Bloodshot #5 - First Appearance of Mega Man, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Bloodshot (Acclaim / Valiant, 1993 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: June 1993
Key date: June 1993
On-sale date: March 30, 1993
Indicia publisher: Valiant
Price: $2.25; 2.85 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (advertisement) of Mega Man - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

First appearance (promotional) of Amanda McKee - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Livewire - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Stronghold - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Edward T. Sedgewick - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Randy Cartier - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of X-O Manowar - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Don Perlin; inks: Kevin Nowlan; colors: Jade Moede	Gilad Anni-Padda, Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior
2	Blood on the Sands of Time	comic story	21	script: Kevin VanHook; pencils: Don Perlin; inks: John Dixon; colors: Jade Moede; letters: Jade Moede	Gilad Anni-Padda, Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bart Sears; inks: Randy Elliott; colors: Jorge González	Turok
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mike Leeke; inks: Tom Ryder	Aaron Brillstein, Flatline, Gunslinger, Hammerhead, Hotshot, Sam Yoon Kim, Billy Lefferts, Charlie Palmer, Marion Virgil Peeves, Shakespeare, Ricky Silver, Superstar
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Doctor Mirage
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe St. Pierre; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Mike Cavallaro	Gilad Anni-Padda, Bloodshot, Jack Boniface, Randy Cartier First, Eternal Warrior, Geomancer, Livewire First, Geoff McHenry, Amanda McKee First, Edward T. Sedgewick First, Phil Seleski, Shadowman, Solar, Stronghold First
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Sean Chen; inks: Kathryn Bolinger; colors: Kathryn Bolinger	Rai [Takao Konishi]; Magnus; Leeja
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Quesada; inks: Jimmy Palmiotti	Randy Cartier First, X-O Manowar First
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Quesada; inks: Art Thibert; colors: Carol VanHook	Master Darque, Phil Seleski, Solar

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Blood of the Machine ISBN 978-0-9796409-3-3	2012	On eBay ›

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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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