Battlestar Galactica #0 - First Appearance of Commander William Adama, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Battlestar Galactica (Dynamite Entertainment, 2006 series)
Issue: #0
Publication date: May 2006
Key date: May 31, 2006
On-sale date: May 31, 2006
Indicia publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Price: $0.25
Pages: 24
Barcode: 725130047311

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of President Laura Roslin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of "Zak Adama" - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lieutenant Felix Gaeta - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Petty Officer Anastasia "Dee" Dualla - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Billy Keikeya - 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	Art Cover	cover	1	pencils: Steve McNiven; inks: Steve McNiven	Commander William Adama First, Dr. Gaius Baltar First, Number Six, Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	13	script: Greg Pak; pencils: Nigel Raynor; inks: Nigel Raynor; colors: David Curiel; letters: Simon Bowland	Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama, Commander William Adama First, "Zak Adama" First, Petty Officer Anastasia "Dee" Dualla First, Lieutenant Felix Gaeta First, Billy Keikeya First, President Laura Roslin First, Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
3	Xena Warrior Princess	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Billy Tan; inks: Billy Tan	Xena
4	Army of Darkness	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset	Ash
6	Sneak Preview of Red Sonja #11	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	pencils: Mel Rubi; inks: Mel Rubi	Red Sonja
7	The Adventures of Red Sonja!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Thorne	Red Sonja
8	Highlander	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gabriele Dell'Otto; inks: Gabriele Dell'Otto	Connor MacLeod
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Billy Tan; inks: Billy Tan

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover B - Six Photograph	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover C Michael Turner	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Battlestar Galactica #1	2007	On eBay ›
Battlestar Galactica Complete Omnibus #[nn]	2009	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)

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