Friends of Maxx #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Mickey Bowlin - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Friends of Maxx (Image, 1996 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: April 1996
Key date: 1996-04-00
On-sale date: 1996
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.95; 4.05 CAD
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Dude Japan - 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	script: Sam Kieth; pencils: Sam Kieth; inks: Sam Kieth; colors: Sam Kieth; letters: Michael Heisler	Mickey Bowlin First, Dude Japan First, Maxx
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Dude Japan	comic story	48	script: Sam Kieth; pencils: Sam Kieth; inks: Jim Sinclair; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics, Kell-O-Graphics; letters: Mike Heisler	Mickey Bowlin First, Dude Japan First, Maxx, Julie Winters

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Maxx #6 ISBN 1-4012-0946-7	2006	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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