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1st Issue Special is a comics anthology series from DC Comics, done in a similar style to their Showcase series. It was published from April 1975 to April 1976. [1] The goal was to showcase a new possible first issue of an ongoing series each month, with some issues debuting new characters and others reviving dormant series from DC's past.
Titles 0–9 A Alter Ego (4 issues) American Flagg! (50 issues, plus special, then 12 issue series) Alien Bones (graphic novel, 2019) B Badger (70 issues, plus a 4 issue limited series and two graphic novels) Beowulf (graphic novel, 1984) Betty Boop's Big Break (graphic novel, 1990) C Corum (Michael Moorcock adaptation): The Chronicles of Corum (12 issues, 1987-1988) The Bull and the Spear (4 ...
Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics. It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman —and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
The Punisher is the first ongoing comic book series starring the fictional Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher, following The Punisher limited series published the previous year. The series ran 104 issues from July 1987 to July 1995.
The series holds an average rating of 7.5 by 132 professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup. [5]Of the first issue, IGN's Benjamin Bailey said Edmondson and Gerads embrace that Punisher is a hard character to write, and that they "give [readers] a story about the Punisher moving to Los Angeles and spraying bullets in the direction of those who deserve it."
The first issue averaged 8.6 out of 10 according to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, and the series overall averaged 8.5 after five issues. [20] Guillory said the initial response he received from readers was surprise; they had expected the story to be pure humor and were shocked to discover the characters had real depth. [ 8 ]
May 2: In the first issue of the Turkish children's magazine Yavrutürk Çocuk Gazetesi Ercüment Kalmik's comics series Çetin Kaptan makes its debut. [6] May 3: The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine Bravo ! is published. It will run until 17 April 1951. In its first issue, Frits Van den Berghe's gag comic Pikkel en Duim makes its ...
The Halo Graphic Novel proved to be a critical and commercial success; the comic debuted at the number two position on the Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts [2] and more than 100,000 copies were published. [3] Marvel Comics and Bungie announced the first Halo limited comic series, Halo: Uprising, at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con. [4]