Big Bang Comics #13 for Sale - First Appearance of Oblivia - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series)
Issue: #13
Publication date: August 1997
Key date: 1997-08-00
On-sale date: 1997-09-17
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.95; 4.10 CAD
Pages: 44

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Allison Kane - 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	A Novel Length Epic Starring The Sphinx	cover	1	script: Jeff Weigel; pencils: Jeff Weigel; inks: Jeff Weigel	Chefren Ra, Allison Kane First, The Sphinx
1	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Jeff Weigel, Gary Carlson
2	The Riddle of the Sphinx	comic story	40	script: Jeff Weigel; pencils: Jeff Weigel; inks: Jeff Weigel; letters: Jeff Weigel	Chefren Ra, Allison Kane First, The Sphinx
3	-	letters page	1	script: Gary Carlson
4	Don't Miss the Battle for the Fourth Dimension!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Rich Buckler	The Badge, Berzerker, Dragon, Christopher Kelly, Alexander Kirk, Kurr, Oblivia First, Roger Ryan, Ultiman

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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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