The Lion King #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Asha - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Lion King (Dynamite Entertainment, 2025 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: [December 2025]
Key date: 2025-12-24
On-sale date: 2025-12-24
Indicia publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 72513036047201011
Rating: Teen

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Saidi - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon; colors: Edwin Galmon	Mufasa
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon
2	The Mystery of the Elsewhere Elephant	comic story	22	script: Edwin Galmon, Nate Cosby; pencils: Edwin Galmon, Carlo Lauro; inks: Edwin Galmon, Carlo Lauro; colors: Andrew Dalhouse, Carlo Lauro; letters: Jeff Eckleberry	Mufasa, Nala, Scar, Simba, Tabari, Zazu, Asha First, Saidi First
3	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon; colors: Edwin Galmon
4	Cover Gallery	illustration	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover B - Drew Moss	barcode 72513036047202021
Cover E - Giulia Lomurno 10 Copy Incentive Virgin Art	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover D - Giulia Lomurno	barcode 72513036047202041
Cover C - Jacob Edgar	barcode 72513036047202031
Jacob Edgar - 10 Copy Incentive Virgin Cover F	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Before you buy

Confirm which printing is being sold; later printings usually carry changed cover marks or indicia lines.
For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

‹ #12 of 5#3 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com