Date with Debbi #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Mona De Wolfe - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Date with Debbi (DC, 1969 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: January-February 1969
Key date: 1969-01-00
On-sale date: 1968-11-26
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mona De Wolfe - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Louise Anderson - 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: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Debbi Anderson, Buddy Baxter
2	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1		Debbi Anderson, Buddy Baxter, Martin Anderson First, Louise Anderson First, Rocky Anderson First, Mona De Wolfe First
3	Detention's the Thing!	comic story	9.67	script: Steve Skeates; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Debbi Anderson, Buddy Baxter, Mona De Wolfe First
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Buzzy, Benny Howe, Sherwood
8	A Year to Remember... A Year to Forget!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
9	Training Blacks and Blues	comic story	6		Binky Biggs, Sherwood, Peggy Baxter
10	Eeeek -- It's a Heap!	comic story	6.5	script: Steve Skeates; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Debbi Anderson, Buddy Baxter, Rocky Anderson First, Mona De Wolfe First
15	It's a Groove!	text article	1	letters: typeset
16	You'll Never Guess...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Batgirl, Batman, Batwoman, Catwoman, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Pamela Isley, Kathy Kane, Selina Kyle, Poison Ivy, Robin, Vicki Vale, Bruce Wayne

Plus 8.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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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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