Bishop: The Last X-Man #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Link - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Bishop: The Last X-Man (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: January 2000
Key date: 2000-01-00
On-sale date: 1999-11-17
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 44
Barcode: 75960604782600411
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Nom - 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	The Kith Trilogy Part 1: It's Death From Above for Bishop	cover	1	pencils: Georges Jeanty	Bishop, Lucas Bishop
1	Over the Hills and Far Away	comic story	22	script: Joseph Harris; pencils: Charlie Adlard, Georges Jeanty; inks: Art Thibert; colors: Jason Wright; letters: Jon Babcock	Bishop, Lucas Bishop, Jinx, Link First, Michael, Nom First, Scorch
2	Fast Lane Part 2: Feel the Rush!	comic story	8	script: Glenn Herdling; pencils: Gregg Schigiel; inks: Richard Case; colors: Paul Mounts; letters: Chris Dickey; editing: Michael Stewart, Steve Behling	Quentin Beck, Mysterio, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
3	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
4	Bullpen Bits #29	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Clint Barton, Hawkeye, Ororo Munroe, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Storm, Mary Jane Watson
5	Name This Letter's Page!!!	letters page	1	letters: Comicraft

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 75960604782601

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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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