Publishers / Western / UFO Flying Saucers (1968) / #9
9January 1976
$0.25

UFO Flying Saucers #9

Western · January 1976 · on sale 1975-10-30

First appearance: Steve AustinFirst appearance: The Six Million Dollar Man1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
UFO Flying Saucers (Western, 1968 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
January 1976
Key date
1976-01-00
On-sale date
1975-10-30
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of The Six Million Dollar Man - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Is Earth Their Laboratory?cover1pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez; colors: Luis Dominguez
2Target: Earthlingscomic story7pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle
4Do You Believe in Flying Saucers?comic story2pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank BolleHoaxmaster
5Fire in the Raincomic story3pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingRaymond Romand; Janine
8Messages from the Pastcomic story2pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez
12The Red Raincomic story1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
13A Story That Could Be Truecomic story4pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa
14Ghost Lightscomic story1pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo
16Things People See!comic story2pencils: John Celardo; inks: John CelardoGlenn J. St. Etienne; Rick Joachim; Steve Tingley
17The Monster on the Beach!!!comic story1pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez

Plus 12 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
UFO Mysteries #114001978On eBay ›
UFO Encounters #11192
ISBN 0-307-11192-X		1978On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #89 of 13#10 ›

Sources

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