Superman #146 for Sale - First Appearance of Lyla Lerrol - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #146
Publication date: July 1961
Key date: 1961-07-00
On-sale date: 1961-05-04
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 Lyla Lerrol - 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 Complete Story of Superman's Life!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp	Jor-El, Clark Kent, Lara, Superman
3	The Story of Superman's Life!	comic story	12.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Jor-El, Zor-El, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lara, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Superboy, Superman, Perry White
5	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
6	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	Gifts from Your Elders!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
9	Superman's Greatest Feats!	comic story	12.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino	Alura, Jor-El, Zor-El, Clark Kent, Lara, Lori Lemaris, Lyla Lerrol First, Abraham Lincoln, Lex Luthor, Superboy, Superman
10	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
15	See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	At Last!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
80 Page Giant Magazine #8	1965	On eBay ›
Superman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] #[nn]	1966	On eBay ›
Superman #252	1972	On eBay ›
Superman #14532 ISBN 0-448-14532-4	1978	On eBay ›
More Secret Origins Replica Edition #1	1999	On eBay ›
Superman in the Sixties #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-522-6	1999	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #145146 of 423#147 ›

Sources

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

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