Sunset Carson Comics #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Cactus - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sunset Carson Comics (Charlton, 1951 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: 1951
Key date: 1951-00-00
Indicia publisher: Charlton Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Cactus - 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: Keats Petree; inks: Keats Petree	Cactus First, Sunset Carson
1	The Adventures of Kit Carson	comic story	1		Kit Carson
2	Sunset Carson and the Man Who Stole a City!	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill
3	Colonel James Bowie	comic story	1	script: Mario De Marco; pencils: Mario DeMarco; inks: Mario DeMarco
4	The Homestead Frame Up!	comic story	6	script: Joe Gill
5	Sunset Carson Crushes a Conspiracy	text story	2	letters: typeset	Sunset Carson
6	Sunset Carson and the Election at Little Creek	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill
7	The North American Horse	comic story	4	script: Mario De Marco; pencils: Mario DeMarco; inks: Mario DeMarco
8	Panhandle Trouble	comic story	4	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Fran Matera; inks: Chad Kelly
9	-	comic story	1	script: Clint Harmon; pencils: Clint Harmon; inks: Clint Harmon
10	Scalps That Sold for Two Hundred Dollars Each!	comic story	1	script: Clint Harmon; pencils: Clint Harmon; inks: Clint Harmon

Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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