Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #134 for Sale - First Appearance of Darkseid - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series)
Issue: #134
Publication date: December 1970
Key date: 1970-12-00
On-sale date: 1970-10-13
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Jude - 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 Mountain of Judgment	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Yango
2	The Mountain of Judgment!	comic story	22	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby, Al Plastino; inks: Vince Colletta, Al Plastino; letters: John Costanza	Big Words, Darkseid First, Morgan Edge, Flippa Dippa, Gabby, Jude First, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Scrapper, Superman, Tommy, Yango
7	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Curt Swan, Joe Kubert; inks: Dick Giordano, Joe Kubert	Superman [Clark Kent]; Althera
8	The Whiz Wagons Are Coming!	text article	1	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby	Jack Kirby
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Frank Giacoia	Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]; Orion
11	-	letters page	1	script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Jimmy Olsen
12	DC Takes Top Honors at Comic Art Convention!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Carmine Infantino; Joe Kubert; Dick Giordano; Neal Adams

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby #1 ISBN 1-56389-984-1	2003	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #1 ISBN 9781401213442	2007	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-3241-2	2011	On eBay ›
The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7475-7	2018	On eBay ›
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8885-3	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #133134 of 163#135 ›

Sources

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

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