Phantom Force #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Kodiak - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Phantom Force (Image, 1993 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 1993
Key date: 1993-12-00
On-sale date: 1994-01-10
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.50; 3.40 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Thomas Runningbear Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Derrick Rowland - 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	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Rob Liefeld	Phantom Force [Sensei; Apocalypse; Probe; Gin Seng; ?]
1	Image Comics Presents: Phantom Force	credits, title page	1
2	And Now-- Phantom Force	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby, Michael Thibodeaux, Richard French; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Danny Miki, Erik Larsen, Jim Lee; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics; letters: Kurt Hathaway	Phantom Force [Apocalypse; Probe; Bobby]
4	Chapter Two: The Scheme!	comic story	5	script: Jack Kirby, Michael Thibodeaux, Richard French; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Scott Williams, Jerry Ordway, Danny Miki, Erik Larsen, Marc Silvestri; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics; letters: Kurt Hathaway	Phantom Force [Apocalypse; Probe; Bobby; Sensei]; Tatsuki; Gin Seng; Kai Lun; Sal; John
6	Chapter Three: Gin Seng, Master of the Martial Arts!	comic story	10	script: Jack Kirby, Michael Thibodeaux, Richard French; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Jerry Ordway, Scott Williams, Marc Silvestri, Rob Liefeld; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics; letters: Kurt Hathaway	Gin Seng; Willy Willis; Shoko; Sensei; Tatsuki; Claw
7	Troll!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jeff Matsuda; inks: Dan Panosian	Troll, Bartholomew J. Troll
8	Freak Force #2	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	inks: Karl Kesel	Johnny Armstrong, Barbaric, Mighty Man, Ricochet, Barney Runningbear, Rikki Shaefer, Ann Stevens, SuperPatriot
9	Gin Seng: Super-tiger of the Martial Arts	illustration	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Erik Larsen	Gin Seng
10	Bonus Pin-Up by Jack Kirby & Jim Lee	illustration	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jim Lee	Probe
11	Phantom Force	letters page	4	letters: typeset
12	Who are the Newmen	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jeff Matsuda; inks: Norm Rapmund	Adam Booth First, Byrd First, Dash First, Jason Drew, Exit First, Kodiak First, Reign, Lisa Richards First, Derrick Rowland First, Thomas Runningbear Jr. First
13	Book Review: The Art of Jack Kirby	text article	1	script: Robert J. Sodaro
14	Inking Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
15	Image: Welcome to the Future	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)	Robert Bearclaw, Michael Patrick Cray, Deathblow, Die Hard, Dragon, Paul Johnstone, Kurr, Calvin Raines, Ripclaw, ShadowHawk, Al Simmons, Spawn

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jack Kirby's Silver Star #1 ISBN 978-1-58240-764-7	2007	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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