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2December 1999
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Saffire #2

Image · December 1999

First appearance: Aphrodite IX1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Saffire (Image, 2000 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
December 1999
Key date
1999-12-00
Price
$2.95; 4.70 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
70985366781000211

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Aphrodite IX - 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
0Terror from the Deepcover1pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Mat Broome; colors: Digital Broome, Stephen BroomeSaffire; Lyssa; Damian; Kraken
1-comic story21script: Mat Broome, Mike Woods; pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Mat Broome; colors: Digital Broome, Stephen Broome; letters: Dreamer Design, Dreamer Design's Robin Spehar, Dreamer Design's Dennis HeislerSaffire; Damian; Melanie; Lyssa; Odysseus; Kraken; Fiendus; Myrth; Medusa; Koma
3Violent Messiahspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset10th Muse; Reno Mero (photo); Randy Green
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Taeson Chang
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
7Skinnerspromo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Mat Broome; colors: Mat Broome
9Next Issuepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Mat Broome; colors: Digital Broome, Stephen BroomeSaffire; Myrth
10Pin-Upillustration1pencils: Randy Green; inks: Randy GreenSaffire
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset
12-in-house column1script: A. Bozzi, Brian Haberlin; pencils: Clayton Henry; inks: Clayton Henry
13Objective Fivepromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetAphrodite IX First

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Special EditionSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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Series context

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Sources

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