The Savage Dragon / Destroyer Duck #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Elf with a Gun - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Savage Dragon / Destroyer Duck (Image, 1996 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: November 1996
Key date: 1996-11-10
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $3.95; 5.65 CAD
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Elf with a Gun - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Relf - 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: Chris Marrinan; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Ruben Rude, I. H. O. C.	Kurr, Dragon, Destroyer Duck, Duke Duck
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Erik Larsen
2	The Return of Destroyer Duck	comic story	37	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Chris Marrinan; inks: Erik Larsen; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	CyberFace, Donatello, Dragon, Lou Drumm, Kurr, Howard the Duck, Leonardo, Mako, Beverly Switzler, Michelangelo, Peter Parker, PowerHouse, Princess Python, Raphael
3	Leonard the Duck	illustration	2	pencils: Frank Brunner	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
4	The Never Ending Battle.	text article	1	script: Erik Larsen
5	Fowl Play	text article	3	script: Steve Gerber

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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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