PLATINUM AGE1897-1932
Yellow Kid in McFadden's Flats, The, 1897, Dillingham
Co. (1st comic book)
Funny Folk, 1899, E.P. Dutton (2nd comic book)
Vaudeville and Other Things, 1900, Blandiard Co. (3rd
comic book)
Blackberries, The, 1901, R.H. Russell (Ties as 4th
comic book)
Foxy Grandpa, 1901, F.A. Stokes Co. (Ties as 4th comic
book)
Pore Li'l Mose, 1902, Cupples & Leon (1st satire book)
(1st Cupples & Leon book)
Alphonse & Gaston & Leon, 1903, Hearst's New York
American
Buster Brown and His Resolutions, 1903, F.A. Stokes
Co. (1st nationally distr. comic)
Happy Hooligan, 1903, Hearst's New York American (1st
comic book app.)
Katzenjammer Kids, 1903, Hearst's New York American
(1st comic book app.)
Brown's Blue Ribbon Book of Jokes and Jingles, 1904,
Brown Shoe Co. (1st comic book premium)
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, 1905, Doffield & Co.
(Ties as 1st Winsor McCay book)
Little Sammy Sneeze, 1905, New York Herald Co. (Ties
as 1st Winsor McCay book)
Buster Brown, 1906, Cupples & Leon (1st C&L series
comic)
Little Nemo, 1906, Doffield & Co. by Winsor McCay
3 Funmakers, 1908, Stokes (1st comic to feature more
than one character)
Mutt & Jeff, 1910, Ball Publ. (1st comic book app.)
Comic Monthly, 1922, Embee Dist. Co. (1st monthly
newsstand comic)
Funnies, The, 1929, Dell Publ. Co. (1st four-color
comic newsstand publ.)
Mickey Mouse Book, 1930, Bibo & Lang (1st Disney
licensed book)
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye, 1931, Sonnet Publ.
Co. (1st Popeye book)
Detective Dan, 1933, Humor Publ. Co. (1st comic
w/original art & 1st on newsstand)
Adventures of Detective Ace King, 1933, Humor Publ.
Co. (along with Detective Dan, helped bridge the gap between the PA and
GA)
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The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide