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235April 1957
$0.10

Adventure Comics #235

DC · April 1957 · on sale 1957-02-26

First appearance: Aquaman
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#235
Publication date
April 1957
Key date
1957-04-00
On-sale date
1957-02-26
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 Aquaman - 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
0The Confession of Superboy!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
2The Confession of Superboy!comic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaClark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Superboy
4Buzzy Learns About Careers in Nursingpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Show-Off of the Seacomic story6pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman First
8The Clue on the Shoetext story1letters: typeset
9-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10Did You Enter the Superman DC National Comics Slogan Contest?promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11The Doom of the Giant Arrowscomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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