Adventure Comics #317 for Sale - First Appearance of Nura Nal - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue: #317
Publication date: February 1964
Key date: 1964-02-00
On-sale date: 1963-12-26
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of The Time Trapper - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rann Antar - 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	The Menace of Dream Girl!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Bouncing Boy, Salu Digby, Dream Girl First, Clark Kent, Lightning Lad, Jo Nah, Nura Nal First, Garth Ranzz, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Chuck Taine, Ultra Boy
2	The Menace of Dream Girl! Part I	comic story	9	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; letters: Milton Snapinn	Rann Antar First, Imra Ardeen, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Querl Dox, Dream Girl First, Luornu Durgo, Lar Gand, Thom Kallor, Tenzil Kem, Clark Kent, Lightning Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Mon-El
3	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Super-Turtle, Tur-Tel
4	Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Irwin Donenfeld
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah the Mystic
7	[The Menace of Dream Girl!] Part II The Doom of the Legion!	comic story	9	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte; letters: Milton Snapinn	Imra Ardeen, Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Reep Daggle, Salu Digby, Querl Dox, Dream Girl First, Luornu Durgo, Thom Kallor, Tenzil Kem, Clark Kent, Light Lass First, Lightning Lad
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
10	The Shrinking of Superboy!	comic story	8	pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela; editing: Mort Weisinger	Clark Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Lewis Lang, Superboy

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #2 ISBN 1-56389-057-7	1992	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #502	1983	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-7102-2	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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