Vengeance Squad #1 - First Appearance of Eric Redd, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Vengeance Squad (Charlton, 1975 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July 1975
Key date: July 1975
On-sale date: April 8, 1975
Indicia publisher: Charlton Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Eric Redd - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Tulsa Coyle - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Candy Orr - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle	Tulsa Coyle First, Candy Orr First, Eric Redd First
1	Tycoon For the Taking	comic story	15	script: Joe Gill; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; letters: Frank Bolle	Tulsa Coyle First, Candy Orr First, Eric Redd First
2	A Little Homework	text story	1	letters: typeset
3	The Inheritance	comic story	8	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Joe Staton; letters: Joe Staton	Michael Mauser

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Original E-Man and Michael Mauser #2	1985	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #117	1975	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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