First appearances of characters are important factors that make comics collectible, but there are many other significant firsts to be considered as well. That’s why Robert M. Overstreet researched and compiled a list of other famous firsts in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #26.

In the “Historic Firsts” list, Overstreet noted a wide range of firsts in comics, such as the first funny animal comic, the first title to reach an issue 100, the first book to feature a magician, and many more. Over the last few weeks, Scoop has been reprinting the list and below we present the third portion (listed alphabetically).

Satire comic – Mad #1 (October-November 1952)
Science fiction comic – Planet Comics #1 (January 1940)
Sidekick group comic – Young Allies #1 (Summer 1941)
Silver Age Archie comic – Double Life of Private Strong #1 (June 1959)
Silver Age comic – Showcase #4 (September-October 1956)
Silver Age DC Annual – Superman Annual #1 (October 1960)
Silver Age Marvel Annual – Strange Tales Annual #1 (1962)
Silver Age Marvel comic – Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961)
Single character comic – Skippy’s Own Book of Comics (1934)
Single original character comic – Superman #1 (Summer 1939)
Single strip reprint character comic – Mutt and Jeff #1 (Summer 1939)
Single theme comic – Detective Picture Stories #1 (December 1936)
Single theme comic the first important – Detective Comics #1 (March 1937)
Single theme reprint strip comic – Mutt and Jeff #1 (Summer 1939)
Small-sized comic – Little Giant Comics #1 (July 1938)
Sports comic – Champion Comics #2 (December 1939)
Square-bound comic – New Book of Comics #1 (1937)
Square-bound series – World’s Best #1 (Spring 1941)
Superhero comic (Superman) – Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
Superhero team – All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940-1941)
Superheroine comic – All Star Comics #8 (November-December 1941)