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263December 1978
$0.40

House of Mystery #263

DC · December 1978 · on sale 1978-09-26

First appearance: Black CanaryFirst appearance: Green Arrow1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#263
Publication date
December 1978
Key date
1978-12-00
On-sale date
1978-09-26
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893053012
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Black Canary - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Green Arrow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Is There Vengeance after Death?cover1pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta; colors: Tatjana WoodAugustus Howard
1Introduction Pagecomic story1pencils: Romeo Tanghal; inks: Romeo TanghalCain
2Is There a Vengeance After Death?comic story6script: Bob Ingersoll; pencils: Johnny Craig; inks: Johnny Craig; colors: Cory Adams; letters: Milt SnapinnCain
3-comic story1script: Dave Manak; pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak; letters: Dave Manak
4Exchange of Innocencecomic story9script: Barry Jameson; pencils: James Pak; inks: James Pak; colors: Cory Adams; letters: Shelly LefermanDoctor Ramon Bunel
5-letters page1script: ? [as Cain]; letters: typeset
6Volume 78 Issue 38 - Week of September 18, 1978in-house column1script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck; editing: Bob Rozakis, Anthony TollinBlack Canary First, Green Arrow First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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Series context

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Sources

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