Cyberforce #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Anvil - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Cyberforce (Image, 1992 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: July 1993
Key date: 1993-07-00
On-sale date: 1993-03-30
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.50; 3.15 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Percival "Poopsie" Wainwright III - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Sh'rrnnn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bloodbow - 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: Marc Silvestri; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Joe Chiodo	Stryker, Morgan Stryker
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	The Tin Men of War - Part 4	comic story	25	script: Eric Silvestri; pencils: Marc Silvestri; inks: Scott Williams, J. D., John Tighe; colors: Joe Chiodo, Olyoptics, Wendy Fouts, Paige Apfelbaum; letters: Mike Heisler, Kevin Cunningham	Ballistic, Buzzcut, C. C., Chip McNally, Dylan Cruise, Cyblade, Heatwave, Impact, Killjoy, Saburo Kimata, Cassandra Lane, Megawatt, Mother May I, Boomer O'Shea
4	Codename: Stryke Force	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Brandon Peterson; inks: Marc Silvestri; colors: Joe Chiodo	Morgan Stryker
5	Codename: Stryke Force	preview (from the publisher)	4	script: Marc Silvestri; pencils: Brandon Peterson; inks: Marc Silvestri; colors: Joe Chiodo, In Color; letters: Michael Heisler	Anvil First, Bloodbow First, Kill Razor First, Lane Quintana First, Sh'rrnnn First, Stryker, Morgan Stryker, Tempest First, Percival "Poopsie" Wainwright III First
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Marc Silvestri; inks: Dan Panosian	Ballistic, Dylan Cruise, Cyblade, Heatwave, Impact, Cassandra Lane, Boomer O'Shea, Ripclaw, Robert Bearclaw, Stryker, Morgan Stryker, Carin Taylor, Dominique Thiebaut, Velocity
7	-	letters page	1	script: Cynthia	Stryker; C. C.
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Impact, Boomer O'Shea, Ripclaw, Robert Bearclaw, Stryker, Morgan Stryker

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.95 USD; 2.45 CAD; barcode 07098933256004

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Codename: Stryke Force #1	1994	On eBay ›
Cyberforce Trade Paperback #1 ISBN 978-1-582-40190-4; 1-582-40190-X	1993	On eBay ›
The Complete Cyberforce #1 ISBN 1534322221	2022	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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