Pussycat #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Pussycat - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Pussycat (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 1968
Key date: 1968-10-00
On-sale date: 1968-07-02
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
Price: $0.35; 0.40 CAD
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Frank Zappa - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Adventures of Pussycat	cover	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
2	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Jim Mooney, Bill Ward; inks: Jim Mooney, Bill Ward	Pussycat First
3	The Mirthful Misadventures of a Merry, Mixed-Up Miss!	comic story	5	script: Wally Wood; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Wally Wood	Pussycat First
4	The Mirthful Misadventures of a Naughty, Nonsensical Nymphet!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Al Hartley; inks: Al Hartley; letters: Artie Simek	Pussycat First
5	The Madly Mirthful Misadventures of a Lively Little Lass!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
6	The Cool and Carefree Capers of a Curvy, Cuddly Chick!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
7	Another Capricious Caper of the Country's Most Cataclysmically Cuddlesome Curvaceous Cutie!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
8	-	illustration	2	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett	Pussycat First
9	The Madly Mirthful Misadventures of a Most Generously-Endowed Modern Miss!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
10	The Cavortin' Case of the Booby-Trapped Bra!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
11	Damsel in Disguise	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First
12	The Hidden Hippie Caper	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Sam Rosen	Pussycat First

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Canadian	price 0.40 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Cartoon Capers #4	1971	On eBay ›
Popular Jokes #73 (A)	1979	On eBay ›
Popular Jokes #78	1981	On eBay ›
Cartoon Laughs #4	1970	On eBay ›
Snafu ISBN 979-8-8750-0108-6	2025	On eBay ›
Bill Everett: "One Head Too Many!" and Other Stories ISBN 9798875001413	2026	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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