Solomon Grundy #5 for Sale - First Appearance of Lightning - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Solomon Grundy (DC, 2009 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: September 2009
Key date: 2009-09-00
On-sale date: 2009-07-01
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $2.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 76194128176600511

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Shazam - 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	Grew Worse on Friday!	cover	1	pencils: Scott Kolins; inks: Scott Kolins; colors: Michael Atiyeh	Cyrus Gold, Solomon Grundy
2	Worse on a Friday!	comic story	22	script: Scott Kolins; pencils: Scott Kolins; inks: Scott Kolins; colors: Michael Atiyeh; letters: Sal Cipriano	Crispus Allen, Amazo, Black Canary, Cyrus Gold, Green Lantern, Green Lantern, Roy Harper, Hal Jordan, Dinah Lance, The Phantom Stranger, Red Arrow, Red Tornado, Alan Scott, Solomon Grundy
4	A New 7-Issue Limited Series	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mauro Cascioli; inks: Mauro Cascioli; colors: Mauro Cascioli	The Atom, Batwoman, Bizarro, Captain Cold, The Congorilla, Freddy Freeman, Gorilla Grodd, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Pamela Isley, Joker, Hal Jordan, Kate Kane, Lex Luthor
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ivan Reis; inks: Oclair Albert	Green Lantern, Hal Jordan
8	Mind-Blowing Color, Action nd Excitement!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Lee Bermejo; inks: Lee Bermejo; colors: Barbara Ciardo	Clark Kent, Superman
9	Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Andy Kubert; colors: Alex Sinclair	Batman, Catwoman, Oswald Cobblepot, Harvey Dent, Joker, Selina Kyle, Penguin, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne, Martha Wayne, Thomas Wayne
10	It's Beautiful Stuff.	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Alex Sinclair	Batman, Helena Bertinelli, Catwoman, Thomas Elliot, Harley Quinn, The Huntress, Hush, Joker, Waylon Jones, Clark Kent, Killer Croc, Selina Kyle, Poison Ivy, Harleen Quinzel
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	The Atom, Tom Bronson First, Jesse Chambers, Citizen Steel, Pieter Cross, Doctor Mid-Nite, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Green Lantern, Nathan Heywood, Hourman, Judomaster, Liberty Belle, Lightning First
12	DC Nation [172]: Wednesday Comics	in-house column	1	script: DD	Barry Allen, Batman, Eddie Bloomberg, Blue Beetle, Boston Brand, Catwoman, Deadman, Tim Drake, The Flash, Gold, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Iron

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Solomon Grundy #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2586-5	2010	On eBay ›

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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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