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1January-February 1969
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Binky's Buddies #1

DC · January-February 1969 · on sale 1968-11-14

First appearance: AmyFirst appearance: Herbert HoweFirst appearance: Nora Howe
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Identification plate

Series
Binky's Buddies (DC, 1969 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January-February 1969
Key date
1969-01-00
On-sale date
1968-11-14
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Kitty Howe - 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: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBinky Biggs, Benny Howe
2A Little Jinx Goes a Long Way!comic story5.67Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Buzzy, Benny Howe, Sherwood
5-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Debbi Anderson, Buddy Baxter
6-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5Angel O'Day, Sam Simeon
8The Book Reportcomic story0.5Mark Shafner; Janet Tiffin; Thomas Maggio; Steven Isjoki
9DC Specialpromo (ad from the publisher)1Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs, Buzzy, Benny Howe, Sherwood, Candy Foster, Harvey Payne
10-comic story5.67Amy First, Benny Howe, Herbert Howe First, Kitty Howe First, Nora Howe First
11-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33Peggy Baxter, Allergy Biggs, Binky Biggs, Sherwood
12-comic story6Buzzy Brown, Mr. Gruff, Susie Gruff
14Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?!in-house column1script: Mark Hanerfeld
16-comic story0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Druckertwo boys
19Forgotten Kiss!comic story4Bill Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Binky Biggs
22-promo (ad from the publisher)1Batgirl, Batman, Batwoman, Catwoman, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Pamela Isley, Kathy Kane, Selina Kyle, Poison Ivy, Robin, Vicki Vale, Bruce Wayne

Plus 8.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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