Nailbiter #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Edward Warren - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Nailbiter (Image, 2014 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: May 2014
Key date: 2014-05-00
On-sale date: 2014-05-07
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $2.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 70985301631100111
Rating: Rated M / Mature

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Edward Warren.

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: Mike Henderson; inks: Mike Henderson; colors: Mike Henderson; letters: Tim Daniel	Nailbiter First, Edward Warren First
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Nailbiter Chapter One "there will be blood"	comic story	26	script: Joshua Williamson; pencils: Mike Henderson; inks: Mike Henderson; colors: Adam Guzowski; letters: John J. Hill	Alice First, Book Burner, Eliot Carroll First, Sharon Crane First, Hank Fairgold First, Nicholas Finch First, Officer Link First, Nailbiter First, Robby First, Edward Warren First, Norman Woods, Raleigh Woods First
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mike Henderson; inks: Mike Henderson; colors: Adam Guzowski	Nicholas Finch First
4	What makes a Serial Killer?	text article	1	script: Joshua Williamson; pencils: Mike Henderson, Wes Craig, Charlie Adlard; inks: Mike Henderson, Wes Craig, Charlie Adlard; colors: Mike Henderson, Wes Craig, Charlie Adlard	Nicholas Finch First, Nailbiter First, Edward Warren First

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Third Eye Comics Exclusive - Chip Zdarsky	price [none]; barcode 70985301631100131
Phantom Variant - Mike Henderson	price [none]; barcode 70985301631100151
Infinity and Beyond Exclusive - Charlie Adlard	price [none]
Beach Ball Comics / Laughing Ogre Comics Shared Exclusive - Wes Craig	price [none]; barcode 70985301631100141
EH! Exclusive - Mike Henderson	price [none]; barcode 70985301631100161

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Image Firsts: Nailbiter #1	2014	On eBay ›
There Will Be Blood ISBN 978-1-63215-112-4	2014	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)
Wikidata, Q125534692 (Robby), first-appearance property (CC0)

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