Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic #1 - First Appearance of Tom Servo, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic (Dark Horse, 2018 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 2018
Key date: September 12, 2018
On-sale date: September 12, 2018
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 76156800338300111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Tom Servo - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Crow T. Robot - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Jonah Heston - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Kinga Forrester - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Max - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Synthia Forrester - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Bonesy - 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: Todd Nauck; inks: Todd Nauck; colors: Wes Dzioba	Kinga Forrester First, Synthia Forrester First, Jonah Heston First, Max First, Crow T. Robot First, Tom Servo First
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Todd Nauck; inks: Todd Nauck; colors: Wes Dzioba
2	-	comic story	10	script: Harold Buchholz, Joel Hodgson, Matt McGinnis, Seth Robinson, Sharyl Volpe, Mary Robinson; pencils: Todd Nauck, Mike Manley; inks: Todd Nauck, Mike Manley; colors: Wes Dzioba, Mike Manley; letters: Michael Heisler	Ardy First, Bonesy First, Kinga Forrester First, Growler First, Gypsy First, Jonah Heston First, Max First, Crow T. Robot First, Tom Servo First, M. Waverly First
3	The Brat	comic story	14	script: Harold Buchholz, Joel Hodgson, Matt McGinnis, Seth Robinson, Sharyl Volpe, Mary Robinson; pencils: John Tartaglione, Mike Manley; inks: John Tartaglione, Mike Manley; colors: Mike Manley; letters: Michael Heisler	Tom Servo First

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Steve Vance Cover	barcode 76156800338300121

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Mystery Science Theater 3000 #[nn] ISBN 9781506709475; 1506709478	2019	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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