Superman #147 for Sale - First Appearance of Cosmic Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #147
Publication date: August 1961
Key date: 1961-08-00
On-sale date: 1961-06-13
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 Cosmic Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Saturn Woman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

Origin story on record for: Titano.

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 Legion of Super-Villains!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Cosmic King, Lightning Lord, Saturn Queen, Clark Kent, Superman, Eve Aries, Laevar Bolto, Mekt Ranzz
2	The Great Mento!	comic story	6.67	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White
4	Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
7	Krypto Battles Titano!	comic story	7.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Superman, Titano Origin
9	See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
10	At Last!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
11	The Legion of Super-Villains!	comic story	11	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Milton Snapinn	Cosmic King, Cosmic Man First, Lightning Lord, Lightning Man First, Saturn Queen, Saturn Woman First, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman, Imra Ardeen, Eve Aries, Laevar Bolto, Rokk Krinn, Lois Lane
12	-	letters page	0.67	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Jim Mooney, Wayne Boring; inks: Jim Mooney, Stan Kaye

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superboy #147	1968	On eBay ›
Superman #14532 ISBN 0-448-14532-4	1978	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 ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1271-1	2007	On eBay ›
Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition #[nn]	2003	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #494	1982	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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