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521February 2011
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Adventure Comics #521

DC · February 2011 · on sale 2010-12-02

First appearance: Chemical KidFirst appearance: Hadru JamikFirst appearance: Dyogene1 variantStoryline: Nucleus
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series)
Issue
#521
Publication date
February 2011
Key date
2011-02-00
On-sale date
2010-12-02
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$3.99
Pages
44
Barcode
76194128102552111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Dyogene - 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
0...And Who Shall Be Green Lantern?cover1pencils: Scott Clark, Mahmud Asrar; inks: David Beaty, John Dell; colors: Hi-Fi, Pete PantazisGim Allon, Jan Arrah, The Atom, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dyogene First, Element Lad, Lar Gand, Invisible Kid, Rokk Krinn, Mon-El, Lyle Norg, Ray Palmer, Phantom Girl
1The Summons of the Ringcomic story20script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Geraldo Borges; inks: Marlo Alquiza; colors: Hi-Fi; letters: Sal CiprianoGim Allon, Val Armorr, Jan Arrah, Brek Bannin, Drake Burroughs, Chemical Kid First, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Luornu Durgo, Dyogene First, Earth-Man, Element Lad
2Nucleus, Part 6: Weapons of Mass-Reductioncomic story10script: Jeff Lemire; pencils: Mahmud Asrar; inks: John Dell; colors: Pete Pantazis; letters: Sal CiprianoThe Atom, David Palmer, Ray Palmer
3Special Sneak Preview of Weird Worlds #1preview (from the publisher)6script: Kevin Van Hook, Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire; pencils: Jerry Ordway, Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire; inks: Jerry Ordway, Matt Ryan, Kevin Maguire; colors: Pete Pantazis, Dave McCaig, Rosemary Cheetham; letters: Jared K. Fletcher; editing: Joey Cavalieri, Chris ConroyGarbage Man, Lobo, Richard Morse, Tanga
4-in-house column1script: Ian Sattler

Printings and variants

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Newsstandprice 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD; barcode 07099232425521

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CollectionYear
Legion of Super-Heroes: Consequences #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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