Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Crimson Corsair - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Before Watchmen: Minutemen (DC, 2012 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: August 2012
Key date: 2012-08-00
On-sale date: 2012-06-06
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 76194130980400111
Rating: Rated M Mature

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Ol' Phantom - 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: Darwyn Cooke; inks: Darwyn Cooke; colors: Darwyn Cooke	Hollis Mason, Nite Owl
2	The Minute of Truth, Chapter One: Eight Minutes	comic story	26	script: Darwyn Cooke; pencils: Darwyn Cooke; inks: Darwyn Cooke; colors: Phil Noto; letters: Jared K. Fletcher	Edward Blake, William Brady, Captain Metropolis, Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Dollar Bill, Nelson Gardner, Hooded Justice, Sally Jupiter, Byron Lewis, Hollis Mason, Mothman, Nite Owl, Jonathan Osterman
3	The Devil in the Deep... Part One	comic story	2	script: Len Wein; pencils: John Higgins; inks: John Higgins; colors: John Higgins; letters: Sal Cipriano	Crimson Corsair First, Gordon McClachlan

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Michael Golden Cover	barcode 76194130980400121
Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover	barcode 76194130980400131
Combo-Pack	price 4.99 USD; barcode 76194130980400141

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Darwyn Cooke #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5809-2	2015	On eBay ›
Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3892-6	2013	On eBay ›
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3895-7	2013	On eBay ›
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias / Crimson Corsair #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4515-3	2014	On eBay ›
Before Watchmen: Minutemen / Silk Spectre #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4512-2	2014	On eBay ›
Before Watchmen Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-8551-7	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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