Adventure Comics #290 for Sale - First Appearance of Chief Parker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #290
Publication date: November 1961
Key date: 1961-11-00
On-sale date: 1961-09-28
Indicia publisher: National Periodical 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 Chief Parker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen - 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 Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Imra Ardeen, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Reep Daggle, Querl Dox, Clark Kent, Rokk Krinn, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Garth Ranzz, Saturn Girl, Superboy, Tinya Wazzo
2	The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!	comic story	13.67	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Joe Letterese	Imra Ardeen, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Reep Daggle, Querl Dox, Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Rokk Krinn, Krypto, Lana Lang, Lightning Lad, Dirk Morgna, Chief Parker First
6	Wanted: Safe Bus Riders!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
7	-	letters page	2	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
8	-	comic story	0.6	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Ollie
10	The Invasion of the Bizarro World!	comic story	10.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte	Bizarro, Bizarro Junior, Bizarro Junior, Bizarro-Krypto, Bizarro-Lois, Bizarro-Lois, Bizarro, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen First, Bizarro-Perry White, Jor-El, Lara
12	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
13	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		The Atom, Ray Palmer

Plus 5.06 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superboy #147	1968	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #36	1983	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-020-8	1992	On eBay ›
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-624-9	2000	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition #[nn]	2003	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #495	1983	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7102-2	2017	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-8157-1	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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