Snoopy first appeared in the Peanuts comic strip on October 4, 1950. According to this review of Peanuts’ history, this dog was kind of based on Spike, a black-and-white dog Peanuts creator ...
Devoted students of the "Peanuts" comic strip immediately recognized Needles as the town that Snoopy the dog's brother Spike lives in. Spike first appeared in Charles Schulz's long-running four ...