Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Juggernaut of Emsiu - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Invincible Universe: Battle Beast (Image, 2025 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: August 2025
Key date: 2025-08-20
On-sale date: 2025-08-20
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 28
Barcode: 70985304269300411
Rating: Rated T+ / Teen Plus

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Wagulla - 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: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ryan Ottley; colors: Annalisa Leoni	Wagulla First
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	20	script: Robert Kirkman; pencils: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ryan Ottley; colors: Annalisa Leoni; letters: Rus Wooton	Battle Beast, Salaka, Thokk, Wagulla First, Juggernaut of Emsiu First
3	-	letters page	3	script: Ben Abernathy, Robert Kirkman
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
5	Issue #5	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ryan Ottley; inks: Ryan Ottley; colors: Annalisa Leoni
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Cover D - Jason Howard	barcode 70985304269300441
Cover B - Ryan Sook	barcode 70985304269300421
Cover E - Brett Booth	barcode 70985304269300451
Cover C - E. J. Su	barcode 70985304269300431
Cover F - Eric Canete	barcode 70985304269300461
Second Printing - Jason Howard (Wagulla)	barcode 70985304269300412
Third Printing - Geof Darrow	barcode 70985304269300413
Second Printing - Jason Howard (Sword)	barcode 70985304269300422
Fourth Printing - InHyuk Lee	barcode 70985304269300414
Fifth Printing - Howard Porter	barcode 70985304269300415

Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 12#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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