Action Comics #267 for Sale - First Appearance of Imra Ardeen - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #267
Publication date: August 1960
Key date: 1960-08-00
On-sale date: 1960-06-30
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Hephaestus - 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	Hercules in the 20th Century!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Hercules, Clark Kent, Superman
2	Hercules in the 20th Century!	comic story	13	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Achilles, Hercules, Zeus First, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Hermes First, Superman, Tarkus, Aphrodite, Hephaestus First, Perry White
3	Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Jor-El, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Kara Zor-El, Lori Lemaris, Jimmy Olsen, Superbaby, Superboy, Supergirl, Superman, Perry White
6	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
7	The Three Super-Heroes!	comic story	13	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Joe Letterese	Gim Allon First, Imra Ardeen First, Chameleon Boy First, Colossal Boy First, Cosmic Boy First, Reep Daggle First, Invisible Kid First, Clark Kent, Rokk Krinn First, Kara Zor-El, Lightning Lad First, Lyle Norg First, Garth Ranzz First, Saturn Girl First
8	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Ollie
9	Superman's Secret Message	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Action Comics #334	1966	On eBay ›
Superman #239	1971	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-020-8	1992	On eBay ›
Supergirl Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-737-7	2001	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #2 ISBN 1-4012-1041-4; 978-1-4012-1041-0	2006	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #492	1982	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1717-4	2008	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-4107-0	2014	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #266267 of 866#268 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q105432158 (Imra Ardeen), first-appearance property (CC0)

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