Sheriff of Tombstone #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Sheriff Luke Spade - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sheriff of Tombstone (Charlton, 1958 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: September 1959
Key date: 1959-09-00
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Group
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sheriff Luke Spade - 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: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Sheriff Luke Spade First
1	Six-Gun Dividend	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Sheriff Luke Spade First
2	The Owlhoot Sheriff	comic story	10	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller	Sheriff Luke Spade First
3	Hold-Up!	text story	2	letters: typeset
4	Giant of the West	comic story	2	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Molno; inks: Bill Molno
5	Break-Out	comic story	5	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Jack Keller; inks: Jack Keller; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Sheriff Luke Spade First

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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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