Superman #155 - First Appearance of The Firefly, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #155
Publication date: August 1962
Key date: August 1962
On-sale date: June 21, 1962
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of The Firefly - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Garfield Lynns - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of The Mad Hatter - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Gorilla Boss - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of George Dyke - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Robot-Teacher - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Klax-Ar - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Mirror Man - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Floyd Ventris - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

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 Downfall of Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Forte; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
2	Part I: Superman Under the Green Sun!	comic story	9	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Superman
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Klax-Ar First, Beppo, Jor-El, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lara, Jimmy Olsen, Robot-Teacher First
5	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Tricksy
6	You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33		Batman, Dick Grayson, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Jimmy Olsen, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Lois Lane
7	Part 2: The Blind Superman	comic story	7.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye	Clark Kent, Superman
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33		Clark Kent, Superman
9	-	letters page	1	script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Stan Kaye
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Batman, George Dyke First, The Firefly First, Gorilla Boss First, Dick Grayson, Joker, Garfield Lynns First, The Mad Hatter First, Mirror Man First, Robin, Paul Sloane, Two-Face, Floyd Ventris First, Bruce Wayne
11	Giant Lois Lane Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Bizarro-Lois, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman
12	The Downfall of Superman!	comic story	7.67	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Cosmic Man, Lightning Man, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Rokk Krinn, Garth Ranzz
13	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33		Clark Kent, Superman
14	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Ollie

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 0517551004	1983	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Superman #3 ISBN 978-1-4012-1271-1	2007	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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