Marge's Tubby #13 for Sale - First Appearance of Chubby - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marge's Tubby (Dell, 1953 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: July-September 1955
Key date: 1955-07-00
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 Chubby - 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	Characters
0	-	cover	1	Alvin, Tubby
1	Street Cleaner	comic story	5	Iggy
2	The Flagoogle	comic story	5
3	The Mail	comic story	1
4	The X-Ray Glass	comic story	5	Iggy
5	The War Club	comic story	5	Chubby First
6	The Snowstorm	comic story	6	Gloria; Wilbur
7	The Haunted Clubhouse	comic story	5
8	Restless Sleep	comic story	1
9	Buying a Vase	comic story	1

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marge's Tubby and the Little Men from Mars #1	1964	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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