Dark Horse Presents #34 [191] for Sale - First Appearance of Babs - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Dark Horse Presents (Dark Horse, 2011 series)
Issue: #34 [191]
Publication date: March 2014
Key date: 2014-03-00
On-sale date: 2014-03-19
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $7.99
Pages: 92
Barcode: 76156817843203411

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Doc Steel - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Mike Kaluta; inks: Mike Kaluta; colors: Mike Kaluta
1	The Deleted, Chapter 3	comic story	8	script: Brendan McCarthy, Darrin Grimwood; pencils: Brendan McCarthy; inks: Brendan McCarthy; colors: Brendan McCarthy; letters: Nate Piekos, Blambot
2	Bett and Byron Chapter 1	comic story	8	script: Justin Aclin; pencils: Nicolás Daniel Selma; inks: Nicolás Daniel Selma; colors: Marlac; letters: Amanda Aguilar Selma
3	Cruel Biology, Part 2	comic story	8	script: Christopher Sebela; pencils: Brian Churilla; inks: Brian Churilla; colors: Dave Stewart; letters: Christopher Sebela
4	Frozen Assets, Part Two	comic story	8	script: Dean Motter; pencils: Dean Motter; inks: Dean Motter; colors: Dean Motter; letters: Dean Motter
5	Into the Past, Chapter 10	comic story	16	script: Mike Baron; pencils: Steve Rude; inks: Steve Rude; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Steve Rude
6	Mr. Monster vs the Brain Bats of Venus, Chapter 2	comic story	8	script: Michael T. Gilbert; pencils: Michael T. Gilbert; inks: Michael T. Gilbert; colors: Michael T. Gilbert; letters: Ken Bruzenak	Mr. Monster, Babs First, General Richardson, Dark Stearn, Dr. Strongfort Stearn, Doc Steel First
7	Davey Jones and the Mystery of the Monocle Men Chapter 1	comic story	8	script: Dennis Culver; pencils: Dennis Culver; inks: Dennis Culver; colors: Sloane Leong; letters: Christy Sawyer
8	Across the Channel	comic story	8	script: Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin; pencils: Kel McDonald; inks: Kel McDonald; colors: Kel McDonald; letters: Kel McDonald
9	The Library in the Body, Part Three	comic story	8	script: Rich Johnston; pencils: Simon Rohrmüller; inks: Simon Rohrmüller; colors: Simon Rohrmüller; letters: Jim Reddington
10	Power in the Blood, Chapter 5	comic story	8	script: Jamie S. Rich; pencils: Brent Schoonover; inks: Brent Schoonover; colors: Jean-Francois Beaulieu; letters: Crank!
11	In This Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Geof Darrow; inks: Geof Darrow

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Mister X: Razed #[nn] ISBN 1-61655-653-6; 978-1-61655-653-2	2015	On eBay ›
Nexus: Into the Past and Other Stories #[nn] ISBN 1-61655-844-X; 978-1-61655-844-4	2015	On eBay ›
Mister X: The Modern Age #[nn] ISBN 1616559845; 978-1616559847	2016	On eBay ›
Dean Motter's Mister X: The Modern Age #[nn] ISBN 1506703682; 978-1506703688	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #33 [190]34 of 36#35 [192] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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