Walt Disney the Beagle Boys #23 - First Appearance of John D. Rockerduck, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Walt Disney the Beagle Boys (Western, 1964 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: January 1975
Key date: January 1975
Indicia publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John D. Rockerduck - 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	Beagle Bait	cover	1	pencils: Kay Wright; inks: Larry Mayer; letters: Larry Mayer	Scrooge McDuck
1	Scrooge for a Day	comic story	13	script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Kay Wright	Chief O'Hara, Donald Duck, John D. Rockerduck First, Scrooge McDuck
2	Electric Brain Sprain	comic story	6	script: Mark Evanier; pencils: Pete Alvarado	Chief O'Hara, Clarabelle Cow, Gladstone Gander, Gyro Gearloose, Goofy, Captain Hook, Super Goof
3	The Big Pearl Hunt	comic story	6	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Pete Alvarado	Moby Duck

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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)
Wikidata, Q1775579 (John D. Rockerduck), first-appearance property (CC0)

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