Playful Little Audrey #39 for Sale - First Appearance of Mrs. Wisenheimer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Playful Little Audrey (Harvey, 1957 series)
Issue: #39
Publication date: April 1962
Key date: 1962-04-00
On-sale date: 1962-01-15
Indicia publisher: Harvey Picture Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mrs. Wisenheimer - 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: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer; colors: Warren Kremer	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]
1	-	comic story	1	pencils: Howie Post	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]; Melvin Wisenheimer
2	1962 Calendar	illustration	1	pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer
3	High Time	comic story	5	pencils: Howie Post	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]; Melvin Wisenheimer; Echo (cameo); Lucretia (cameo)
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Steve Muffatti; pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve Muffatti	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]
5	Dancing School	comic story	0.5	script: Steve Muffatti; pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve Muffatti	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Steve Muffatti; pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve Muffatti	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]; Mrs. Smith
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Steve Muffatti; pencils: Steve Muffatti; inks: Steve Muffatti	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]
8	The Century Sucker	comic story	5	pencils: Howie Post	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]; Melvin Wisenheimer; Mrs. Smith; Lucretia; Phoebe
10	Surprise Surprise	comic story	5	pencils: Howie Post	Audrey Smith [Little Audrey]; Melvin Wisenheimer; Echo (cameo)
11	The Lonely Tiger	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Growler; Poppo
12	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
13	Imp-Possible	text story	0.75	letters: typeset
14	Kookie about Cake	comic story	5	pencils: Howie Post	Lucretia, Little Audrey, Melvin, Mrs. Wisenheimer First

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Little Audrey and Melvin #58	1973	On eBay ›

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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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