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Name: Spike Spalding
Other Names: "Spike" Spalding; Spike; Spike Spaulding; "Spike" Spaulding
Classification:
lead character
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: New Fun #3 (Apr. 1935): "The Mysterious Doings in the Kingdom of Patrania"
Creators: Vincent Sullivan
Number of Appearances: 28
Ally: Pincus
Birth Place: USA
Race: white
Gender: male
Note: adventurous young boy; star of comedy/adventure feature
Spike Spalding's best friend was Pincus, a black boy the same age as Spike. Some modern commentators regard the depiction of Pincus as "racist," but it is worth noting that the character, who also starred in his own feature, was one of the first black protagonists and first black major supporting characters in comic books. Pincus and Spike are treated as equals in the comic stories that feature them. The characters they encounter do not treat Pincus any different than they treat Spike.
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Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=spikespalding
- http://www.comicvine.com/spike-spalding/4005-63193/
- http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=21600
- http://dcmania.wordpress.com/tag/spike-spaulding/
- https://www.comics.org/issue/87/
- http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/Character.aspx?id=1c103b74-294c-4cbe-a665-96da9af3e13c
- http://unabridgedcomics.tumblr.com/post/71646371501/dc-comic-18-more-fun-11-date-july-1936
- http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/story.php?storyid=200