Amazing Man Comics #5
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Key factsKey issue
- 1st appearance of Amazing Man
- Origin of John Aman
- Origin of Amazing Man
Market value
- Graded copies for sale
- $586 - $56,763
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 10 Oct 2026
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After being raised for 25 years by the Council of Seven in Tibet, Aman is tested and sent out into the world. Of the council members, Nika exhorts him to do good and gifts him with invisibility, while the Great Question plots to bend Aman to his will. In America, Aman learns of a series of train wrecks and confronts the man behind the disasters.
Cover date
September 1, 1939
On sale date
August 11, 1939
Pages
68
Cover price
$0.10
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Characters
Amazing Man (1st appearance); A. K. Stillman; Amazing-Man; Barmell (villain, introduction, death); Blackie Norton (dies); Bob; Buck Long; Buck (Slim's horse); Cat Man [Barton Stone] (introduction); Chuck Hardy (introduction); Dale; Danny; Dash; Dave; four unnamed others] (introduction for all); George Dudley; Guy McMann; G. Z. Brown; Henry Lewis; Henry Ravigotti; Hirohito; Jackie Stillman; Jack Rhodes (introduction, only appearance?); Jeff; Jerry Peterson (Chuck's girlfriend, introduction); Jim; John Aman; Joseph Franklin; Judy; Labu (Thorne's servant); Lady Zina (a knife thrower); Lionel Black (dies); Martin Blue; Mayor Haskins; Mighty Man (introduction, origin); Minimidget (introduction); Mogba; Mr. James (dies); Mrs. James Greer; Mrs. Ravigotti; Mrs. Stillman; Mr. Uhlin [as Mr. Crater] (villain, railroad company President, death); Nika (scientist); Oliver Wendell Holmes; Peterson; Professor Kingsley (introduction); Ritty (introduction); Roger Watson Hammond (dies); Ryan; \"Sandy\" Thorne; Slim Bradley (forest ranger, introduction); Steve Harrigan (dies); Sunny (introduction); Terry Terrin; Tex; The Council of Seven [The Great Question (villain); The Iron Skull (introduction); The Kilanga; The Professor (introduction); unnamed cowhand