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1November 1992
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Congorilla #1

DC · November 1992 · on sale 1992-10-01

First appearance: Doomsday
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Identification plate

Series
Congorilla (DC, 1992 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
November 1992
Key date
1992-11-00
On-sale date
1992-10-01
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.75; 2.25 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Doomsday - 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
0No More Mister Nice Ape!cover1pencils: Brian Bolland; inks: Brian Bolland; letters: Todd KleinCongo Bill, The Congorilla
2Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep...comic story24script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Neil Vokes; inks: Jay Geldhof; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Clem RobinsCongo Bill, The Congorilla, Janu
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetDoomsday First
6Confront Evilpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom MandrakeJim Corrigan, The Spectre
7More Than Super-Heroes (But We've Got Them Too!)promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typesetWally West, Batman, Jim Corrigan, Guy Gardner, The Spectre, Bruce Wayne, The Flash
8Say What U Wantpublic service announcement1letters: typeset
9The Batman Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBatman, Bruce Wayne

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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