New Adventure Comics #27 for Sale - First Appearance of Mr. Burns - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue: #27
Publication date: June 1938
Key date: 1938-06-00
On-sale date: 1938
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mr. Burns - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mrs. Burns - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel	diver; shark
1	Flash!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster	Clark Kent, Superman
2	-	credits, title page	0.25	letters: typeset
3	The Train Robbery, Part 26	comic story	2.75	script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming
5	-	comic story	4	script: Siegel; pencils: Shuster; inks: Shuster	Mr. Burns First, Mrs. Burns First, Steve Carson, The Chief
6	Episode 22	comic story	6	script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
7	The Pirate Ship, Part 2	comic story	4	script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane	Rusty; Tubby; Specs; Chen Fu (villain)
8	Firing Squad Fizzle	text story	1.9	script: Gardner Fox	Jim Burke; General Gomez
10	Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 10	comic story	4	script: Joe Donohoe; pencils: Joe Donohoe; inks: Joe Donohoe	Sin Fu (villain)
11	-	comic story	2	script: R. A. Burley; pencils: R. A. Burley; inks: R. A. Burley
12	Genghis Akhim, Part 2	comic story	6	script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: Win	Captain Desmo; Genghis Akhim (villain)
13	The Red Hatchet, Part 5	comic story	2	script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely	Dale Daring; Dwan Yo (introduction, villain); Captain Brewster; Ali
14	-	comic story	2	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
15	Rajah Maharajah, Part 23	comic story	4	script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming	Sandor; The High Priest; Benar; Jadey; Ali Kuran; Elaka the wild dog
16	Beggars	comic story	2	script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
17	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
18	-	activity	1	script: Walter Wellman; pencils: Walter Wellman; inks: Walter Wellman
19	-	comic story	2	script: R. A. Burley; pencils: R. A. Burley; inks: R. A. Burley
20	-	cartoon	1	script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily	Victor McLaglen; Gladys Swarthout; Jean Muir; Spanky McFarland; Jean Hersholt
21	-	in-house column	1	script: ? (as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
22	Episode 5	comic story	6	script: Sven Elven; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén	Robin Hood; Little John; Will Gamewell [Will Scarlet]
23	-	comic story	2	script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
24	The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 1	comic story	4	script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers	Tod Hunter (introduction); Tommy Withers (introduction)
25	Pearl of the Bleeding Heart, Part 11	comic story	4	script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely	Nadir; The Renegade (villain); Sammy the Fence; Sir Thomas Ellsworth; Arcot
26	-	comic story	1	script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger

Plus 2.35 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

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Sources

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

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