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Matter-Eater Lad
33 appearances · Silver Age · 1963–2025 · 6 key issues
Adventure Comics
#304
#304
★ First appearance
Adventure Comics #304
Trivia
- 🗓️ Matter-Eater Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics #304 in 1963 — that's 63 years ago. It's a recognized key issue.
- 🎨 Co-created by Jerry Siegel and John Forte.
- 📚 Appears in 33 issues across 21 different series.
- ⭐ 6 of their appearances are key issues collectors actively chase.
- 📈 Has appeared in comics for 62 years (1963–2025) — a true Silver Age mainstay.
Appearances
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958)
Superman Supacomic (1959)
Action Comics (1938)
Limited Collectors' Edition (1972)
All New Collectors' Edition (1978)
Hembeck 1980 [Hembeck Series] (1980)
DC Sampler (1983)
The Best of DC (1979)
Legion of Substitute Heroes Special (1985)
Valor (1992)
Justice League United (2015)
Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Super-Heroes (2017)
Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium (2019)
DC Finest: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time: Part One (2024)
DC Finest: Legion of Super-Heroes: Zap Goes the Legion (2024)
DC Finest: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time: Part Two (2025)