TV Stars #1 - First Appearance of Hustle, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: TV Stars (Marvel, 1978 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: August 1978
Key date: August 1978
On-sale date: 1978
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860200408
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Beegle Beagle - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sidney Merciless - 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	Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels	cover	1	pencils: Mark Evanier; inks: Scott Shaw; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Mark Evanier	Boogie First, Bump First, Captain Caveman, Brenda Chance, Taffy Dare, Grape Ape, Hustle First, The King First, Rattle First, Roll First, Shake First, Dee Dee Skyes, Undercover Elephant First
1	The Shipping Magnet	comic story	7	script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Dan Spiegle; inks: Dan Spiegle; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Carrie Spiegle	Captain Caveman, Brenda Chance, Taffy Dare, Dee Dee Skyes
2	Silent Knight	comic story	5	script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Owen Fitzgerald; inks: Scott Shaw; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Carol Lay	Sidney Merciless First, Rattle First, Roll First, Shake First
3	The Big Meal Deal	comic story	5	script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Frank Smith; inks: Scott Shaw; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Carol Lay	Beegle Beagle First, Grape Ape
4	The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera	text article	1	letters: typeset	Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt, Fred Flintstone, Huckleberry Hound
5	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Ken Barr, George Pérez; inks: Ken Barr, Klaus Janson	George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Quill, Star-Lord, Ringo Starr

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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

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