Publishers / Fawcett / Hopalong Cassidy (1943) / #22
22August 1948
$0.10

Hopalong Cassidy #22

Fawcett · August 1948

First appearance: Topper
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Identification plate

Series
Hopalong Cassidy (Fawcett, 1943 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications, Incorporated
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Topper - 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
0The Return of the Arizona Kid!cover1letters: typesetHopalong Cassidy, Topper First
1Contents Pagetable of contents1Hopalong Cassidy, Topper First
2The Bridge of Despaircomic story9Hopalong Cassidy
3Put That in Your Beeswaxcomic story0.5Hill Billy
4One in a Millioncomic story0.5pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BollePistol Packin' Pattie; Jenkins
5The Return of the Arizona Kid!comic story6.67Hopalong Cassidy
6Ozzie & Babsillustration0.33pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerOzzie; Babs
7The Last Performancecomic story6.67Hopalong Cassidy
8Teepee Topicscomic story0.33Sitting Bull
9Gold Diggercomic story4Whitey Whiskers; Daniel Boone Jr.
10Ridin' Herd with William Boydtext article1
12Sherlock Gets Crownedcomic story1Sherlock the Monk; Chuck
13Dead Heattext story2script: Frederick Arthur Thomson
14Fishy!comic story0.5Hill Billy
15Fighting Talkcomic story0.5pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BollePistol Packin' Pattie; Showboat Hodges
16Justice Triumphs!comic story7Hopalong Cassidy

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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