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21February-March 1951
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A Date with Judy #21

DC · February-March 1951 · on sale 1950-12-04

First appearance: Melvin FosterFirst appearance: Tootsie WhiteheadFirst appearance: Randolph Foster
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Identification plate

Series
A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
February-March 1951
Key date
1951-02-00
On-sale date
1950-12-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Babs - 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-cover1Judy Foster, Oogie Pringle
1New -- And Great!promo (ad from the publisher)1Steve Wilson
2-comic story8Dora Foster First, Judy Foster, Melvin Foster First, Randolph Foster First, Oogie Pringle
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6-comic story6Dora Foster First, Judy Foster, Melvin Foster First, Randolph Foster First, Mitzi Hoffman, Oogie Pringle
8Randolphcomic story5Dora Foster First, Judy Foster, Melvin Foster First, Randolph Foster First, Oogie Pringle
9-comic story0.5Janie Clark First
11In Charactercomic story2
12-comic story3Pam
13-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug
15Knitting Instruction Bookcomic story1pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerBabs First
16-comic story6Judy Foster, Oogie Pringle
17-comic story0.75Peg
19-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug
20Nothing Doing Daytext story2letters: typesetJudy Foster, Randolph Foster First, Oogie Pringle
21It's Circus-Time for Hope and Laugh-Time for Youpromo (ad from the publisher)0.75Bob Hope
22-statement of ownership0.25letters: typeset
23-comic story7Dora Foster First, Judy Foster, Melvin Foster First, Mitzi Hoffman, Oogie Pringle, Tootsie Whitehead First
24The World of Adventure in Bookspublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappGreen Arrow, Tom Hawk, Sir Justin, Oliver Queen, The Shining Knight, Tomahawk

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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