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1May-June 1968
$0.12

Beware the Creeper #1

DC · May-June 1968 · on sale 1968-03-26

First appearance: Jack Ryder
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Identification plate

Series
Beware the Creeper (DC, 1968 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May-June 1968
Key date
1968-05-00
On-sale date
1968-03-26
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 Jack Ryder - 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
0Where Lurks The Menace?cover1pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Gaspar SaladinoThe Creeper, Jack Ryder First
1Where Lurks the Menace?comic story21.5script: Steve Ditko, Sergius O'Shaughnessy; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Charlotte JetterThe Creeper, Jack Ryder First
2Will Our New Western Hero... Save the West? Or Ruin It?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3-activity0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
4Creeper's Cornerletters page0.5script: Dick Giordano; pencils: Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano; inks: Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano
5Who Are They? What Are They?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
62 Boys as Different and Right and Wrongpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jack Sparling, Neal Adams; inks: Jack Sparling, Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBomba; Tina; Spectre; Hamilton Benedict
7-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffBilly
8-in-house column1pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Creeper by Steve Ditko #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2591-9		2010On eBay ›
DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
ISBN 0-8212-2076-4		1995On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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