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1October 2002
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Noble Causes: Family Secrets #1

Image · October 2002

First appearance: FrostFirst appearance: Krennick1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Noble Causes: Family Secrets (Image, 2002 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
October 2002
Key date
2002-10-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$2.95; 4.50 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
70985373273000111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Mike Avon Oeming; inks: Mike Avon Oeming; colors: Sotocolor's J. BrownLiz Donnelly-Noble, Krennick First, Doc Noble, Frost First, Gaia Noble, Rusty Noble, Zephyr Noble
1Noble Causes Primercharacter profile0.4letters: typeset
2-credits, title page0.6letters: typeset
3Family Secrets, Part Onecomic story15script: Jay Faerber; pencils: Ian Richardson; inks: John Wycough; colors: Chris Sotomayor, SotoColor Graphics, SotoColor's J. Roberts; letters: Ray Dillon of Golden Goat StudiosLiz Donnelly; Doc Noble; Zephyr Noble; Celeste Noble; Gaia Noble; Frost; Krennick; Rusty Noble
4-illustration1pencils: Andres Ponce; inks: Andres Ponce; colors: Thomas MasonLiz Donnelly; Doc Noble; Zephyr Noble; Celeste Noble; Gaia Noble; Frost; Krennick; Rusty Noble; Race Noble
5Fire & Icecomic story8script: Jay Faerber; pencils: JonBoy Meyers; inks: Damon Hacker, Phil Balsman; colors: Sotocolor's J. Brown; letters: Golden Goat Studios' Ray Dillon, Jeremy FiestCeleste Noble; Frost; Rusty Noble
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming; colors: J. Brown
10Athena Inc.promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
11Paradigmpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Michael Avon Oeming; inks: Michael Avon Oeming
13The Enemy Attacks!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Dave Dorman; inks: Dave Dorman; colors: Dave Dorman
14Image Insider September 2002in-house column1letters: typeset
15He-Man is Back!promo (ad from the publisher)1

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Cover Bbarcode 70985373273000121

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Noble Causes Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-58240-896-5		2008On eBay ›
Family Secrets
ISBN 1-58240-348-1		2004On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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