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6February 1951
$0.10

Family Funnies #6

Harvey · February 1951 · on sale 1950-12-22

First appearance: Snuffy SmithFirst appearance: Little IodineFirst appearance: Annie Rooney
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Identification plate

Series
Family Funnies (Harvey, 1950 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
February 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-12-22
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Snuffy Smith - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Little Iodine - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Annie Rooney - 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
0-cover1pencils: Chic YoungBlondie Bumstead, Alexander Bumstead, Cookie Bumstead, Dagwood Bumstead, Felix the Cat, Flash Gordon, Little Iodine First, Etta Kett, Mandrake, Popeye, Snuffy Smith First, Swee'pea
1Meet Brandon Walsh Creator of Little Annie Rooneytext article1pencils: ?; ? (photo); inks: ?; ? (photo); letters: typesetAnnie Rooney First
2-comic story1script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic Young
4-comic story1script: Tom Sims; pencils: B. Zaboly; inks: B. Zaboly
5-comic story1script: Knerr; pencils: Knerr; inks: Knerr
6-comic story0.5script: H. H. Knerr; pencils: H. H. Knerr; inks: H. H. Knerr
7-comic story0.5script: Geo. McManus; pencils: Geo. McManus; inks: Geo. McManus
8-comic story1script: Otto Messmer; pencils: Otto Messmer; inks: Otto Messmer
9-comic story1script: Edwina; pencils: Edwina; inks: Edwina
10-comic story1script: Ad Carter; pencils: Ad Carter; inks: Ad Carter
11-comic story1script: Jimmy Murphy; pencils: Jimmy Murphy; inks: Jimmy Murphy
12-comic story0.444script: Colin Allen; pencils: Colin Allen; inks: Colin Allen
15Joke Paradetext article0.33Blondie; Dagwood; Popeye; Little King; Maggie; Jiggs; Katzenjammer Kids (all head shots only)
16Family Funniespromo (ad from the publisher)0.25
17-comic story1script: Russ Westover; pencils: Russ Westover; inks: Russ Westover
18-comic story1script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis
19-comic story1script: Paul Robinson; pencils: Paul Robinson; inks: Paul Robinson
20-comic story1script: Doc Winner; pencils: Doc Winner; inks: Doc Winner
22-comic story1script: George McManus; pencils: George McManus; inks: George McManus
23-comic story1script: Carl Anderson, Don Trachte; pencils: Carl Anderson, Don Trachte; inks: Carl Anderson, Don Trachte
25From Flash Gordon's Interplanetary Logcomic story1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: John Belfi
26-comic story1script: C. D. Russell; pencils: C. D. Russell; inks: C. D. Russell
27-comic story1script: Brandon Walsh; pencils: Darrell McClure; inks: Darrell McClure
28-comic story0.5script: Jimmy Hatlo; pencils: Jimmy Hatlo; inks: Jimmy Hatlo
29-comic story0.5pencils: Fred Lasswell; inks: Fred Lasswell
32-comic story0.5script: Matt Murphy; pencils: Matt Murphy; inks: Matt Murphy
33-comic story0.5script: Matt Murphy; pencils: Matt Murphy; inks: Matt Murphy
34Puzzles and Gamesactivity1
35Why Kings Wear Robestext story0.85letters: typesetKing Bosco of Urania; Sir Cecibel Dilhouser: Sir Archibald Inkdummer
36-promo (ad from the publisher)0.15
37-comic story0.5script: Chic Young; pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic Young
38-comic story0.5script: Wally Bishop; pencils: Wally Bishop; inks: Wally Bishop
39-comic story0.5script: Paul McCarthy; pencils: Paul McCarthy; inks: Paul McCarthy
40-comic story0.5script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant
41Royal Modern Art Exhibitcomic story0.5script: O. Soglow; pencils: O. Soglow; inks: O. Soglow
42-comic story0.5script: Paul McCarthy; pencils: Paul McCarthy; inks: Paul McCarthy
43-comic story0.5script: Feg Murray; pencils: Feg Murray; inks: Feg MurrayJohnny Mack Brown; Ann Blyth; John Payne; Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Len Levinson
44-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
46Mandrake's Magic Pageactivity1
47A Perfect Giftpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

Sources

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