Trencher #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Caitlin Fairchild - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Trencher (Image, 1993 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: June 1993
Key date: 1993-06-00
On-sale date: 1993
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $1.95; 2.35 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Percival Edward Chang - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Bobby Lane - 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: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern Kindzierski; letters: Lovern Kindzierski	Trencher
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Keith Giffen; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen	Trencher
2	-	comic story	24	script: Keith Giffen; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern Kindzierski; letters: Lovern Kindzierski	Ethan Crane, Supreme (Mean Supreme), Trencher
3	Cher Noble	character profile	1	script: Keith Giffen; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern Kindzierski; letters: Lovern Kindzierski	Cher Noble [Cheryl Noble]
4	Trench Mouth	letters page	1	script: Bill Shakespeare; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Trencher
5	Images of Shadowhawk by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Paul Johnstone, ShadowHawk
6	1963 the Next Step Forward Is One Step Back!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy); letters: typeset
7	Mike Grell Unleashed!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell	Joshua Brand
8	Freak Force Coming Soon...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen	Johnny Armstrong, Jill August, Barbaric, Dart, Sara Hill, Horridus, Sharona Jackson, Mighty Man, Rapture, Ricochet, Barney Runningbear, Rikki Shaefer, Ann Stevens, SuperPatriot
9	Gen X	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: Alex Garner	Burnout First, Percival Edward Chang First, Fairchild First, Caitlin Fairchild First, Freefall First, Grunge First, Bobby Lane First, Roxy Spaulding First
10	Brigade #0	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jeff Matsuda; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Kiko Taganashi	Battlestone, Kayo, Hiroshi Kuramoto, Lethal, John Annex Stone
11	Image Comics Presents: The World's First Pull-Up Cover!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy); letters: ?; typeset	Paul Johnstone, ShadowHawk

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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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