Debbi's Dates #10

Henry Scarpelli's cover for this November 1970 DC teen comedy says it all with one word: "THUMP!" A startled young man in wild polka-dot socks recoils as a booby trap explodes near the sofa where Debbi sits with another suitor, while a third fellow watches from the doorway with obvious amusement — and Debbi cheerfully delivers the punchline: "Daddy rigged that up, buddy!" It's a perfectly timed snapshot of the era's lighthearted romance-comedy hijinks, making Debbi's Dates #10 a fun reminder of how charmingly DC played the teen-humor genre alongside the story "Oh, Lulu!