Big Bang Comics #22 for Sale - First Appearance of Anti-Matter Lad - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series)
Issue: #22
Publication date: September 1998
Key date: 1998-09-00
On-sale date: 1998-10-21
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.95; 4.70 CAD
Pages: 36

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

Why this issue matters

First appearance of Anti-Matter Lad - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Manta Rae - 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	The Bird-Man of Midway City	cover	1	script: Chris Ecker; pencils: Tom King; inks: Tom King; letters: Chris Ecker	Kid Galahad, The Knight Watchman, Jerry Randall, Reid Randall
1	Big Bang Comics	credits, title page	1	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Dan Preece; inks: Dan Preece	Christopher Kelly, Ultiman
2	Crime From The Skies!	comic story	10	script: Mark Schirmer; pencils: Dan Preece; inks: Dan Preece; letters: Dan Preece	Kid Galahad, The Knight Watchman, Jerry Randall, Reid Randall
3	Dr. Insect and His Ant Men!	comic story	8	script: Daniel Reed; pencils: Daniel Reed; inks: Daniel Reed; letters: Daniel Reed	The Dimensioneer, Frank Fontana
4	Alternate Currents	in-house column	1	script: Gary Carlson
5	Agents Of BADGE	comic story	7	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Chris Ecker; inks: Jim Brozman	Dragon, Kurr, Rick Ryan, Roberta Ryan, The Time Being
6	Who's Who In The Pantheon Of Heroes?	character profile	3	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Darren Goodhart; inks: Patrick Tuller	The Absolute, Angelfish First, Anti-Matter Lad First, Shemp Babbit, Brain Boy, Butterfly Queen First, Chefren Ra, Clone Boy, Dragon, Dragonfist, Dubba, Galactic Lad, Ghost Girl, Golden Girl First
7	The Big Bang History of Comics 1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	-	letters page	2	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Chris Adams; inks: Chris Adams	Kid Galahad, The Knight Watchman, Jerry Randall, Reid Randall
9	In the Next Issue of Knight Watchman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	Against The Animator	illustration	1	pencils: Daniel Reed; inks: Daniel Reed; colors: Daniel Reed	The Dimensioneer, Frank Fontana

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

‹ #2122 of 35#23 ›

Sources

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

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