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596January 1988
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Action Comics #596

DC · January 1988 · on sale 1987-10-06

First appearance: Connor HawkeFirst appearance: Green ArrowFirst appearance: Mikhail Arkadin2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#596
Publication date
January 1988
Key date
1988-01-00
On-sale date
1987-10-06
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Mikhail Arkadin - 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
0Millennium Week 4cover1pencils: John Byrne; inks: John ByrneJim Corrigan, Clark Kent, The Spectre, Superman
2Hell Is Where the Heart Is...comic story22script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne, Keith Williams; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: John CostanzaNathaniel Adam, Arisia, Batman, Black Canary, Black Lightning, Booster Gold, Emily Briggs, Captain Atom, Michael Jon Carter, Jim Corrigan, Jor-El, Firestorm, Green Lantern, Green Lantern
7Millennium Checklistpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Ed Hannigan; inks: Dick GiordanoGreen Arrow First, Connor Hawke First
11Forever Is a Dangerous Placepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Paris Cullins; inks: Karl KeselBeautiful Dreamer, Big Bear, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Vykin the Black
12-letters page1script: Mike Carlin
13Weekly!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Bruce Patterson

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893041001
Canadianprice 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893041001

Where to read it

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Superman: The Man of Steel #7
ISBN 978-1-4012-3820-9		2013On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #3
ISBN 978-1-77950-966-6		2021On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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