Gamera #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Mayumi Nagamine - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Gamera (Dark Horse, 1996 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: August 1996
Key date: 1996-08-00
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $2.95; 4.15 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 76156896436300111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Asagi Kusanagi - 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	1	pencils: Mitsuaki Hashimoto; inks: Mitsuaki Hashimoto	Gamera
1	The Shadow of Evil - Gyaos!	comic story	22	script: Dave Chipps; pencils: Mozart Couto; inks: Mike Sellers; colors: Art Knight; letters: Clem Robins	Gamera, Asagi Kusanagi First, Mayumi Nagamine First, Viras First
2	Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe	text article	2	letters: typeset
3	Dark Horse Futures Part 2	in-house column	1	script: Randy Stradley

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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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