Adventure Comics #401 for Sale - First Appearance of Nasthalthia - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #401
Publication date: January 1971
Key date: 1971-01-00
On-sale date: 1970-11-25
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Nasthalthia - 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 Frightened Supergirl	cover	1	pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Kara Zor-El, Lex Luthor, Nasthalthia First, Supergirl
1	The Frightened Supergirl	comic story	14	script: Mike Sekowsky; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Jack Abel; letters: John Costanza	Kara Zor-El, Lex Luthor, Nasthalthia First, Supergirl
2	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
3	In the Strange House	comic story	8	script: Mike Sekowsky; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: John Costanza	Tracey Thompson; Betsy; Martha; Jonathan; Frankie
4	-	letters page	2	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

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

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