Elektra: The Movie #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Tattoo - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Elektra: The Movie (Marvel, 2005 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: February 2005
Key date: 2005-02-00
On-sale date: 2004-12-29
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $5.99; 9.50 CAD
Pages: 76
Barcode: 75960605680400111
Rating: Marvel PSR

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Kinkou, Kirigi, Mary Walker, Meizumi, Stone.

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: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo)	Elektra
1	-	comic story	48	script: Sean McKeever, Zak Penn, Stu Zicherman, Raven Metzner; pencils: Mike Perkins; inks: Drew Hennessy; colors: Sotocolor's J. Rauch; letters: V.C.'s Randy Gentile	Bullseye, Kinkou First, Kirigi Death, Lester, Meizumi First, Elektra, Master Roshi First, Tudo Sokuto First, Stick, Stone Death, Tattoo First, Typhoid Mary Death, Mary Walker Death
2	Art by Bill Sienkiewicz	illustration	1	script: Frank Miller; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Elektra
3	The Return of Elektra	text article	4	script: Michael Ruscoe	Elektra
4	Elektra	character profile	3	script: Jeff Christiansen, Ronald Byrd, Michael Hoskin; pencils: Greg Horn, Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Greg Horn, Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Greg Horn, Bill Sienkiewicz; editing: Jeff Youngquist	Elektra
5	Art by Frank Miller	illustration	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller	Elektra
6	The Mongoose Gambit	comic story	9	script: Frank Miller; pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller; letters: Jim Novak; editing: Denny O'Neil	Elektra
7	Art by Greg Horn	illustration	1	pencils: Greg Horn; inks: Greg Horn; colors: Greg Horn	Elektra
8	Original Cover to Daredevil #168	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Klaus Janson	Daredevil, Elektra, Matt Murdock
9	History of the Sai	text article	3	script: Akira Yoshida; pencils: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Chris Gossett; inks: Klaus Janson, Jonathan Glapion; colors: Klaus Janson, Guru eFX	Bullseye, Daredevil, Elektra, Lester, Matt Murdock
10	Art by Bill Sienkiewicz	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz	Elektra
11	Credits	credits, title page	1	pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typeset	Elektra
12	Only a Warrior Can Come Back from Death...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mike Mayhew; inks: Mike Mayhew; colors: Mike Mayhew	Elektra

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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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