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11January 1994
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Hardware #11

DC · January 1994 · on sale 1993-11-18

First appearance: XombiFirst appearance: David KimFirst appearance: Iron Butterfly1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Hardware (DC, 1993 series)
Issue
#11
Publication date
January 1994
Key date
1994-01-00
On-sale date
1993-11-18
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$1.50; 1.95 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Barcode
76194120057601111
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Big Bang Was Just the Beginning...cover1pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Noelle C. GiddingsHardware, Curtis Metcalf
1Shadow and Actcomic story22script: Dwayne McDuffie; pencils: Denys Cowan; inks: Prentis Rollins, J. J. Birch, Denys Cowan, ChrisCross, Bob Smith; colors: J. Scott J., David Montoya; letters: Dave SharpeAsh, Martin Berger, The Boogieman, Brickhouse, Harry Chawney, Pui Chung, Dharma, DMZ, Raquel Ervin, Kahina Eskandari First, Fade, Flashback, Augustus Freeman, Hardware
2-letters page1letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07098930701801

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Milestone Compendium #1
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Sources

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