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5April-June 1952
$0.10

Little Beaver #5

Dell · April-June 1952

First appearance: Red Cloud
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Identification plate

Series
Little Beaver (Dell, 1951 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
April-June 1952
Key date
1952-04-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Red Cloud - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (painting); inks: ? (painting); colors: ? (painting)Little Beaver
1Indian Namestext article1pencils: August Lenox; inks: August LenoxCrazy Horse, Red Cloud First, Roman Nose, Chief Sitting Bull
2Charlie One-Sleep's Strange Visitorcomic story14pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanLittle Beaver, Po-ko
3-comic story10pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanLittle Beaver, Po-ko
4-comic story8pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred HarmanLittle Beaver, Po-ko
5The Sacred Navajo Ramtext article1letters: typeset
6-illustration1pencils: ? (painting); inks: ? (painting); colors: ? (painting); letters: typeset

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Series context

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Sources

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