Ms. Tree Quarterly #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Midnight - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Ms. Tree Quarterly (DC, 1990 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: Summer 1990
Key date: 1990-07-00
On-sale date: 1990-05-24
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $3.95; 4.95 CAD
Pages: 84
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Robert Avery / Robert Mason - 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: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell; colors: Mike Grell; letters: Todd Klein	Ms. Tree
1	Gift of Death	comic story	48	script: Max Allan Collins; pencils: Terry Beatty; inks: Terry Beatty; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: Gary Kato	Ms. Tree
2	Night Kills	comic story	12	script: Ed Gorman; pencils: Graham Nolan; inks: Graham Nolan; colors: Sam Parsons; letters: John Costanza	Midnight First, Robert Avery / Robert Mason First
3	The Name	text story	11	script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell; editing: Dean Motter	Batman, Commissioner James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne
4	Ms. Tree	text article	1.6	script: Mike Gold

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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