Superboy #86 for Sale - First Appearance of Pete Ross - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue: #86
Publication date: January 1961
Key date: 1961-01-00
On-sale date: 1960-11-22
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 Pete Ross - 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	The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Superboy
2	The Super Coward!	comic story	9	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Superboy
3	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	You Asked for It!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
6	Watch for the Second Superman Annual!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
7	The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!	comic story	8	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Pete Ross First, Superboy
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert
10	Get a Grip on Your Gripes!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
11	The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!	comic story	8	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Joe Letterese	Imra Ardeen, Cosmic Boy, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Rokk Krinn, Krypto, Lana Lang, Lightning Lad, Lex Luthor, Garth Ranzz, Saturn Girl, Superboy

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
80 Page Giant Magazine #11	1965	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #342	1966	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #15	1981	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-020-8	1992	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Superman vs. Lex Luthor #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0951-3; 978-1-4012-0951-3	2006	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #492	1982	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #8586 of 230#87 ›

Sources

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

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