DC Special #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Zora Vi-Lar - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: DC Special (DC, 1968 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: April-June 1969
Key date: 1969-04-00
On-sale date: 1969-02-11
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Zora Vi-Lar - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Black Flame - 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	All-Girl Issue	cover	1	pencils: Nick Cardy, Neal Adams; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Black Canary, The Cheetah, Kara Zor-El, Dinah Drake, Carol Ferris, Princess Diana, Priscilla Rich, Star Sapphire, Supergirl, Wonder Woman
1	DC's Fabulous Females!	table of contents	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; letters: Ira Schnapp	Black Canary, Black Flame First, The Cheetah, Kara Zor-El, Dinah Drake, Carol Ferris, Zora Vi-Lar First, Princess Diana, Priscilla Rich, Star Sapphire, Supergirl, Wonder Woman
2	The Cheetah's Thought Prisoners	comic story	13	script: William Marston; pencils: H. G. Peter; inks: H. G. Peter	Etta Candy, The Cheetah, Hippolyta, Princess Diana, Priscilla Rich, Steve Trevor, Wonder Woman
3	The Classic Giant	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino
4	The Maid of Menace!	comic story	12.67	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Joe Letterese	Biron, Black Flame First, Comet, Edna Danvers, Fred Danvers, Kara Zor-El, Kru-El, Zora Vi-Lar First, Supergirl, Jax-Ur, Professor Va-Kox, General Zod
5	Special Delivery Death!	comic story	8	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Bernard Sachs, Joe Kubert; letters: Sam Rosen, Gaspar Saladino	Black Canary, Dinah Drake, Larry Lance
6	Girl in the Golden Flower!	comic story	5.67	script: Robert Starr; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Sy Barry; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Flora
8	Incredible? Yes! Impossible? No!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Irv Novick; letters: Gaspar Saladino
11	The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!	comic story	14.34	script: John Broome; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Carol Ferris, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku, Star Sapphire
12	#6 [Sargon the Sorcerer]	text article	1	script: Mark Hanerfeld; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert	John Sargent, Sargon the Sorcerer

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Black Canary Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-734-2	2001	On eBay ›
The Black Canary: Bird of Prey #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-908-6	2021	On eBay ›
Wonder Woman: 80 Years of the Amazon Warrior The Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77951-157-7	2021	On eBay ›

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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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