Publishers / Dell / Marge's Tubby (1953) / #12
12April-June 1955
$0.10

Marge's Tubby #12

Dell · April-June 1955 · on sale 1955

First appearance: Alvin
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Identification plate

Series
Marge's Tubby (Dell, 1953 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
April-June 1955
Key date
1955-04-00
On-sale date
1955
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Alvin - 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
0Pin the Tail on Tubbycover1Alvin First, Tubby
1Tough Nut to Crackcomic story1script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
2The Little Man on the Cakecomic story6script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
3The Money Findercomic story6script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
4The Gentlemancomic story6script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
5-comic story2script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
6Clothes Callcomic story6script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
7Wellington Whiskcomic story6script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
8Bus Stopcomic story1script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby
9Imbalanced Seesawcomic story1script: John Stanley; pencils: John Stanley, Lloyd White; inks: Lloyd WhiteTubby

Where to read it

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Series context

‹ #118 of 45#13 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q104050295 (Alvin), first-appearance property (CC0)

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