Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #[nn] - First Appearance of Val Var Garm, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril (DC, 2014 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [August] 2014
Key date: August 2014
On-sale date: June 25, 2014
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $14.99; 17.99 CAD
Pages: 148
Barcode: 978140124645751499
ISBN: 978-1-4012-4645-7

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Val Var Garm - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story	Tesla Strong, Tom Strong, Val Var Garm First
1	The Girl in the Bubble	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein	Tom Strong; Tesla Strong; Val Var Garm; Dhalua; Pluto Parulian; Sinclair Strong; Susan Strong; Solomon; Pneuman; Tom Strange
2	Masks and the Red Death	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein	Tom Strong; Val Var Garm; Terror [Tim Roland]; Fighting Spirit [Carol Carter]; X-9 (robot)
3	The New Egyptian Book of the Dead	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein	Tom Strong; Val Var Garm; John Lone Eagle; Thoth; Green Ghost [George Chance]; Lord Set [Mystico]; Thoth [Scarab]; Clock; Grim Reaper; Cavalier; Blackjack Rabbit; Red Queen [Peggy, aka Woman in Red]; Pyroman; Betty Halford; Weather Girls [Aurelie de Molay; Amandine de Molay]
4	The Cavalier's Attitude	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein	Magnet; Adam; Liberator; Thoth [Peter Ward]; Tom Strong; Val Var Garm; Cavalier (dies); Pyroman; Weather Girls
5	Sleeping in Flames	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein	Tom Strong; Pyroman; Woman in Red; Magnet; Liberator; Cavalier (dead); Weather Girls; Val Var Garm: Tom Strange; Princess Pantha; American Crusader; Dr. Voodoo; Captain Future
6	The Bells	comic story	22	script: Peter Hogan; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Todd Klein
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Jordie Bellaire	Tom Strong; Tesla Strong; Val Var Garm; Tom Strange; Pyroman; Fighting Spirit; Thoth
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story	Tom Strong; Terror [Tim Roland]; Fighting Spirit
9	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story	Tom Strong; Val Var Garm; John Lone Eagle; Thoth; Betty Halford
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story	Tom Strong; Cavalier; Magnet; Adam
11	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story	Tom Strong; Captain Future; Princess Pantha; Val Var Garm
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story

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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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