Scooby Doo, Where Are You? #1 - First Appearance of Shaggy, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Charlton, 1975 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: April 1975
Key date: April 1975
On-sale date: 1975
Indicia publisher: Charlton Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Shaggy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bill Williams; inks: Bill Williams	Scooby Doo; Shaggy; Velma
1	Come Stay Awhile... Like Forever!	comic story	6	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Williams; inks: Bill Williams	Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, Shaggy Rogers
2	Who's Laughing in the Fun House?	comic story	8	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Williams; inks: Bill Williams	Scooby Doo; Daphne; Fred; Shaggy; Velma
3	The Bobcat's Flying Lesson	text story	2	script: Michael J. Pellowski	Max, the Magic Rabbit; Bunny Rabbit; Waldo the Walrus; Bobcat
4	Custard's Next-to-Last Stand	comic story	8	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Bill Williams; inks: Bill Williams	Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, Shaggy First

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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