My Greatest Adventure #83 for Sale - First Appearance of Robotman - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series)
Issue: #83
Publication date: November 1963
Key date: 1963-11-00
On-sale date: 1963-09-05
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 Robotman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of The Mummy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Wolf Man - 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	Negative Man Goes Berserk!	cover	1	pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Ira Schnapp	Negative Man, Larry Trainor, Rita Farr, Cliff Steele
2	The Night Negative Man Went Berserk, Part 1	comic story	7.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan Starkman	The Chief, Larry Trainor, Dr. Niles Caulder, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Cliff Steele
4	Here It Is, Fans--	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira Schnapp	Johnny DC, Green Arrow, J'Onn J'Onzz, Martian Manhunter, Oliver Queen
5	The Flashiest News of the Year...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Carmine Infantino, Lee Elias; inks: Joe Kubert, Moe Worthman, Joe Giella, Frank Giacoia; letters: Ira Schnapp	Barry Allen, Johnny DC, Albert Desmond, Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man, The Flash, Gorilla Grodd, Kid Flash, Mister Element, Star Sapphire, Wally West
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Ace the Bat-Hound, Andre, Batman, Blackhawk, Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Chop-Chop, Chuck, Elasti-Girl First, Rita Farr, Dick Grayson, Tom Hawk, Hendrickson, Negative Man
7	Part 2: Negative Man Must Be Destroyed	comic story	8.67	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bruno Premiani; inks: Bruno Premiani; letters: Stan Starkman	Dr. Niles Caulder, The Chief, Rita Farr, Negative Man, Cliff Steele, Larry Trainor
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peter Puptent
13	-	letters page	1	script: Murray Boltinoff
14	Menace of the Undersea Beanstalk	comic story	7.67	pencils: John Giunta; inks: John Giunta; letters: Stan Starkman	Pete; Ben Stevens; Trog
16	Your United Nations at Work	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Ira Schnapp	Lin Tan

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Doom Patrol Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-795-4	2002	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-2182-9	2009	On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7355-2	2017	On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-8111-3	2018	On eBay ›
DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-035-3	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #8283 of 85#84 ›

Sources

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

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