Dark Horse Presents #27 [184] for Sale - First Appearance of Dark Stearn - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse, 2011 series)
Issue: #27 [184]
Publication date: August 2013
Key date: 2013-08-00
On-sale date: 2013-08-21
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $7.99
Pages: 84
Barcode: 76156817843202711

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dark Stearn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Dark Stearn.

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	It's Kids vs. Bugs	cover	1	pencils: David Lapham; inks: David Lapham; colors: Lee Loughridge
1	Squish Part Two: Shock and Awe... and Shock	comic story	8	script: David Lapham; pencils: David Lapham; inks: David Lapham; colors: Lee Loughridge; letters: Nate Piekos, Blambot
2	Nosferatu Wars Part Two	comic story	8	script: Steve Niles; pencils: Menton3; inks: Menton3; colors: Menton3; letters: Nate Piekos, Blambot
3	Mr. Unpopularity	comic story	8	script: Peter Bagge; pencils: Peter Bagge; inks: Peter Bagge; colors: Joanne Bagge; letters: Peter Bagge
4	Dark Stearn...Mr. Monster: Chapter 1	comic story	8	script: Michael T. Gilbert, Janet Gilbert; pencils: Michael T. Gilbert; inks: Michael T. Gilbert; colors: Michael T. Gilbert; letters: Ken Bruzenak	Kelly Friday, Mr. Monster, Dark Stearn First
5	The Train to Avalon Bay, Chapter 4	comic story	8	script: Ron Randall; pencils: Ron Randall; inks: Ron Randall; colors: Jeremy Colwell; letters: Ken Bruzenak
6	City of Roses, Chapter 8	comic story	8	script: Phil Stanford; pencils: Patric Reynolds; inks: Patric Reynolds; colors: Bill Farmer; letters: Nate Piekos, Blambot
7	Boxcar Tales, Chapter 8	comic story	8	script: Caitlín R. Kiernan; pencils: Steve Lieber; inks: Steve Lieber; colors: Rachelle Rosenberg; letters: Steve Lieber
8	Love vs Life, Part Three	comic story	8	script: Jane Espenson; pencils: Karl Moline; inks: Andy Owens; colors: Michelle Madsen; letters: Jimmy Betancourt, Richard Starkings, Comicraft
9	Underground, Chapter Three	comic story	8	script: Mike Richardson, Andrew Vachss; pencils: Dominic Reardon; inks: Dominic Reardon; colors: Jeremy Colwell; letters: Nate Piekos, Blambot
10	The Only Thing We Have to Fear ...Are Nazis and Creepy Monsters	comic story	8	script: Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal; pencils: Melissa Curtin; inks: Melissa Curtin; colors: Lauren Affe; letters: Lauren Affe
11	In This Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Geof Darrow; inks: Geof Darrow

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Nosferatu Wars #[nn]	2014	On eBay ›
Trekker: The Train to Avalon Bay #[nn] ISBN 978-1-61655-343-2	2014	On eBay ›
The Great Bug Elevator ISBN 978-1-61655-438-5	2014	On eBay ›
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 Library Edition #3 ISBN 1-61655-717-6; 978-1-61655-717-1	2015	On eBay ›
Founding Fathers Funnies #[nn] ISBN 978-1-61655-926-7	2016	On eBay ›
Grimmer Tales ISBN 1-61655-302-2; 978-1-61655-302-9	2014	On eBay ›
Andrew Vachss Underground #[nn] ISBN 978-1-61655-416-3	2014	On eBay ›
Crime Does Not Pay Presents City of Roses #1 ISBN 978-1-61655-304-3	2014	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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