Action Comics #319 for Sale - First Appearance of Ardora - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #319
Publication date: December 1964
Key date: 1964-12-00
On-sale date: 1964-10-29
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 Ardora - 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	The Condemned Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman
1	Children of Tomorrow!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Condemned Superman!	comic story	11.67	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe Letterese	Ardora First, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	Special Silver Anniversary Issue!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
8	-	letters page	0.67	script: Mort Weisinger
9	Supermen of America	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset
11	Broadway Ha-Lights	comic story	0.67	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
13	The Super-Cheat!	comic story	11.67	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Joe Letterese	Imra Ardeen, Biron, Comet, Cosmic Boy, Edna Danvers, Fred Danvers, Salu Digby, Kara Zor-El, Alexander Hamilton, Rokk Krinn, Lori Lemaris, Lightning Lad, Garth Ranzz, Saturn Girl
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best of DC #27	1982	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-1980-2	2008	On eBay ›
Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-7861-8	2018	On eBay ›
The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s #[nn] ISBN 0-89660-055-6	1995	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #318319 of 866#320 ›

Sources

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

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