Space Adventures #9 for Sale - First Appearance of Nathaniel Adam - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Space Adventures (Charlton, 1968 series)
Issue: #9
Publication date: May 1978
Key date: 1978-05-00
On-sale date: 1978
Indicia publisher: Charlton Publications Inc.
Price: $0.35; 0.12 GBP
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0722460022005

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Captain Atom - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Allen Adam, Captain Atom
1	Introducing Captain Atom	comic story	9	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Nathaniel Adam First, Captain Atom First
2	The Second Man in Space	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko	Allen Adam, Captain Atom
3	The Crisis	comic story	7	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Allen Adam, Captain Atom
4	Captain Atom	text article	1	script: Howard P. Siegel

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

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

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