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1August 1998
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Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla #1

Dark Horse · August 1998

First appearance: Buffy Summers
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Identification plate

Series
Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla (Dark Horse, 1998 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1998
Key date
1998-08-00
Indicia publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price
$2.95; 4.15 CAD
Barcode
76156898170400111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Buffy Summers - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Art Adams; inks: Art Adams; colors: Chris ChalenorGodzilla
1-credits, title page1pencils: Kazuhisa Iwata; inks: Kazuhisa IwataGodzilla
2-comic story31script: Kazuhisa Iwata, Mike Richardson, Randy Stradley; pencils: Kazuhisa Iwata, Jim Bradrick, Chris Chalenor; inks: Kazuhisa Iwata, Jim Bradrick, Chris Chalenor; colors: Chris Chalenor, Dark Horse Digital; letters: Dan McKinnonGodzilla
3-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Kilian Plunkett; inks: Kilian Plunkett; colors: Kilian PlunkettMara Jade
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: John Bolton; inks: John Bolton; colors: John Bolton
5-in-house column1script: Randy Stradley; pencils: Steve Pugh, Ryan Benjamin, Masakazu Katsura, Kilian Plunkett, Randy Green; inks: Steve Pugh, Ryan Benjamin, Masakazu Katsura, Kilian Plunkett, Rick Ketcham; colors: Masakazu Katsura, Kilian Plunkett, Guy MajorElisa Cameron, Ghost, Buffy Summers First
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Geof Darrow; inks: Geof Darrow

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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