Sad Sack Comics #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Humphrey - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Sad Sack Comics (Harvey, 1949 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: March 1950
Key date: 1950-03-00
On-sale date: 1950-01-01
Indicia publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Humphrey - 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	Teacher First Grade	cover	1	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack; boy student
1	Blondie Comics 16	preview (from the publisher)	0.5	script: Chic Young	Blondie Bumstead, Dagwood Bumstead, Daisy
2	Dick Tracy Comics 25	preview (from the publisher)	0.5	script: Chester Gould	Flattop, Dick Tracy
3	Ace Dairy	comic story	1	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
4	Harvey Comics are Good Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Alfred Harvey
5	Stiff Back Liniment Co.	comic story	1	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
6	Grocery Bag Help	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
7	Stock Market Clean Up!	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker
8	Noisy Affair	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
9	Beer	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
10	Defend, Assist, Touchdown!	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
11	Ace Bookeeping Co.	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
12	Sad Sack Market	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
13	Silence is Golden	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
14	Bananas	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
15	Fancy Shoes	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
16	Meet the Family	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
18	Have You Heard?	cartoon	0.5	letters: typeset (p. 18, left half)
19	Track 5	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
20	Teacher's Pet!	text story	0.5	letters: typeset (p. 19, right half)
23	To Shave or Not	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
24	Rooming House	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack; landlady
25	Violin Lessons	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
26	Steep Grade	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
27	Tim's Grill	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
28	Megaphones	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack
29	Can You Solve These Puzzles?	activity	1	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig
30	Are You a Sad Sack?	letters page	0.75	letters: typeset
31	Jive Talk	activity	0.25	letters: typeset
32	The Knockout	comic story	2	script: Vic Herman; pencils: Vic Herman; inks: Vic Herman; colors: Ken Selig; letters: Vic Herman	Winnie the Waitress; waiter; Joe Lockwood; boxer; referee
33	Three Great Comics by Ham Fisher	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: Ham Fisher	Humphrey First, Little Max, Joe Palooka
34	Everyone Loves the Sad Sack	preview (from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig	Sad Sack
35	.... Our Fan Club "Hero"	text story	1	letters: typeset	Gary Clark; Minnie Rogers; Tom Clark; fans; girl
37	Help Wanted	comic story	1	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker; colors: Ken Selig; letters: George Baker	Sad Sack

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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

‹ #34 of 290#5 ›

Sources

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

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