Bob Colt #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Buck - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Bob Colt (Fawcett, 1950 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: March 1951
Key date: 1951-03-00
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Buck - 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	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph)	Bob Colt
1	Poor Speller!	comic story	1	pencils: Al Zere; inks: Al Zere	Bronko Betsy
2	The Silver Dollar Smugglers	comic story	14		Buck First, Bob Colt, Pablo Sanchez
3	Boots Gets the Boot	comic story	4
4	False Claim	text story	2	script: Bernard Thompson
5	Roaming the Range	text story	1		Bob Colt, Pablo Sanchez
6	The Black Knight of the Prairie	comic story	11		Buckskin, Bob Colt
7	Close Mouthed Clem	comic story	0.67		Close Mouthed Clem
8	-	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Gordon Fawcett
9	Bob Colt	illustration	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph)

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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