Publishers / Western / The Flintstones (1962) / #47
47August 1968
$0.15

The Flintstones #47

Western · August 1968 · on sale 1968-06-20

First appearance: Wilma FlintstoneFirst appearance: Dino
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Identification plate

Series
The Flintstones (Western, 1962 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
August 1968
Key date
1968-08-00
On-sale date
1968-06-20
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Dino - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Bad Day in Brimstonecover1letters: typesetFred Flintstone, Barney Rubble
1A Bad Day in Brimstonecomic story10Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble
2The Little Big Shotcomic story4Cave Kids
3What's the Use?text story1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typesetRodney; Twitchy
4The Flea-O-Saurus Safaricomic story5Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble
5-comic story1Dino First, Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone First, Barney Rubble
6Dino on the Runcomic story5Dino First, Fred Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone First
7Ornitholestestext article1pencils: ? (illos); inks: ? (illos); colors: ? (illos); letters: typeset

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