Publishers / DC / The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1949) / #3
3February-March 1950
$0.10

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet #3

DC · February-March 1950 · on sale 1949-12-19

First appearance: PamFirst appearance: NickFirst appearance: Melody Lane
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Identification plate

Series
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
February-March 1950
Key date
1950-02-00
On-sale date
1949-12-19
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Melody Lane - 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
0Harriet Goes A-Visitingcover1David Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Nick First
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2-comic story8David Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Nick First
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1Melody Lane First
5-comic story13David Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Nick First
6Tele-Varietiescomic story1Henry
8-comic story3Ozzie Nelson, Nick First
9Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp; editing: Jack SchiffBatman, Dick Grayson, Robin, Bruce Wayne
10-comic story4Pam First
11-comic story1Mr. Brodie
12Twisting the Dialtext article2script: Jay EmmettMarie Wilson
13Captain Chinapromo (ad from the publisher)1Captain China [Charles Chinnough] (played by John Payne)
14-comic story9David Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Nick First
15-comic story0.7
18Look Who's Here!promo (ad from the publisher)1Bob Hope

Plus 4.3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q125534728 (Nick), first-appearance property (CC0)

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