Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #15 for Sale - First Appearance of Jane Jetson - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Western, 1962 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: December 1965
Key date: 1965-12-00
On-sale date: 1965-09-23
Indicia publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Illya Kuryakin - 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	Back in Time, Solar Relives the Incredible Events that Made Him the Man of the Atom!	cover	1	pencils: George Wilson; inks: George Wilson; colors: George Wilson
1	Get Fun Adventure Get Gold Key Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Tony Strobl, Carl Barks, Ralph Heimdahl; inks: Carl Barks	Bugs Bunny, John Clayton, George Jetson, Jane Jetson First, Illya Kuryakin First, Scrooge McDuck, Dr. Raymond Solar, Napoleon Solo, Tarzan
2	Doomsday Minus One Minute Part I	comic story	15	script: Dick Wood; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
3	-	letters page	1	colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
5	Animal Survival	comic story	4	script: Dick Wood; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop	Professor Harbinger
7	You Get More Adventure and Action	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.25	letters: typeset
8	Doctor Solar Part II [Doomsday Minus One Minute Part II]	comic story	9	script: Dick Wood; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
11	Secrets of Atom Valley	comic story	1	letters: typeset

Plus 3.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #2 ISBN 978-1-59307-327-5	2005	On eBay ›
Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #3 ISBN 978-1-59307-374-9	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #1415 of 31#16 ›

Sources

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

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