A Date with Judy
#18
(August-September 1950)
DC,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-06-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Judy Foster; Oogie Pringle
- Keywords
- marching bands
Indexer Notes
A cover blurb claims that Judy is “Radio’s famous coast-to-coast favorite”.
The Kind of Stories You Like Best!
Danger Trail / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. This house ad reproduces the cover for Danger Trail #1.
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Melvin -- You’re not ready yet!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dora Foster; Melvin Foster; Judy Foster; Oogie Pringle; Mrs. Pringle; Mr. Pringle; Mr. Turk; Myrtle; Mrs. Atkins; Mayor Lyons; Randolph Foster
- Synopsis
- Melvin decides he is too tired to join Dora in visiting a cousin, and lies down for a nap. Judy, not wanting to wake him, goes to Oogie’s house. From an ambiguous comment by Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Pringle assume that Dora has left Melvin, and that Melvin has fallen ill. Before long, dozens of people “know” that the Fosters have split, and they all descend on the Foster house. Melvin wakes to a house full of well-meaning, ill-informed neighbors.
Trouble at Ghost-Town!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
not Al Plastino
[no title indexed]
Little Orvil / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho! Hum!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Orville
- Synopsis
- Orville is late, but doesn’t hurry up.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #101 (August 1956) -
in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #9 ([October 1956]) - in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)
-
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Lists names and credentials of four advisors to the publisher.
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Judy!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Tootsie; Judy Foster; Mitzi; Oogie Pringle
- Synopsis
- Judy wants Tootsie to be seen at less than her best. She connives to invite Tootsie to a come-as-you-are party while Tootsie’s hair is drying after being washed.
Thundering Out of America’s Most Danger-Filled Days...
Feature Films / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
Indexer Notes
This house ad reproduces the cover for Feature Films #3.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, I'm half asleep!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry
- Synopsis
- Jerry becomes sleepy at a movie, so he goes home to bed. At home, he cannot sleep.
[no title indexed]
Randolph / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Listen, Oogie -- I called to tip you off to something for two reasons!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Randolph Foster; Oogie Pringle; Melvin Foster; Judy Foster
- Synopsis
- Randolph warns Oogie that Judy is interested in another guy. But Randolph has a plan that will make Oogie look good to Judy again.
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You men are all alike...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg; Peg’s date
- Synopsis
- Peg wants to be treated as a man’s equal. She gets her chance.
- Reprints
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #129 (May 1959)
-
The Strange Case Of...
Date Duds --And a Date Dream! / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
This is an illustrated advice column; the script is a poem. Each of five stanzas gives an example of how a girl can be a bad date; the sixth stanza tells how a girl can be a “date dream.”
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oogie, do you think you’d like me with the new-look hairdo?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Judy Foster; Oogie Pringle
- Synopsis
- Judy responds unpredictably to Oogie as she considers getting a new hairdo.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, it's raining
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shorty; Timmy
- Synopsis
- When it rains on the day he promised to take nephews on a picnic, Shorty has to find a solution.
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #30 (August 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Chip / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is Joan in?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chip; Joan; Joan’s kid brother
- Synopsis
- Chip arrives to pick up Joan, but offends her when he does not interrupt a conversation to greet her.
- Reprints
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #225 (June 1956)
-
The Importance of Being Judy
A Date with Judy / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- domestic
- Characters
- Judy Foster; Melvin Foster; Dora Foster; Randolph Foster
- Synopsis
- Judy demands an absurd amount of reassurance about her family’s love.
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, how nice! Margie is announcing her engagement to Raymond Rayfield!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Judy Foster; Margie; Oogie Pringle; Tootsie
- Synopsis
- Judy is taken with the idea that one can announce engagements—and breaking of engagements—in a newspaper.
Job Counselor
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Jim
- Synopsis
- Superboy encourages Jim to find work for which he has an aptitude.
[no title indexed]
Skooter / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skooter--Go in to play right field!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Skooter; Coach
- Synopsis
- Skooter bumbles his way to baseball heroism.
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #14 (August 1956) which is reprinted
-
in Superman y sus amigos (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #19 (1 de julio de 1957)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
A Date with Judy -
1.
The Kind of Stories You Like Best!
Danger Trail -
2.
["Melvin -- You’re not ready yet!"]
A Date with Judy -
3.
Trouble at Ghost-Town!
Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure; "P-F" Canvas Shoes -
4.
["Ho! Hum!"]
Little Orvil -
5.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
6.
["Hello, Judy!"]
A Date with Judy -
7.
Thundering Out of America’s Most Danger-Filled Days...
Feature Films -
8.
["Golly, I'm half asleep!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
[no title indexed]
Nestlé's Crunch -
10.
["Listen, Oogie -- I called to tip you off to something for two reasons!"]
Randolph -
11.
["You men are all alike..."]
Peg -
12.
[no title indexed]
Columbia -
13.
The Strange Case Of...
Date Duds --And a Date Dream! -
14.
["Oogie, do you think you’d like me with the new-look hairdo?"]
A Date with Judy -
15.
["Golly, it's raining"]
Shorty -
16.
[no title indexed]
Bazooka Bubble Gum -
17.
["Is Joan in?"]
Chip -
18.
The Importance of Being Judy
A Date with Judy -
19.
["Oh, how nice! Margie is announcing her engagement to Raymond Rayfield!"]
A Date with Judy -
20.
Job Counselor
Superboy -
21.
["Skooter--Go in to play right field!"]
Skooter -
22.
No Matter What You Like, You’re Bound to Like The Adventures of Bob Hope
The Adventures of Bob Hope -
23.
[no title indexed]
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