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1May-June 1958
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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan #1

DC · May-June 1958 · on sale 1958-03-06

First appearance: Barry Chan
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Identification plate

Series
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May-June 1958
Key date
1958-05-00
On-sale date
1958-03-06
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Barry Chan - 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
0-cover1pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira SchnappBarry Chan First, Charlie Chan, Number One Son
2Secret of the Phantom Bells!comic story16script: John Broome; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe GiellaBarry Chan First, Charlie Chan, Number One Son
3The Oldest Symbol in Comics...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Irv Novick, Bob Brown; inks: Irv Novick, Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappViking Prince
4Gems of Destinycomic story1script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
5Charlie Chan's Invisible Clue!comic story10script: John Broome; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe GiellaBarry Chan First, Charlie Chan, Number One Son
6Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerBuzzy; Tommy; Margie; Susie
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey; Spike Kelly

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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