Adventure Comics #269 for Sale - First Appearance of Garth - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #269
Publication date: February 1960
Key date: 1960-02-00
On-sale date: 1959-12-31
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 Garth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Aqualad - 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	Superdog's Mean Master!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Shelly Moldoff	Clark Kent, Krypto, Superboy
2	Krypto's Mean Master!	comic story	12	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Superboy
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
6	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
7	The Comic Book Archer!	comic story	7	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
8	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Tricksy
10	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
11	The Kid from Atlantis!	comic story	7	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon	Aqualad First, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Garth First, Topo

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase #79	1968	On eBay ›
The Superman Family #169	1975	On eBay ›
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #9	1981	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 ISBN 1-4012-0785-5	2006	On eBay ›
The Aquaman Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-943-4	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1223-0; 1-4012-1223-9	2007	On eBay ›
Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-6446-8	2016	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

‹ #268238 of 472#270 ›

Sources

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

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