Adventure Comics #229 for Sale - First Appearance of Topo - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #229
Publication date: October 1956
Key date: 1956-10-00
On-sale date: 1956-08-28
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Topo - 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 End of the Kent Family!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Superboy
2	The End of the Kent Family	comic story	10	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lana Lang, Superboy
4	Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug, Peg
7	Aquaman's Undersea Partner	comic story	5.5	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon	Aquaman, Topo First
9	The Amazing Mechanical Man	text story	1.75	script: Jack Miller
10	Here Are the Prizes	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	letters: typeset
12	The Wildcat Archers	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy

Plus 7.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #59	1962	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #228198 of 472#230 ›

Sources

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

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