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233February 1957
$0.10

Adventure Comics #233

DC · February 1957 · on sale 1956-12-25

First appearance: Hy Wire
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#233
Publication date
February 1957
Key date
1957-02-00
On-sale date
1956-12-25
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 Hy Wire - 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
0Joe Smith, Man of Steel!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superboy
2Joe Smith, Man of Steelcomic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaClark Kent, Superboy
3-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
5Winter Sports Champions of the Worldpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Sea Clowncomic story6pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman, Topo
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffHy Wire First
8Peril on Hill 513text story2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond PerrySgt. Sykes; Pvt. Terrell; Pvt. Greene; Pvt. Brody
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete
10A Lesson for a Bullycomic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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