Superman #194 for Sale - First Appearance of Billy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1939 series)
Issue: #194
Publication date: February 1967
Key date: 1967-02-00
On-sale date: 1966-12-15
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 of Billy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Superboy - 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 Death of Lois Lane!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman, Clark Kent Jr., Lois Lane, Superboy First
1	The Death of Lois Lane!	comic story	14	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Joe Letterese	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White, Clark Kent Jr., Superboy First
2	-	public service announcement	0.5	pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
3	-	in-house column	0.5	letters: typeset
4	The Super-Luck of Badge 77	comic story	8.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Joe Letterese	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Perry White
5	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
6	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Billy First
7	-	letters page	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
8	Winners in the DC Game of Distinctive Covers	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] ISBN 0517551004	1983	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
Amazing Heroes #29	1983	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #193194 of 423#195 ›

Sources

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

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