The Savage Dragon #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Jon Day - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Savage Dragon (Image, 1992 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July 1992
Key date: 1992-07-00
On-sale date: 1992
Indicia publisher: Malibu Comics
Price: $1.95; 2.35 CAD
Pages: 40

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Frank Darling, Sr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death on record for: Bobby Berman, Mighty Man.

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	Intense Action From Erik Larsen	cover	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen	Kurr, Dragon
1	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen	Kurr, Dragon
2	Baptism of Fire	comic story	27	script: Erik Larsen; pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Gregory Wright, Digital Chameleon; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Bobby Berman Death, Cutthroat First, HellRazor First, Mighty Man Death, Dragon, Star, Chris Robinson, Alex Wilde First, Frank Darling, Sr. First, Mildred Darling First, Johnny Armstrong, Jon Day First, Lou Drumm, David Gorelick First
3	-	illustration	2	pencils: Erik Larsen; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Erik Larsen	Kurr, Dragon
4	-	blank page(s)	2
5	-	letters page	1	script: Erik Larsen
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Clarke Hawbaker; inks: Clarke Hawbaker; colors: Paul Mounts	Airman, Arc First, Aura, The Ferret, Gravestone, Man of War, Nightmask, Drake Stevens

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
White	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Green	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Blue	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Newsstand	barcode 07098933243007

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Savage Dragon #[nn] ISBN 0-936211-99-7	1993	On eBay ›
Image Firsts: Savage Dragon #1	2010	On eBay ›
The Malibu Sun #14	1992	On eBay ›
The Savage Dragon #[nn] ISBN 0-936211-51-2	1993	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)

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