World's Finest Comics #154 for Sale - First Appearance of Ace Arn - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #154
Publication date: December 1965
Key date: 1965-12-00
On-sale date: 1965-10-28
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 Ace Arn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Bruce Wayne Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kal-El Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Batman Jr. - 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 Sons of Superman and Batman!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Clark Kent, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Kal-El Jr. First, Bruce Wayne Jr. First
1	Builders of the Future!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Morris Waldinger; inks: Sheldon Moldoff, Morris Waldinger; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Sons of Batman and Superman! Part I	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman, Dick Grayson, Kathy Kane, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Batwoman, Kal-El Jr. First, Bruce Wayne Jr. First
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Cap
5	Mystery in Space; Ultra the Multi-Alien	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33		Ace Arn First, Ultra First
8	80 Page Giant; Batman	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
9	Part II: The Junior Super-Team	comic story	8	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Joe Letterese	Batman, Batwoman, Dick Grayson, Kathy Kane, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Batman Jr. First, Kal-El Jr. First, Jimmy Olsen, Bruce Wayne Jr. First
11	The Brave and the Bold	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein
13	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Super-Turtle, Tur-Tel
14	Batman	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
15	The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil	comic story	6.67	script: Ed Herron; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
16	A DC Offer	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
17	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: World's Finest #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-2585-8	2010	On eBay ›
Batman and Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-8905-8	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #153153 of 322#155 ›

Sources

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

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