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101January-February 1945
$0.10

More Fun Comics #101

DC · January-February 1945 · on sale 1944-11-18

First appearance: SuperboyFirst appearance: Jor-ElFirst appearance: LaraOrigin: Clark Kent
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Identification plate

Series
More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series)
Issue
#101
Publication date
January-February 1945
Key date
1945-01-00
On-sale date
1944-11-18
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Jor-El - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

Origin story on record for: Clark Kent, Superboy.

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-cover1pencils: Maurice Del Bourgo; inks: Maurice Del BourgoGreen Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67letters: typeset
3Formula for Doomcomic story11script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Maurice Del Bourgo; inks: Maurice Del BourgoGreen Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Speedy
5Orphans of the Sea!comic story8script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveAquaman
7The Origin of Superboycomic story5script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; letters: Ira SchnappJor-El First, Clark Kent Origin, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Lara First, Superboy First
8A Personal Reasontext story2script: Joseph GreeneCorporal Jimmy Perone; Pete Perone (Jimmy's brother, death); Mrs. Perone (Jimmy & Pete's mother); Santo Camarda (villain, Mayor of Casilione)
9An Investment in Happiness!comic story11script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinJohnny Quick, Tubby Watts
11The Unsafe Safe!comic story7.67script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyJim Corrigan, Percival Popp, The Spectre
12The Big All-American Comic Bookpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

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

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Millennium Edition: More Fun Comics No. 101 #[nn]2000On eBay ›
The Adventures of Superboy #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2783-8		2010On eBay ›
Green Arrow: The Golden Age Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-7720-8		2018On eBay ›
Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77950-315-2		2020On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #10093 of 119#102 ›

Sources

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