Four Color #1128 for Sale - First Appearance of Bullwinkle J. Moose - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue: #1128
Issue title: Rocky and His Friends
Publication date: August-October 1960
Key date: 1960-08-00
On-sale date: 1960-07-07
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bullwinkle J. Moose - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rocky J. Squirrel - 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	Rocky and His Friends	cover	1	pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Alvin White	Bullwinkle J. Moose First, Rocky J. Squirrel First
1	Magnetic Moose	comic story	8	script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Bullwinkle J. Moose First, Rocky J. Squirrel First
2	The Youngest Outlaw	comic story	5	pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Peabody; Sherman; Billy the Kid
3	Oddities	text article	1	letters: typeset
4	Cinderella	comic story	4	script: Al Kilgore	Cinderella; Fairy Godmother; Stepsisters
5	Petty Piracy	comic story	6	script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Peabody; Sherman; Captain Kidd
6	The Mooseterious Journey	comic story	8	script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Bullwinkle J. Moose First, Rocky J. Squirrel First
7	Crossed Wires	comic story	1	script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Peabody; Sherman; Alexander Graham Bell
8	The Jaywalker	comic story	1	script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Ben De Nunez; inks: Ben De Nunez	Bullwinkle J. Moose First, Rocky J. Squirrel First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Bullwinkle #3	1972	On eBay ›
Bullwinkle #5	1972	On eBay ›
Bullwinkle #15	1977	On eBay ›
Bullwinkle #20	1979	On eBay ›
Rocky and Bullwinkle ISBN 978-1546370932	2017	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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