Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #21 - First Appearance of Lian Harper, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: November 1986
Key date: November 1986
On-sale date: July 22, 1986
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00; 1.35 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (profile) of Lian Harper - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (cover) of Christopher Weiss - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance (cover) of The Spook - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance (cover) of Dr. Lars Hanscom - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance (cover) of The Silver Swan - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Helen Alexandros - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (profile) of Polaris Spanner - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Howard Parker - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Tommy Parker - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Quoag - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Dgrth - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Shathan - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Tana - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Wagorn - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Andromeda Jones - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Marcus Baka - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Commander Richard Harris - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Gadj - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Laertek - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a story.

First appearance (profile) of Starfinger - the earliest appearance on record is a character profile, not a 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	Who's Who	cover	2	pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Dick Giordano	Helen Alexandros First, Delbert Billings, Slam Bradley, Snapper Carr, Chanka, Phillip Cobb, Lawrence "Crusher" Crock, Cryll, Salu Digby, Frankenstein, Cyrus Gold, Hector Hall, Dr. Lars Hanscom First, Roy Harper
1	Who's Who's Hows and Whys	letters page	1	letters: typeset
2	Shrinking Violet	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Salu Digby, Shrinking Violet
3	The Signalman	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Rick Magyar; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Batman, Phillip Cobb, Dick Grayson, Robin, Signalman, Bruce Wayne
4	The Silent Knight	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	King Arthur, Lady Celia, Brian Kent, The Silent Knight, Tana First
5	Silver Deer	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Joe Brozowski; inks: Rodin Rodriguez; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Black Bison, Black-Cloud-in-Morning, Chanka, Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, Silver Deer, Martin Stein
6	Silver Ghost	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Scott McCloud; inks: Scott McCloud; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	The Human Bomb, Roy Lincoln, The Silver Ghost, Uncle Sam, Raphael Van Zandt
7	Silver Scarab	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mike Machlan; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Brain Wave, Fury, Carter Hall, Hector Hall, Hawkman, Henry King, Silver Scarab, Lyta Trevor, The Ultra-Humanite
8	The Silver Swan	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Helen Alexandros First, Ares, Princess Diana, The Silver Swan First, Wonder Woman
9	Sinestro	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Tomar-Re, Sinestro, John Stewart, Katma Tui
10	Sivana	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Billy Batson, Mary Batson, Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Dr. Sivana, Sivana Jr.
11	Sivana Family	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Beautia Sivana, Dr. Sivana, Georgia Sivana, Magnificus Sivana, Sivana Jr.
12	The Inner World of Skartaris	character profile	2	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford
13	Skull	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	The Atomic Skull, Clark Kent, Dr. Albert Michaels, Superman
14	Skyman	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Tom Grindberg; inks: Tom Grindberg; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Pat Dugan, Kritter, Sylvester Pemberton, Penny Dreadful, Skyman, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
15	Slam Bradley	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Slam Bradley
16	Slipknot	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Joe Brozowski; inks: Jerry Acerno; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond, Slipknot First, Martin Stein, Christopher Weiss First
17	Snapper Carr	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Joe Brozowski; inks: Bernard Sachs; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Barry Allen, Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Janet Carr, John Carr, Snapper Carr, Snapper Carr, Arthur Curry, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, J'Onn J'Onzz, Hal Jordan
18	Solomon Grundy	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Doctor Fate, Cyrus Gold, Green Lantern, Hector Hall, Jennie-Lynn Hayden, Jade, Kent Nelson, Obsidian, Todd Rice, Alan Scott, Silver Scarab, Solomon Grundy
19	Sonar	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Sonar, John Stewart, Bito Wladon
20	Son of Vulcan	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Apollo, Johnny Mann, Ares, Athena, Son of Vulcan, Aphrodite, Hephaestus
21	Space Cabbie	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bernard Sachs; inks: Bernard Sachs; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Space-Cabby
22	Space Museum	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Mike DeCarlo; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Michael Jon Carter, Howard Parker First, Tommy Parker First
23	The Space Ranger	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Workman; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Cryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
24	Spanner's Galaxy	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Tom Mandrake; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Marcus Baka First, Gadj First, Commander Richard Harris First, Andromeda Jones First, Laertek First, Polaris Spanner First, Wagorn First
25	The Spawn of Frankenstein	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Frankenstein
26	The Spectre	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mike Machlan; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Jim Corrigan, Shathan First, The Spectre
27	Speedy [Earth-Two]	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Eric Shanower; inks: Eric Shanower; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Green Arrow, Roy Harper, Oliver Queen, Quoag First, Speedy
28	Speedy [Earth-One]	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Stan Woch; inks: Stan Woch; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Cheshire, Green Arrow, Lian Harper First, Roy Harper, Jade Nguyen, Oliver Queen, Speedy
29	Spellbinder	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Batman, Delbert Billings, The Spellbinder, Bruce Wayne
30	Spider Guild	character profile	0.5	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kevin O'Neill; inks: Kevin O'Neill; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Green Lantern
31	The Spook	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Irv Novick; inks: Bill Wray; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Batman, Val Kaliban First, The Spook First, Bruce Wayne
32	Sportsmaster	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Chuck Beckum; inks: Chuck Beckum; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Black Canary, Lawrence "Crusher" Crock, Paula Brooks, Green Lantern, The Huntress, Ted Knight, Dinah Drake, Alan Scott, The Sportsmaster, Starman
33	Stalker	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Dgrth First, Stalker
34	Star Boy	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Greg LaRocque; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford; letters: Todd Klein	Dream Girl, Thom Kallor, Nura Nal, Star Boy
35	Starfinger	character profile	1	script: Paul Kupperberg, Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman, E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Martin King; inks: Dell Barras; colors: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood, Tom Ziuko, Carl Gafford	Imra Ardeen, Jan Arrah, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Reep Daggle, Querl Dox, Luornu Durgo, Element Lad, Dr. Lars Hanscom First, Invisible Kid, Clark Kent, Rokk Krinn, Lightning Lad

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.00 USD; barcode 0709893125111
Canadian	price 1.35 CAD; barcode 0709893125111

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-293-3	2020	On eBay ›
Who's Who Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-77950-599-6	2021	On eBay ›

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Sources

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