Strange Adventures #123 for Sale - First Appearance of Bizarro - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue: #123
Publication date: December 1960
Key date: 1960-12-00
On-sale date: 1960-10-25
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 Bizarro - 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	Secret of the Rocket-Destroyer!	cover	1	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Secret of the Rocket-Destroyer!	comic story	7.67	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid Greene; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Captain Ray Bradley; The Zorr (aliens)
3	Mechanical Monsters on the Loose!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
4	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
6	Children of Tomorrow!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	The Next Giant Superman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Bizarro First, Brainiac, Clark Kent, Superman
8	Earthboy Meets Spaceboy!	comic story	8	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs
9	Atomic Knights Mail	letters page	1	script: Julius Schwartz
10	-	cartoon	1	script: Julius Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Milt Snapinn
11	The Cavemen of New York!	comic story	9	script: John Broome; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson	Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Douglas Herald; Marene Herald; Bryndon Smith; Wayne Hobard; Hollis Hobard]

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Strange Adventures #219	1969	On eBay ›
The Atomic Knights #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2748-7	2010	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4290-9	2014	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #122123 of 244#124 ›

Sources

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

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