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Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
1st Issue Special is a comics anthology series from DC Comics, done in a similar style to their Showcase series. It was published from April 1975 to April 1976. [1] The goal was to showcase a new possible first issue of an ongoing series each month, with some issues debuting new characters and others reviving dormant series from DC's past.
The first recorded comic book letter column appeared in Target Comics #6, published by Novelty Press in 1940. [5] (The page in question also has an early mention of comic book collecting.) [5] The first DC Comics comic to include a letters column was Real Fact Comics #3 (July-August 1946). [6]
Initial critical reception for the series was positive, the first issue receiving 3.5 out of 5 stars from Comic Book Resources, complimenting the way the art worked with the story, [56] and 4 out of 5 stars from Major Spoilers. [57] John Hardick of The Express-Times describes the series as "on its way to becoming one of the best books of the ...
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly is a 36-page American comic book created in 1939, and designed to be a promotional giveaway in movie theaters. While the idea proved unsuccessful, and only a handful of sample copies of issue #1 were printed, the periodical is historically important for introducing the enduring Marvel Comics character Namor the Sub-Mariner, created by writer-artist Bill Everett.
In the first issue, the Avengers team began with Ant-Man , Hulk (Bruce Banner), Iron Man (Anthony Stark), Thor, and the Wasp (Janet van Dyne). [14] The roster changed almost immediately after the first issue; in the second issue, Ant-Man became Giant-Man, and at the end of the issue, Hulk quit the team. [15]
Fritz: a mini German Schnauzer who appears in a prologue featured in Free Comic Book Day 2021 editions of Stray Dogs issue 1. He is the first dog the man takes and was one of the dogs Earl and Imogene grew up with. Including Imogene and Earl, the earlier dogs with Fritz was Laney and Ramon.
Titles 0–9 A Alter Ego (4 issues) American Flagg! (50 issues, plus special, then 12 issue series) Alien Bones (graphic novel, 2019) B Badger (70 issues, plus a 4 issue limited series and two graphic novels) Beowulf (graphic novel, 1984) Betty Boop's Big Break (graphic novel, 1990) C Corum (Michael Moorcock adaptation): The Chronicles of Corum (12 issues, 1987-1988) The Bull and the Spear (4 ...