Action Comics #289 for Sale - First Appearance of Superwoman - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #289
Publication date: June 1962
Key date: 1962-06-00
On-sale date: 1962-04-26
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Superwoman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Luma Lynai - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chameleon Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Sun Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Phantom Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Triplicate Woman - 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	Superman's Super-Courtship!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superwoman First, Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent, Luma Lynai First, Supergirl, Superman
1	Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Nick Cardy, Joe Kubert, Gil Kane, Ross Andru; inks: Nick Cardy, Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson, Mike Esposito
2	The Super-Practical Joker!	comic story	13	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White
3	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Ollie
4	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete
9	-	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
10	Superman's Super-Courtship!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Milt Snapinn	Brainiac 5, Chameleon Man First, Cosmic Man, Lightning Man, Phantom Woman First, Saturn Woman, Sun Man First, Superwoman First, Triplicate Woman First, Imra Ardeen, Reep Daggle, Edna Danvers, Fred Danvers, Kara Zor-El
11	Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	The Atom, Ray Palmer
13	Your Pass to New Worlds!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
15	For the Best in Comics Entertainment	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #390	1970	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-020-8	1992	On eBay ›
Superman in the Sixties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-522-6	1999	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1271-1	2007	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #496	1983	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1980-2	2008	On eBay ›
Superman in Action Comics #1 ISBN 1-55859-595-3	1993	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-6246-4	2016	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7102-2	2017	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8131-1	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #288289 of 866#290 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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