Superman #145 for Sale - First Appearance of Bizarro-Perry White - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #145
Publication date: May 1961
Key date: 1961-05-00
On-sale date: 1961-03-16
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bizarro-Perry White - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Harry Donenfeld - 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	The Interplanetary Circus!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman
1	Still 10¢	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	The Secret Identity of Superman!	comic story	9	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
3	How's Your Eye-Q?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
4	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
6	The Interplanetary Circus!	comic story	9	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
7	-	letters page	2	script: Mort Weisinger
9	The Night of March 31st!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Bizarro, Brainiac, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris, Lex Luthor, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Kara Zor-El, Bizarro-Perry White First

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #339	1965	On eBay ›
The Best of DC #42	1983	On eBay ›
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289293	1988	On eBay ›
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289-39-0	1989	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #2 ISBN 1-4012-1041-4; 978-1-4012-1041-0	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #144145 of 423#146 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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