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1September 1953
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Little Dot #1

Harvey · September 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Little Dot (Harvey, 1953 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1953
Key date
1953-09-00
Indicia publisher
Harvey Enterprises Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file First appearances of Little Dot and, in a backup, Richie Rich, September 1953. The most important Harvey comic ever published, and a book whose significance took decades to be recognized.

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-cover1Dot Polka
1Rough and Tumbledcomic story5Little Dot; Uncle Hoot
2The Dancing Lessonscomic story5script: Larz Bourne; pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve MuffattiRichie Rich (first appearance); Regina Rich (first appearance); unnamed boys playing baseball; unnamed bully
3-comic story5Charlotte Plump [Little Lotta] (first appearance)
4Mouse-Trocitytext story1letters: typesetMervin Mouse; Mrs. Mouse
5The Missing Jinxcomic story5

Where to read it

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Series context

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Sources

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