Congorilla #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Apparition - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Congorilla (DC, 1992 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: February 1993
Key date: 1993-02-00
On-sale date: 1993-01-14
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $1.75; 2.25 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of April Dumaka - 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	Ape Fear!	cover	1	pencils: Neil Vokes; inks: Neil Vokes; letters: Todd Klein	Congo Bill, The Congorilla
1	Someone Dressed Like a Bat Is Murdering the Citizens of Gotham City	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
2	I Pray the Lord My Soul to Take...!	comic story	24	script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Neil Vokes; inks: Jay Geldhof, P. Craig Russell; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Clem Robins	Congo Bill, The Congorilla, Janu
7	You May Think It's Not Your Problem... Think Again.	public service announcement	1		Blue Beetle, Beatriz da Costa, Fire, Booster Gold, Ted Kord, Michael Jon Carter
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Princess Diana, Oliver Queen, Robin, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman, Tim Drake
9	New Heroes for a New Earth	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Gim Allon, Imra Ardeen, Rokk Krinn, Jo Nah, Garth Ranzz, Andromeda First, Apparition First, Catspaw First, Computo, Cosmic Boy, Salu Digby, Dragonmage First, April Dumaka First, Luornu Durgo
10	R. I. P. Superman	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Princess Diana, Wonder Woman, Ferrin Colos, Darkstar, Darkstar, Mo Douglas, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Katar Hol, Lobo, Shayera Thal
11	World Without a Superman!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

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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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