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1May 1993
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Brigade #1

Image · May 1993

First appearance: HackerFirst appearance: Michael TalbotDeath of Katherine Pearson1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Brigade (Image, 1993 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
May 1993
Key date
1993-05-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$1.95; 2.45 CAD
Pages
38

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Why this issue matters

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

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

Death on record for: Katherine Pearson, Stasis.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Blood Brothers™ Part 1cover3pencils: Marat Mychaels; inks: Norm RapmundAlex Barros, Marc Barros, Battlestone, Boone, Coldsnap, Deadlock, Fourplay, Rebecca Hailey, Kayo, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Lethal, John Locke, Seahawk, Shogun
1-cover1pencils: Jeff Matsuda; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Kiko TaganashiBattlestone, Boone, Lethal, John Annex Stone
2-credits, title page1colors: ? (page design); letters: typeset
3A Sort Of Homecomingcomic story28script: Rob Liefeld, Marat Mychaels, Eric Stephenson; pencils: Marat Mychaels; inks: Norm Rapmund; colors: Paul Mounts, Chameleon Prime; letters: Kurt HathawayAlex Barros, Marc Barros, Battlestone, Coldsnap, Rebecca Hailey, Kayo, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Katherine Pearson Death, Seahawk, Stasis Death, John Annex Stone, Thermal, Boone, Cabbot
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Danny MikiBloodshot, Shaft, Jeff Terrell
6Red, White, & Bloodpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Steve Oliff, OlyopticsJohnny Armstrong, Die Hard, Calvin Raines, SuperPatriot
7Doom's IV™promo (ad from the publisher)1colors: ? (page design); letters: typeset
8-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern KindzierskiTrencher

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

Printings and variants

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Series context

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Sources

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