Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: Charlie Brown and Snoopy or The Hobbit?
The Hobbit came first, in 1937 (published). Charlie Brown and Snoopy followed 13 years later, in 1950 (first published).
- Second1950
Charlie Brown and Snoopy
comic · first publishedPeanuts first ran in 1950 in seven newspapers.
- First1937
The Hobbit
book · publishedThe Hobbit came out in 1937; Tolkien first wrote its opening line on a blank page of an exam paper.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.