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Hickory #1 (1949) · The Collector

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Quality Comics
Hickory (1949)
#1

Quality Comics#1

Hickory

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Hickory #1

Publisher: Quality Comics
Cover date: October 1949
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36

Key issue

1st appearance of Lank Laramie
1st appearance of Zoom O'Day

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Credits

Writer: Bernard Dibble
Pencillers: Harry Sahle, Bernard Dibble
Inkers: Harry Sahle, Bernard Dibble
Cover: Harry Sahle

Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 247959

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Dewey leads two tourists to a "bar"--they think it's a place to get a drink, but "bar" is the way hillbillies say "bear." An unpleasant surprise for the outsiders.

Editorial and production

Editor: Elaine Allen
General manager: Busy Arnold

Characters

Lank Laramie· 1st appearance
Zoom O'Day· 1st appearance
Amy Cornell
Beanie Brown
Conway
Dewey Drip
Hickory
J. B.
Jed Cornell
Jim Turner
Mr. Pitts
Mr. Topps
Mrs. Pitts
Paw
Peachy Pitts
Shotgun

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