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5Winter 1988
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The New Guardians #5

DC · Winter 1988 · on sale 1988-10-20

First appearance: Rocket Red XFirst appearance: Misha
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Identification plate

Series
The New Guardians (DC, 1988 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
Winter 1988
Key date
1988-12-10
On-sale date
1988-10-20
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.25; 1.75 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rocket Red X - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Misha - 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
0-cover1pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Bruce PattersonArisia, Gregorio de la Vega, Extraño, Floro, Gloss, Harbinger, Kilowog, Lyla Michaels, Xiang Po, RAM, Jason Woodrue, Takeo Yakata, Jet, Celia Windward
1-in-house column1script: Jenette Kahn
2By the Rockets Red Glarecomic story24script: Cary Bates; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Pablo Marcos; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: John CostanzaArisia, Gregorio de la Vega, Extraño, Floro, Gloss, Harbinger, Jet, Terga Kalmaku, Thomas "Pieface" Kalmaku, Kilowog, Lyla Michaels, Xiang Po, RAM, Celia Windward
3The New Guardiansletters page1.5script: Mark Waid

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q126784762 (Misha), first-appearance property (CC0)

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