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190July 1966
$0.12

Strange Adventures #190

DC · July 1966 · on sale 1966-05-26

First appearance: Buddy BakerFirst appearance: Animal ManFirst appearance: Immortal Man
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Identification plate

Series
Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series)
Issue
#190
Publication date
July 1966
Key date
1966-07-00
On-sale date
1966-05-26
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 Buddy Baker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Animal Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Immortal Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Immortal Man-- The Hero Who Lived and Died 100 Times! / A-Man-- The Hero with Animal Powers!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoAnimal Man First, Buddy Baker First, Immortal Man First
1Dynamite's Coming!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp
2A-Man -- The Hero with Animal Powerscomic story12.34script: Dave Wood; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan StarkmanA-Man [Buddy Baker]; Roger Denning; Grabo
3Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fightpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff, Lyndon Johnson; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4Immortal Mancomic story11.67pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingKirk Jason [Immortal Man]; Helen Phelps
5A 2nd Star Collection of the Strange Lives of Batman and Robin!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
6-statement of ownership0.33script: Irwin Donenfeld
7Science Backs "Fable" of Loch Ness Monstertext article1script: Jack Miller

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Adventure Comics #4151972On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q547391 (Animal Man), first-appearance property (CC0)

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