DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...
comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. ...
series, which ran for 18 issues between 1969 and 1972. About Debbi's attempts to find happiness, often through dating, the series combined humor and romance elements. Similar in appearance and tone to
Archie Comics
Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.A Date with Judy'' (1947–1960). It also recycled some covers and plots from the earlier series.
The series won recognition in the industry, including the 1970
Shazam Award
The Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA) was an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Composed of comic-book profession ...
for Best Inker (Humor Division) for
Henry Scarpelli
Henry Scarpelli (July 30, 1930 – April 4, 2010) was an American comic book artist. His work won him recognition from the industry, including the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Humor Division) in 1970, for his work on ''Date With Debbi'', '' ...
for his work on it, '' Leave It to Binky'', and other DC comics.
A spin-off title, ''Debbi's Dates'', ran for 11 issues from 1969 to 1971. DC's entire humor line was cancelled in 1971–1972.