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1March 2005
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Sea of Red #1

Image · March 2005

First appearance: Marco EsperanzaFirst appearance: Captain Lesser Blackthroat
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Identification plate

Series
Sea of Red (Image, 2005 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
March 2005
Key date
2005-03-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Price
$2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
70985300282600111

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Captain Lesser Blackthroat - 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
0Sea of Redcover1pencils: Salgood Sam; inks: Salgood Sam; colors: Tony Moore; letters: Ed DukeshireCaptain Lesser Blackthroat First, Marco Esperanza First
1Sea of Red Vol. 1 ~ Issue 1credits, title page1pencils: Kieron Dwyer; inks: Kieron Dwyer
2Sea of Redcomic story22script: Rick Remender, Kieron Dwyer; pencils: Kieron Dwyer, Salgood Sam; inks: Salgood Sam; colors: Salgood Sam; letters: Ed DukeshireCaptain Lesser Blackthroat First, Marco Esperanza First
3Sea of Redtext article1script: Rick Remender; pencils: Salgood Sam; inks: Salgood SamCaptain Lesser Blackthroat First
4Salgood Sam Sketchbook Selectionspromo (ad from the publisher)3script: Rick Remender; pencils: Salgood Sam; inks: Salgood Sam; letters: Ed DukeshireCaptain Lesser Blackthroat First, Marco Esperanza First
5Kieron Dwyer Sketchbook Selectionspromo (ad from the publisher)2script: Rick Remender; pencils: Kieron Dwyer; inks: Kieron Dwyer; letters: Ed DukeshireCaptain Lesser Blackthroat First
6Back Covercover1pencils: Salgood Sam; inks: Salgood Sam; colors: Salgood Sam; letters: Ed DukeshireMarco Esperanza First

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Series context

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Sources

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