if you read the book and see the cover) Archie: Pep 22 Jughead and Betty also in Pep 22 Veronica in Pep 26 Reggie in Jackpot 5 Uncle Scrooge: FC 178 Bugs Bunny: Looney Tunes 1, Porky Pig: Looney Tunes 1 or the book with him and Daffy Duck from 1937(?) Daffy Duck: see above Elmer Fudd: Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies 1 Sylvester FC 406? Tweety FC 406? Yosemite Sam Michigan P Frog Spooky: Casper 10 Casper: Casper 1 Baby Huey: Also Casper 1 Pogo: Animal Comics 1 Gladstone Gander: WDCS 88 Gyro Gearloos: WDCS 140 Huey Duey Louis: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 3 Daisy Duck: Large Feature # 16 Minnie Mouse: Goofy: Pluto: Peter pan Mighty Mouse: Terry-Toons # 38 Atomic MouseL Atomic Mouse # 1 Woody Woodpecker: Funnies 64, I think Woody Woodpecker associated characters Andy Panda Crackajack Funnies # 39 Felix the Cat Funnies 64 Popeye: King Comics #1 Olive Oyl, Bluto, Whimpy, Baby waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
