Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 17, 1963

That looks likes peppermint patty…

They look like two escaped mental patients.

This is the first appearance of 5’s two younger sisters, 3 and 4. (Charlie Brown believed that those were nice feminine names.) These two characters rarely made other appearances, and most of them were in movie theater lines. The two characters were featured in “A Charlie Brown Christmas”; they were seen in the famous dancing scene.

Twins!

I had a few Peanuts books when I was a kid but don’t remember ever seeing this strip. It was probably left out of the collection (a few strips were).

I remember their brother Number 5 but always wondered who these twin girls were. This finally solves a decades-old mystery (for me).

Here is a list of the Peanuts kids and pets introduced so far, in the order of their appearance, along with the dates.1. Shermy – 10-02-502. Patti – 10-02-503. Charlie Brown – 10-02-504. Snoopy – 10-04-505. Violet Gray – 02-07-516. Schroeder – 05-30-517. Lucy Van Pelt – 03-03-528. Linus Van Pelt – 09-19-529. Pigpen – 07-13-5410. Charlotte Braun – 11-30-5411. Sally Brown – 08-23-5912. Frieda – 03-06-6113. Faron – 05-23-6114. Little Red Haired Girl – 11-19-6115. 555 95472 – 09-30-6316. 3 95472 – 10-17-6317. 4 95472 – 10-17-63

Big girl.

This is one of only a handful of appearances they made in the strip, though they can be seen in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”