The inaugural four-panel comic, in which a boy remarks how he hates 'Good ol' Charlie Brown,' set the tone for its bald-headed hero. Peanuts made its official debut in seven newspapers on October 2, 1950. However, due to conflicts with other similarly named comics, he grudgingly agreed to retitle his strip Peanuts. After multiple attempts to get Li'l Folks syndicated, Schulz scored a breakthrough when United Feature Syndicate purchased his strip in 1950. Additional recognition came in 1948 when Schulz had the first of 17 cartoons published in The Saturday Evening Post. Titled Li'l Folks, and attributed to the artist's childhood nickname of 'Sparky,' the cartoon featured prototypes of the soon-to-be iconic characters of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. That year also brought the debut of Schulz's weekly panel in the St. The job gave him the opportunity to hone his technique, and he finally had one of his pieces published in early 1947. Schulz maintained his interest in cartooning during the war, developing an affinity for Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe characters in the military publication Stars and Stripes, and afterward, he began working as an instructor at his old cartooning school. He was then sent to Camp Cooke in California, before earning his official discharge on January 6, 1946. After Germany’s surrender, Schulz received the Combat Infantryman Badge for fighting in active ground combat under hostile fire. His unit was shipped to Europe in February 1945, where they helped lead the charge on Munich and liberate the Dachau concentration camp. Assigned to Company B in the Eighth Armored Battalion of the Twentieth Armored Infantry Division, Schulz trained as a machine gunner at Kentucky's Fort Campbell, rising to the rank of staff sergeant.

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