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4June 1997
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Brainbanx #4

DC · June 1997 · on sale 1997-04-16

First appearance: FrostbiteFirst appearance: Off-RampFirst appearance: Monstergirl
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Identification plate

Series
Brainbanx (DC, 1997 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
June 1997
Key date
1997-06-00
On-sale date
1997-04-16
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$2.50; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
76194120694300411

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Stacy Taglia - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Eye of the Beast!cover1pencils: Jason Temujin; inks: Jason Temujin; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Timothy Zach
1-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Humberto Ramos; inks: Wayne FaucherBart Allen, The Flash, Impulse, Wally West
2From You Have I Come Forthcomic story22script: Elaine Lee; pencils: Temujin; inks: Temujin; colors: Tatjana Wood, Heroic Age; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft
5Star Crossedpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Matt Howarth; inks: Matt Howarth; colors: Matt Howarth
6Young Heroes in Lovepromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBonfire First, Anne Fletcher First, Frostbite First, Hard Drive First, Jeremy Horton First, Junior First, Rita Lopez First, Monstergirl First, Benjamin Newton First, Off-Ramp First, George Sloan First, Stacy Taglia First, Thunderhead First, Scott Tucker First
7Click Here.promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
8Unholy Matrimony!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Adam Hughes; inks: Adam Hughes; colors: Patrick MartinMordru; Shrinking Violet; Kinetix; Chameleon; Sensor; Invisible Kid
9-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typesetCatwoman, Selina Kyle
10A Powerful Foe. A Young Hero.promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBane, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl
11Brainbanxletters page2script: Elaine Lee; pencils: Jason Temujin; inks: Jason Temujin
12-in-house column1script: Stuart Moore

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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