Golden Comics Digest #8 - First Appearance of Pedro, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: January 1970
Key date: January 1970
On-sale date: December 2, 1969
Indicia publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 164

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Pedro - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance of Inspector Willoughby - 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	-	cover	1		Bugs Bunny, Jerry, Knothead, Petunia Pig, Splinter, Sylvester, Tom, Tuffy, Tweety, Woody Woodpecker
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Daisy Duck, Donald Duck, Goofy, Gus, Jaq, Mickey Mouse, Pedro First
2	Contents	table of contents	2
3	The County Fair	comic story	18		Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig, Sylvester
4	Tiny Turtles	activity	1		Elmer Fudd
5	Another Nut in the Woods	comic story	6		Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam
6	Gems About Pearls	text article	1	letters: typeset	Porky Pig
7	Hot Spot Plot	comic story	8		Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote
8	A Golden Giggle	comic story	1		Petunia Pig, Porky Pig
9	Big Top Flop	comic story	8		Sylvester, Tweety
10	Daffy Questions	cartoon	1	letters: typeset	Daffy Duck
11	Yikes! The Hunter!	comic story	7		Cool Cat
12	John Muir	text article	3	letters: typeset	John Muir
13	The Ship's Cat	comic story	14		Jerry, Tom, Tuffy
14	Things in Common	activity	1	letters: typeset	Fuzzy, Wuzzy
15	Tree for Two	comic story	6		Screwy Squirrel
16	The Tiny Terror	comic story	7		Droopy
17	Big Shell Puzzler	activity	1	letters: typeset	Big Spike, Little Tyke
18	Trojan Twosome	comic story	8		Jerry, Tom, Tuffy
19	Medal of Honor	text article	1	letters: typeset
20	Suitable Suits	comic story	6		Flip; Dip; Pa Simian; Ma Simian; Mrs. Hippo; Mr. Tiger
21	Fun Page	activity	1	letters: typeset	Jerry, Tuffy
22	The Rescue	comic story	6		Bertie Bird; Jimmie Jay; Willard Woodpecker; Mister Firefly; Missus Firefly
23	The Armored Coward	text article	1	letters: typeset
24	A Horse with Toes	text article	1	letters: typeset
25	The Great Beast of Baluchistan	text article	1	letters: typeset
26	Mystery Mountain	comic story	14		Knothead, Splinter, Woody Woodpecker
27	One-Line Fish	activity	1	letters: typeset	Andy Panda, Charlie Chicken
28	Holdup at Sunup	comic story	5		Inspector Willoughby First
29	The Goon Who Came to Dinner	comic story	10		Chilly Willy
30	Splinter's Riddle Revealer	activity	1	letters: typeset	Knothead, Splinter
31	Dragon Train	comic story	10		King Size, Space Mouse
32	Oswald's Musical Spelling Bee	activity	1	letters: typeset	Oswald the Rabbit
33	The Space-Cake	comic story	6		Knothead, Splinter, Winnie Woodpecker
34	Chuckle Chest	text article	1	letters: typeset	Knothead, Splinter
35	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Cracky

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

Before you buy

Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

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

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