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1August 2010
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Guarding the Globe #1

Image · August 2010

First appearance: Sarah Palin1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Guarding the Globe (Image, 2010 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 2010
Key date
2010-08-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$3.50
Pages
36
Barcode
70985300886600111

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Cover Acover1pencils: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ransom Getty; colors: FCO PlascenciaMark Grayson, Invincible
1-credits, title page1pencils: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ransom Getty; colors: FCO Plascencia
2-comic story22script: Robert Kirkman, Benito Cereno; pencils: Ransom Getty; inks: Ransom Getty, Cliff Rathburn; colors: Ron Riley, Thomas Mason, FCO Plascencia; letters: Rus WootonMark Grayson, Invincible
3Guardian Gagscomic story1script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris GiarrussoMark Grayson, Rick Grimes, Invincible, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin First, Spawn, Al Simmons
4-text article1script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ransom Getty; colors: FCO Plascencia
5Barack Obama Is in a Comic!illustration1script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris GiarrussoMark Grayson, Rick Grimes, Invincible, Barack Obama, Spawn, Al Simmons

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
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Under Siege
ISBN 978-1-60706-356-8		2012On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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