Image United #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Barricade - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Image United (Image, 2009 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: November 2009
Key date: 2009-11-25
On-sale date: 2009-11-25
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 70985300833000111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Barricade - 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	Image United	cover	1	pencils: Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino; inks: Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino; colors: Matt Yackey	Badrock, Eddie Collins, Cougar, Thomas John McCall, ShadowHawk, Shaft, Jeff Terrell, Troll, Bartholomew J. Troll, Daniel Tsuchida
1	Image United: Chapter One	comic story	24	script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino; inks: Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino; colors: Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Denny Atlas, Badrock, Ballistic, Barricade First, Battle Girl, Robert Bearclaw, Eddie Collins, James Collins, Cougar, Dylan Cruise, Cyblade, Die Hard, Jim Downing, Dragon
2	Image United Origins	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Eric Stephenson; pencils: Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri; inks: Rob Liefeld, Jim Valentino, Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri; colors: Matt Yackey	Badrock, Barricade First, Robert Bearclaw, Eddie Collins, Cougar, Cyblade, Die Hard, Jim Downing, Dragon, Fortress, Kurr, Thomas John McCall, Baxter Montgomery, Sara Pezzini
3	-	comic story	6	script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Greg Capullo, Ryan Ottley; inks: Todd McFarlane; colors: FCO Plascencia; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft	Daniel Kilgore; Kurt Kilgore

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover B Shadowhawk	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover C Spawn	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover D Savage Dragon	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover E Fortress	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover F Witchblade	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover G Jim Lee 1 in 50	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover H Blank Sketch	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Larrys Comics Exclusive Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover J Jim Lee Black & White 1 in 100	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Cover L Collectors Edition	price 10.00 USD
Cover M Signed Collectors Edition	price 25.00 USD

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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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