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2September 2007
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First Born #2

Image · September 2007 · on sale 2007

First appearance: Witchblade1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
First Born (Image, 2007 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
September 2007
Key date
2007-09-00
On-sale date
2007
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$2.99; 3.50 CAD
Pages
32
Barcode
70985300483700211

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Witchblade - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0First Borncover1pencils: Dale Keown; inks: Dale KeownThe Darkness Bearer, Jackie Estacado
1Title and Creditscredits, title page1letters: typeset
2First Born Part 2comic story24script: Ron Marz; pencils: Stjepan Šejić; inks: Stjepan Šejić; colors: Stjepan Šejić; letters: Troy PeteriThe Darkness Bearer, Jackie Estacado, Patrick Gleason, Witchblade, Danielle Baptiste, The Magdalena, Patience, Sara Pezzini, Witchblade First
3Pilot Season Continues in October!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Mike Mayhew, Stjepan Šejić, JonBoy Meyers; inks: Mike Mayhew, Stjepan Šejić, JonBoy Meyers; colors: Stjepan Šejić
4Promotional Advertisementspromo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Sejic Coverbarcode 70985300483700221

Where to read it

CollectionYear
First Born #1
ISBN 978-1-58240-854-5		2008On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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