Astro City #28 - First Appearance of Seadragon, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Astro City (DC, 2013 series)
Issue: #28
Publication date: December 2015
Key date: December 2015
On-sale date: October 21, 2015
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 76194128968702811
Rating: Rated T Teen

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Cap'n Cookaburra - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

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

First appearance of G.B.H. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

Origin story on record for: Wolfspider.

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: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross	Banana Bender First, Cap'n Cookaburra First, Ben Colstone, Goldrush First, Krokolite First, Numbat First, Seadragon First, The Territorian First, Wolfspider
1	Yesterday's Heroes	comic story	24	script: Kurt Busiek; pencils: Gary Chaloner; inks: Wade von Grawbadger; colors: Wendy Broome; letters: John Roshell, Albert Deschesne, Jimmy Betancourt, Comicraft	Agent Bluebell First, Banana Bender First, Beautie, Professor Borzoi, Sarah Brandeis, Cap'n Cookaburra First, Clawbreaker First, Cleopatra, Ben Colstone, Ms. Colstone, Coolangatta Pete, Crimetime First, Foxie First, G.B.H. First
2	Been a Long, Long Road...	letters page	1	script: Kurt Busiek; pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Honor Guard ISBN 978-1-4012-6387-4	2016	On eBay ›
Honor Guard ISBN 978-1-4012-6828-2	2017	On eBay ›
Astro City Metrobook #5 ISBN 1534397094	2024	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Confirm which printing is being sold; later printings usually carry changed cover marks or indicia lines.
For variant covers, match the listing photo against the variant list on this page before paying a ratio-variant price.
Pressable defects (spine stress, corner blunting) matter to graders; ask for photos at an angle.

Series context

‹ #2728 of 52#29 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com