WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Hightower - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook (Image, 1993 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 1993
Key date: 1993-10-10
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $2.50; 3.15 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Delphae - 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	2	pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Michael Golden	Attica, Reno Bryce, Cole Cash, Grifter, H.A.R.M., Helspont, Helspont, Priscilla Kitaen, Yon Kohl, Lord Emp, John Lynch, Jacob Marlowe, Maul, Pike
1	-	credits, title page	0.75	letters: typeset
2	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.25	letters: typeset
3	Delphae / Artemis	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jae Lee; inks: Jae Lee, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Artemis First, Delphae First
4	Black Razor	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Trevor Scott; inks: Trevor Scott, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn
5	The Cabal	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Helspont, Pike, Providence
6	The Coda	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: JD, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	?
7	Daemonites	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Allen Im; inks: Sal Regla, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn
8	Lord Emp	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jeffery Scott; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Lord Emp, Jacob Marlowe
9	Gnome	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Sal Regla; inks: Sal Regla, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Ali Fargham, Gnome
11	Grifter	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Cole Cash, Grifter
12	VAD PP30	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Rick Wilkins; inks: Rick Wilkins, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn
13	Helspont	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jeffery Scott; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Helspont
14	Hightower	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jae Lee; inks: Jae Lee, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Hightower First
15	International Operations	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Jim Lee, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	John Lynch, Alicia Turner
16	Maul	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Trevor Scott, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn
17	MIRV	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Rick Wilkins; inks: Rick Wilkins, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn
18	Spartan	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Shawn McManus; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Yon Kohl, Spartan
19	Tri-ad	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Attica, H.A.R.M., Slag
20	Void	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Gary Frank; inks: Cam Smith, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Adrianna Tereshkova, Void
21	Voodoo	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jeffery Scott; inks: Trevor Scott, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Priscilla Kitaen, Voodoo
22	Warblade	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Alex Garner; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Reno Bryce, WarBlade
23	WildC.A.T.s	character profile	2	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jeffery Scott; inks: Sal Regla, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Reno Bryce, Cole Cash, Grifter, Priscilla Kitaen, Yon Kohl, Maul, Spartan, Jeremy Stone, Adrianna Tereshkova, Void, Voodoo, WarBlade, Zannah, Zealot
24	Zealot	character profile	1	script: Brandon Choi, Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee; pencils: Jeffery Scott; inks: Alex Garner, John Tighe, Rich Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn	Zannah, Zealot

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand Edition	price 1.95 USD; 2.45 CAD; barcode 07098933381901
Gold Embossed cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
WildC.A.T.s Compendium #1 ISBN 978-1-77952-602-1	2025	On eBay ›

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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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