Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #20 - First Appearance of Mr. Dithers, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue: #20
Publication date: July 1952
Key date: July 1952
Indicia publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Mr. Dithers - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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		Dagwood Bumstead, Mr. Dithers First
1	-	table of contents	1
2	High Jinx	comic story	5
3	-	comic story	1	script: Tom Sims; pencils: Bill Zaboly
4	Match Maker	comic story	5
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young
6	-	comic story	0.5	pencils: George Swanson
7	Dagwood's Fun Page	activity	1
8	Friendly Feud	comic story	1	script: Paul Fung Jr.; pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.
9	Summer Heat	comic story	3	script: Paul Fung Jr.; pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.
10	Coffee Caper	comic story	2	script: Paul Fung Jr.; pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.
11	Five Dollar Bill	text story	0.8	letters: typeset
12	Nervous Wreck	comic story	3	script: Paul Fung Jr.; pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.
13	-	comic story	1	script: Otto Soglow; pencils: Otto Soglow
14	The Explorers	text story	0.8	letters: typeset
15	Writer's Cramp	comic story	1	script: Paul Fung Jr.; pencils: Paul Fung Jr.; inks: Paul Fung Jr.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #67	1956	On eBay ›
Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #120	1961	On eBay ›
Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff #64	1974	On eBay ›
Little Dot #109	1967	On eBay ›
Little Audrey TV Funtime #12	1965	On eBay ›
Little Audrey TV Funtime #24	1969	On eBay ›
Hot Stuff, the Little Devil #75	1966	On eBay ›
Playful Little Audrey #6	1958	On eBay ›
Playful Little Audrey #33	1961	On eBay ›
Spooky #66	1962	On eBay ›
Spooky Spooktown #36	1970	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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Series context

‹ #1920 of 140#21 ›

Sources

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

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