Seymour, My Son #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Seymour - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Seymour, My Son (Archie, 1963 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 1963
Key date: 1963-09-00
On-sale date: 1963
Indicia publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Seymour - 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	Seymour, My Son	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Seymour First
1	My Son the Teenager	comic story	30	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick	Seymour First
2	Dear Reader	text article	1

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #5	1976	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #240	2013	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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