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4January 2006
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The Pact #4

Image · January 2006

First appearance: Battle BeastFirst appearance: Thokk
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Identification plate

Series
The Pact (Image, 2005 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
January 2006
Key date
2006-01-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$2.99; 3.50 CAD
Pages
32
Barcode
70985300289500411

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Thokk - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Firebreather, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Zephyr Noble, ShadowHawk
1-credits, title page1pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard
2Dig Now, Die Later!comic story19script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Firebreather, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Gaia Noble, Zephyr Noble, Doc Seismic, ShadowHawk, James Collins
3Which Two Shadowhawks Are Exactly the Same?activity1script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason HowardDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Firebreather, ShadowHawk
4The Pact Babies in: Me Poopie!comic story2script: Jason Howard; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Firebreather, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Zephyr Noble, ShadowHawk
5Help Invincible Find His Way Home for Dinner!activity1pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason HowardDebbie Grayson, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Battle Beast First, Thokk First
6Zephyr and Invincible Say Duck and Covercomic story2script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonMark Grayson, Invincible, Zephyr Noble
7Solve the Puzzle to Discover - Who Will Zephyr Marry?activity1script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Eddie Collins, Firebreather, Mark Grayson, Invincible, Zephyr Noble, ShadowHawk
8You Smoke, You Die!comic story2script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus Wooton
9-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard
10Coming in the Next Issue of - The Pactillustration1script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Jason Howard; inks: Jason Howard; colors: Jason Howard; letters: Rus WootonDuncan Belloc-Rosenblatt Jr., Firebreather, Nolan Grayson, Omni-Man

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Three's Company
ISBN 1-58240-656-1		2006On eBay ›
Invincible: The Ultimate Collection #3
ISBN 978-1-58240-763-0		2007On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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