Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993 #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Black Condor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993 (DC, 1992 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 1992
Key date: 1992-12-00
On-sale date: 1992-11-19
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $5.95; 6.95 CAD
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Ryan Kendall - 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: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Rick Taylor
1	-	letters page	2	script: Bob Kahan
2	Abra Kadabra	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Greg LaRocque; inks: José Marzán Jr.; colors: Glenn Whitmore	Abra Kadabra, Citizen Abra
3	Agent Liberty	character profile	2	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Jackson Guice; colors: Glenn Whitmore	Agent Liberty, Benjamin Lockwood
4	Azrael	character profile	2	script: Dennis O'Neil; pencils: Joe Quesada; inks: Kevin Nowlan; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Azrael, Jean-Paul Valley
5	Black Condor	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Rags Morales; inks: Rags Morales; colors: Eric Kachelhofer	Black Condor First, Ryan Kendall First
6	Black Mask	character profile	2	script: Doug Moench; pencils: Tom Mandrake; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Adrienne Roy	Black Mask, Roman Sionis
7	Cerberus	character profile	2	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Jon Bogdanove; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore	Cerberus
8	Count Viper	character profile	2	script: John Ostrander; pencils: Tim Truman; inks: Tim Truman; colors: Sam Parsons	Count Viper
9	Eclipso	character profile	2	script: Robert Loren Fleming; pencils: Bart Sears; inks: Ray Kryssing; colors: Tom McCraw	Eclipso
10	Evil Star	character profile	2	script: Robert Greenberger; pencils: Travis Charest; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Julianna Ferriter	Evil Star
11	The Green Lantern Corps	character profile	2	script: Gerard Jones; pencils: M. D. Bright; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Steve Mattsson	Green Lantern Corps
12	The Heckler	character profile	2	script: Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Keith Giffen; colors: Tom McCraw	Heckler
13	Ice Man	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Barry Kitson; inks: Barry Kitson; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Ice Man
14	Ig'nea	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Barry Kitson; inks: Barry Kitson; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Ig'nea
15	Jack Marshall, Hacker	character profile	2	script: Lewis Shiner; pencils: Tom Sutton; inks: Tom Sutton; colors: Lovern Kindzierski	Jack Marshall, Hacker
16	Lady Jane	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Scot Eaton; inks: Kim DeMulder; colors: Tatjana Wood	Lady Jane
17	The Legionnaires	character profile	2	script: Tom Bierbaum, Mary Bierbaum; pencils: Chris Sprouse; inks: Karl Story; colors: Tom McCraw	Legionnaires
18	Lord Satanus	character profile	2	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Brett Breeding; inks: Brett Breeding; colors: Glenn Whitmore	Lord Satanus
19	Mister Z	character profile	2	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Jerry Ordway; colors: Glenn Whitmore	Mister Z
20	Netherworld	character profile	2	script: John Ostrander; pencils: Tim Truman; inks: Tim Truman; colors: Sam Parsons	Netherworld
21	Starbreaker	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Rick Burchett; colors: Gene D'Angelo	Starbreaker
22	Timber Wolf	character profile	2	script: Al Gordon; pencils: Joe Phillips; inks: Al Gordon; colors: Tom McCraw	Brin Londo, Timber Wolf
23	Valor	character profile	2	script: Robert Loren Fleming; pencils: M. D. Bright; inks: Al Gordon; colors: Tom McCraw	Lar Gand, Valor
24	White Dragon	character profile	2	script: John Ostrander; pencils: Jan Duursema; inks: Jan Duursema; colors: Sam Parsons	White Dragon
25	Yankee Doodle Dandy	character profile	2	script: Mark Waid; pencils: Stan Woch; inks: Stan Woch; colors: Daniel Vozzo	Yankee Doodle Dandy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Fallen Angel ISBN 978-1-4012-6060-6	2016	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: Five Years Later Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-77951-557-5	2022	On eBay ›
Who's Who Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-77951-519-3	2023	On eBay ›

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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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