All-Star Comics #58 for Sale - First Appearance of Kara Zor-L - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: All-Star Comics (DC, 1976 series)
Issue: #58
Publication date: January-February 1976
Key date: 1976-01-00
On-sale date: 1975-10-09
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kara Zor-L - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Power Girl - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Henry King - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Brain Wave - 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 Super Squad!	cover	1	pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Doctor Fate, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Ted Grant, Dick Grayson, Green Lantern, Kent Nelson, Sylvester Pemberton, Power Girl First, Robin, Alan Scott, The Star-Spangled Kid, Wildcat, Kara Zor-L First
2	All Star Super Squad	comic story	18	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Ric Estrada; inks: Wally Wood, Al Sirois; letters: Ben Oda	Brain Wave First, Doctor Fate, Dr. Mid-Nite, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Ted Grant, Dick Grayson, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Carter Hall, Hawkman, Hourman, Hal Jordan
5	-	letters page	1	script: Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell
7	On Sale This Month [January-February 1966]	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: promo (copy); letters: ?; typeset
9	Special Editions Comics Order List	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy); pencils: ? (cover thumbnails); inks: ? (cover thumbnails); colors: ? (cover thumbnails); letters: ?; typeset
10	A DC Super-Special Holiday Treat	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy); pencils: ? (cover reproductions); inks: ? (cover reproductions); colors: ? (cover reproductions); letters: ?; typeset
15	It's Superman's Birthday	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: ? (promo copy)	Superman
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: ? (promo copy)	Flash [Barry Allen]
17	We Can Put DC Comics Right in Your Mailbox	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset	Batman; Robin

Plus 11.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #3	1980	On eBay ›
Justice Society #1 ISBN 1-4012-0970-X	2006	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3303-7	2011	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #123	1975	On eBay ›
All-Star Comics: Only Legends Live Forever #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-071-7	2019	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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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