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81August 1963
$0.12

My Greatest Adventure #81

DC · August 1963 · on sale 1963-06-06

First appearance: Elasti-WomanFirst appearance: Elastic Lass
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Identification plate

Series
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
August 1963
Key date
1963-08-00
On-sale date
1963-06-06
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Elasti-Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Elastic Lass - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Nightmare Maker!cover1pencils: Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAutomaton, Elasti-Woman First, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
2The Nightmare Maker, Part 1comic story9.67script: Arnold Drake, Bob Haney; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanAutomaton, Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Woman First, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira SchnappBatman, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne
5How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira SchnappMr. Green; Mrs. Green; the two Green children; Terry (the Greens' dog)
6[The Nightmare Maker] Part 2: Doorway to Disastercomic story5.67script: Arnold Drake, Bob Haney; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan StarkmanAutomaton, Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Elasti-Woman First, Rita Farr, Adolf Hitler, Negative Man, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
8-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ira SchnappElastic Lass First, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lois Lane, Superman
10-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetJohnny DC
12Listen, World... I'm the Missing Linkcomic story8.67pencils: Alexander Toth; inks: Alexander Toth; letters: Stan StarkmanRalph Brand (reporter); Prof. Adams (anthropologist); Dr. Tabor (archaeologist); Bongo (monkey)

Plus 6.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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