Whiz Kids #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Hot Pink - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Whiz Kids (Image, 2003 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: April 2003
Key date: 2003-04-00
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $4.95; 7.35 CAD
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Nemo - 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	Beware... the Great Black Shark	cover	1	pencils: Jeff Austin; inks: Jeff Weigel; colors: Jeff Weigel; letters: Jeff Weigel	Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Galahad, Moray, Jerry Randall, Moray Talbot, Thunder Girl, Molly Wilson
1	Table of Contents, Credits and Indicia	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Shark Attack!!	comic story	18.5	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Jeff Austin; inks: Jeff Austin; letters: Jeff Austin	Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Galahad, Moray, Jerry Randall, Moray Talbot, Thunder Girl, Molly Wilson
3	Big Bang Theories	letters page	0.5	script: Gary Carlson
4	The Cross-over Crimes of the Gender Bender	illustration	1	pencils: Jeff Weigel; inks: Jeff Weigel; letters: Jeff Weigel	Bubbles, Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Kid Galahad, Moray, Jerry Randall, Moray Talbot
5	Who Are the New Kids in Town?	illustration	1	pencils: Darren Goodhart; inks: Darren Goodhart; letters: Darren Goodhart	Black Power, Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Galahad, Jerry Randall, She-Borg, Thunder Girl, Totem, Mike Wallowa, Molly Wilson
6	Back Issue Blowout	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
7	Whizzards	comic story	1	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Chris Samnee; inks: Chris Samnee
8	Death in the Air	comic story	19	script: Gary Carlson, Edward DeGeorge; pencils: Chris Irving, Chris Samnee; inks: Chris Samnee; letters: Gary Carlson	Black Power, Bubbles, Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Galahad, Gargoyla, Hot Pink First, Nemo First, Jerry Randall, She-Borg, Thunder Girl, Totem, Mike Wallowa, Molly Wilson
9	House Ad for The Round Table of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Don Targett (signed); inks: Don Targett (signed); letters: typeset
10	Whiz Kids to Whizzards: The Gang's All Here!	text article	1	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Chris Samnee; inks: Chris Samnee
11	House Ad for The Agents	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ben Dunn; inks: Ben Dunn
12	House Ad for Liberty Meadows	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Cho; inks: Frank Cho
13	House Ad for Player vs Player #2	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Cho; inks: Frank Cho
14	House Ad for Noble Causes: Extended Family	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
15	House Ad for Jack Staff	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Paul Grist; pencils: Paul Grist; inks: Paul Grist; letters: Paul Grist	Jack Staff; Hurricane
16	House Ad for Big Bang Comics Summer Special #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Karl Kesel
17	Whiz Kids	illustration	1	pencils: Chris Samnee; inks: Chris Samnee	Bubbles, Cyclone, Marty Eastman, Kid Galahad, Moray, Jerry Randall, Moray Talbot

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3338016 (Nemo), first-appearance property (CC0)

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