Hawkworld #26 for Sale - First Appearance of Darkstar - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Hawkworld (DC, 1990 series)
Issue: #26
Publication date: September 1992
Key date: 1992-09-00
On-sale date: 1992-07-16
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.50; 1.85 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Phantasm - 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	Shadow War!	cover	1	pencils: Graham Nolan; inks: Graham Nolan; letters: Todd Klein	Hawkman, Katar Hol, Carl Sands, Shadow-Thief
1	Hammerlocke	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Keith Wilson; letters: Keith Wilson	Hammerlocke [Archer Locke]; Cactus Jaq; Sahara; Phade
2	Won't Get Fooled Again!	comic story	24	script: John Ostrander; pencils: Graham Nolan; inks: Timothy Bradstreet, Bob Dvorak; colors: Sam Parsons; letters: Tim Harkins	Fel Andar, Weng Chan, Professor John Cloud, Falthis Farr, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Katar Hol, Darl Klus, Thal Porvis, Andar Pul, Tros Samoth, Carl Sands, Shadow-Thief, Shadowlord
5	Total Chaos	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?, typeset	Changeling, Cyborg, Dagon First, Darkstar First, Deathstroke, Miri Delgado First, Dick Grayson, Killowat First, Koriand'r, Leonid Kovar, Carrie Levine First, Garfield Logan, Tara Markov First, Rosabelle Mendez
6	The Heckler	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Malcolm Jones III; letters: Todd Klein	The Heckler, Stuart Mosely
7	-	letters page	2	script: Mike Gold
8	Star Trek Debt of Honor	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?, typeset	James T. Kirk, Leonard McCoy, Montgomery Scott, Spock, Nyota Uhura
9	39 This and That	in-house column	1	script: Michael Eury	The Atom, Black Canary, Johnny Chambers, Wesley Dodds, Dr. Mid-Nite, Dinah Drake, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Ted Grant, Green Lantern, Carter Hall, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Hourman
10	Martian Manhunter American Secrets	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Eduardo Barreto; inks: Eduardo Barreto	J'Onn J'Onzz, Martian Manhunter

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 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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