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1208September-November 1961
$0.15

Four Color #1208

Dell · September-November 1961 · on sale 1961-06-15

First appearance: Ludwig von Beethoven
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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1208
Issue title
Rocky and His Friends
Publication date
September-November 1961
Key date
1961-09-00
On-sale date
1961-06-15
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ludwig von Beethoven - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel
1Contentstable of contents1Bullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel
2Moose Goes Westcomic story9script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel
3Sword and the Rockcomic story5script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreKing Arthur
4Frivolous Factstext article1letters: typeset
5The Soda Baroncomic story2script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBoris Badenov; Natasha Fatale
6Prince of Frogscomic story4script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel
7Knock, Knockcomic story3Ludwig von Beethoven First
8Million-Dollar Moosecomic story8script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel
9Mistaken Identitycomic story1script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreMr. Peabody; Sherman
10Ankles Awaycomic story1script: Al Kilgore; pencils: Al Kilgore; inks: Al KilgoreBullwinkle J. Moose, Rocky J. Squirrel

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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