Publishers / Dell / Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (1941) / #87
87January 1949
$0.10

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #87

Dell · January 1949

First appearance: Sylvester
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Identification plate

Series
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (Dell, 1941 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
January 1949
Key date
1949-01-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sylvester - 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-cover1letters: ?; typesetBugs Bunny, Santa Claus
1Cicero's Deceptiontext story1.75letters: typesetCicero Pig, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig
2-comic story12Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Sylvester First
3-comic story8Mary Jane, Sniffles
4-comic story12letters: typesetBeaky Buzzard, Bugs Bunny, Cicero Pig, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig
5-comic story7.75pencils: Veve Risto; inks: Veve RistoHenery Hawk, Ollie Owl
6-statement of ownership0.25script: Helen Meyer
7-comic story8pencils: Veve Risto; inks: Veve RistoElmer Fudd, Sylvester First
8Mail to: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 261 Fifth Ave., N.Y. 16, N.Y.promo (ad from the publisher)0.25letters: typeset
9Best Gift in Your Bag, Doc!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: TypesetBugs Bunny, Santa Claus

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Series context

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Sources

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