The Lion King #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Tabari - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Lion King (Dynamite Entertainment, 2025 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [November 2025]
Key date: 2025-11-19
On-sale date: 2025-11-19
Indicia publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 72513036047201011
Rating: Teen

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Sarafina - 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: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon; colors: Edwin Galmon	Mufasa, Simba
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon
2	-	comic story	22	script: Edwin Galmon, Nate Cosby; pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon; colors: Edwin Galmon; letters: Jeff Eckleberry	Mufasa, Nala, Sarabi First, Sarafina First, Simba, Zazu, Tabari First
3	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Edwin Galmon; inks: Edwin Galmon; colors: Edwin Galmon
4	Cover Gallery	illustration	2	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover C- Jacob Edgar	barcode 72513036047201031
Cover I - Edwin Galmon 15 Copy Incentive Line Art	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover E - Blank Authentix Cover	barcode 72513036047201051
Cover D - Giulia Lomurno	barcode 72513036047201041
Cover B - Meghan Hetrick	barcode 72513036047201021
Blind Bag Blank Authentix Orange Cover T	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Blind Bag Blank Authentix Green Cover U	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Blind Bag Blank Authentix Royal Purple Cover V	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Sukesha Ray - Dynamite.com Exclusive Virgin Cover X	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Sukesha Ray - Dynamite.com Exclusive Cover W	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Pumbaa Head Shot Virgin Cover S	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Pumbaa Head Shot Cover R	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Scar Head Shot Virgin Cover Q	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Scar Head Shot Cover P	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Nala Head Shot Virgin Cover O	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - Blind Bag Nala Head Shot Cover N	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Meghan Hetrick- 50 Copy Incentive Virgin Cover L	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Edwin Galmon - 35 Copy Incentive Line Art Virgin Cover K	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Jacob Edgar - 25 Copy Incentive Virgin Cover J	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Giulia Lomurno - 10 Copy Incentive Virgin Cover H	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Edwin Galmon - Limited Edition Virgin Cover G	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Edwin Galmon - Premium Metal Virgin Cover F	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Blind Bag Cover M	See the GCD record for identification notes.

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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