Ghostly Tales #55 for Sale - First Appearance of Mr. L. Dedd - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series)
Issue: #55
Publication date: April-May 1966
Key date: 1966-04-00
On-sale date: 1966-02-22
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mr. L. Dedd - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Doctor Milus T. Graves - 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: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Mr. L. Dedd First
1	Contents page	table of contents	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio	Mr. L. Dedd First
2	Great Caesar's Ghost	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Mr. L. Dedd First
3	Destiny of a Bullet	text article	1	letters: typeset
4	Dr. Graves The Ghost Fighter	comic story	3	script: Dave Kaler; pencils: Ernie Bache; inks: Ernie Bache; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Doctor Milus T. Graves First
5	Where Can Heaven Be?	comic story	1	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Charles Nicholas; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino
6	Army of the Dead!	comic story	6	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Mr. L. Dedd First
7	A Powerful Tale!	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Mr. L. Dedd First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Ghostly Tales #145	1980	On eBay ›
Crypt of Horror #24	2015	On eBay ›

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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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