X-Amount of Comics: 1963 (WhenElse?!) Annual #[nn] - First Appearance of USA, the Spirit of Old Glory, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: X-Amount of Comics: 1963 (WhenElse?!) Annual (Fantagraphics, 2023 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: August 2023
Key date: August 2023
On-sale date: 2023
Indicia publisher: F.U. Press
Price: $20.00
Pages: 100
Barcode: 9781683963486
ISBN: 978-1-68396-348-6

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of USA, the Spirit of Old Glory - 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	X-Amount of Comics 1963 Annual	cover	1	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; colors: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson
2	X-Amount of Comics 1963 Annual	comic story	72	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson	The Black Angel, Larry Barton, The Black Cat, Donna Blank, Captain Courageous, Cowboy Gorilla, Linda Dale, Daredevil, Fantomah, Flame Girl, Bing Gloom, Gower Goose, Bart Hill, Clarissa James
3	-	illustration	1	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson
4	Stella by Starlight	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson	Megaton Man, Trent Phloog, See-Thru Girl, Stella Starlight
5	X-Amount of Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	13	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson
6	-	comic story	1	script: Don Simpson; pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson	Gower Goose, Paul Nabisco
7	X-Amount of Annotations	text article	5	script: Don Simpson
8	1963 Is Coming!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Don Simpson, Alan Moore; letters: Don Simpson
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Don Simpson; inks: Don Simpson; letters: Don Simpson

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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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