Noble Causes #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Tech Jacket - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Noble Causes (Image, 2003 series)
Issue: #2
Issue title: Family Secrets
Publication date: April 2004
Key date: 2004-04-00
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $12.95
Pages: 124
Barcode: 978158240348901295
ISBN: 1-58240-348-1

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Zack Thompson - 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	Family Secrets	cover	1	pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: Ian Richardson; colors: Ken Wolak
1	N	illustration	1
2	Family Secrets	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset
3	Good Grief	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Rick Alexander
4	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #1 Cover A	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming; colors: James Brown	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
5	Family Secrets, Part One	comic story	15	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: John Wycough; colors: Chris Sotomayor, Jeremy Roberts, SotoColor; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Celeste Noble, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
6	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #2 Cover A	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming; colors: James Brown	Gaia Noble
7	Family Secrets, Part Two	comic story	15	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: John Wycough; colors: Jeremy Roberts, SotoColor; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Celeste Noble, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
8	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #3 Cover A	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming; colors: James Brown	Zephyr Noble
9	Family Secrets, Part Three	comic story	15	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: Ian Richardson; colors: Ken Wolak, Dawn Groszewski; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Johnny Armstrong, Duncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Liz Donnelly-Noble, Dragon, Firebreather, Frost, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Kurr, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
10	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #4 Cover A	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming; colors: James Brown	Doc Noble
11	Family Secrets, Part Four	comic story	15	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: Ian Richardson; colors: Ken Wolak, Dawn Groszewski; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Celeste Noble, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
12	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #1 Cover B	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Cory Walker; inks: Damon Hacker; colors: Chris Sotomayor	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Celeste Noble, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
13	Fire & Ice	comic story	8	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: JonBoy Meyers; inks: Damon Hacker, Phil Balsman; colors: J. Brown, SotoColor; letters: Ray Dillon, Jeremy K. Fiest, Golden Goat Studios	Frost, Celeste Noble, Rusty Noble
14	-	illustration	1	pencils: Andres Ponce; inks: Andres Ponce; colors: Thomas Mason	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Frost, Krennick, Celeste Noble, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Race Noble, Rusty Noble
15	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #2 Cover B	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Steve Lieber; inks: Steve Lieber; colors: Chris Sotomayor	Doc Noble, Rusty Noble
16	Unrequited	comic story	8	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Matt Wendt; inks: Ed Herrera; colors: J. Brown, SotoColor; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Eddie Collins, Krennick, Race Noble, Zephyr Noble, ShadowHawk
17	-	illustration	1	pencils: Valentine De Landro; inks: Kevin Comrie; colors: Thomas Mason	Liz Donnelly-Noble, Race Noble
18	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #3 Cover B	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jim Valentino; inks: Damon Hacker; colors: Brett Evans	Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
19	An Early Frost	comic story	8	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Jon Sommariva; inks: Vivienne To; colors: Thomas Mason; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Clarion, Frost, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Race Noble, Rusty Noble
20	Rusty	illustration	1	pencils: Pedro Potier; inks: Pedro Potier; colors: Pedro Potier	Rusty Noble
21	Noble Causes: Family Secrets #4 Cover B	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Phil Hester; inks: Phil Hester	Frost
22	Grown Ups	comic story	8	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Andres Ponce; inks: Andres Ponce; colors: Thomas Mason; letters: Ray Dillon, Golden Goat Studios	Krennick, Doc Noble, Gaia Noble, Zephyr Noble
23	-	illustration	13	script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson, Jamal Igle, Jon Sommariva; inks: Ian Richardson, Jamal Igle, Jon Sommariva; colors: Ken Wolak, Ian Richardson, Jon Sommariva
24	Image Comics Backlist	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
25	N	illustration	1
26	-	recap	1	pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: Ian Richardson; colors: Ken Wolak, Dawn Groszewski

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Series context

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Sources

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