The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 2, Periodicals, 1948, p. 187, Copyright number: B167969.
Frankie is a contestant on the "Answer or Take the Consequences" radio program, an allusion to Truth or Consequences hosted by Ralph Edwards (NBC 1940-1957); cf. 1657 Frankie: "The Rugged Radio Rumpus!" in issue 6.