Detective Comics #21 for Sale - First Appearance of Harper Row - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: August 2013
Key date: 2013-08-00
On-sale date: 2013-06-05
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 76194130646902111
Rating: Rated T Teen

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Mio - 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	Shadow Assassin!	cover	1	pencils: Jason Fabok; inks: Jason Fabok; colors: Jeromy Cox	Batman, Harper Row First, Bruce Wayne, Mio First, Penumbra First
1	Shadows and Ghosts	comic story	20	script: John Layman; pencils: Scot Eaton; inks: Jaime Mendoza; colors: Jeromy Cox; letters: Jared K. Fletcher	Batman, Alfred Pennyworth, Cullen Row First, Harper Row First, Bruce Wayne
2	Territorial	comic story	8	script: John Layman; pencils: Andy Clarke; inks: Andy Clarke; colors: Blond; letters: Taylor Esposito	Francine Langstrom, Kirk Langstrom, Man-Bat
3	Channel 52	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	pencils: Freddie Williams II; inks: Freddie Williams II; colors: Freddie Williams II; letters: Sal Cipriano	Bethany Snow
4	June 5, 2013	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Red Hood Gang

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Jason Fabok Black & White Cover	barcode 76194130646902121
Combo-Pack	price 4.99 USD; barcode 76194130646902131
Newsstand	price 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD; barcode 72527430465321

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Wrath ISBN 978-1-4012-4633-4	2014	On eBay ›
The Wrath ISBN 978-1-4012-4997-7	2015	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)
Wikidata, Q112670911 (Mio), first-appearance property (CC0)

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