Publishers / Charlton / Ronald McDonald (1970) / #1
1September 1970
$0.15

Ronald McDonald #1

Charlton · September 1970

First appearance: Ronald McDonald
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Identification plate

Series
Ronald McDonald (Charlton, 1970 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1970
Key date
1970-09-00
Indicia publisher
Charlton Press Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ronald McDonald - 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
0-cover1pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
1Ronald's Fun Page!activity1pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill Yates
2One Tastecomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
3Trip to the Zoocomic story7script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
4Professor Phumble and His Phantastic Inventionscomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill Yates
5Teaching Tommy Tight-Ropecomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
6Ice Fishingcomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
7Ronald McDonald Crossword Puzzleactivity2pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill Yates
8Ronald McDonald Riddlesactivity1letters: typeset
9Dig We Mustcomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
10Teacher's Petscomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
11Ronald's Pun-Toonsactivity1pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill Yates
12Dog-Gonecomic story4script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
13The Goofy Guruactivity1script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill Yates
14Number Please!comic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First
15Prize Fightercomic story2script: Bill Yates; pencils: Bill Yates; inks: Bill YatesRonald McDonald First

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

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q837716 (Ronald McDonald), first-appearance property (CC0)

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