Stormwatch Sourcebook #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Diane LaSalle - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Stormwatch Sourcebook (Image, 1994 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: January 1994
Key date: 1994-01-00
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $2.50; 3.40 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Argos - 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	2	letters: typeset	Argos First, Battalion, Henry Bendix, Brutus, Deathtrap, Diva, Fahrenheit, Alessandra Fermi, Fuji, Hellstrike, Hexon First, Nikolas Kamarov, Nigel Keane, Kilgore
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Weatherman One	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Ryan Benjamin; inks: Richard Johnson; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Henry Bendix, Weatherman One
3	Stormwatch One	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Richard Bennett; inks: Richard Bennett; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Battalion, Diva, Alessandra Fermi, Fuji, Hellstrike, Nikolas Kamarov, Nigel Keane, Jackson King, Toshiro Misawa, Winter
4	Battalion	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Battalion, Jackson King
5	Diva	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Alex Garner; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Diva, Alessandra Fermi
6	Winter	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Alex Garner; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Nikolas Kamarov, Regent, Rijian, Winter
7	Fuji	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown, Jim Lee; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Fuji, Toshiro Misawa
8	Hellstrike	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Alex Garner; inks: Alex Garner; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Hellstrike, Nigel Keane
9	Cannon	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Mat Broome; inks: JD; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Cannon, Fuji, Toshiro Misawa, Mitchell Saunders
10	Fahrenheit	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Fahrenheit, Lauren Pennington
11	Flashpoint	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Richard Bennett; inks: Richard Bennett; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Flashpoint, Foster McClane
12	Nautika	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Richard Bennett; inks: Richard Bennett; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Nautika, Maya Royko
13	Sunburst	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Ryan Benjamin; inks: Frank Percy; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Karl Hansen, Sunburst
14	Strafe	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Ryan Benjamin; inks: Frank Percy; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Malcolm King, Strafe
15	Ion & Lancer	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Alex Garner; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Manuel Gutierrez, Ion, Lancer, Pieter Van Tuig
16	Synergy	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Henry Bendix, Synergy, Christine Trelane, Weatherman One
17	Backlash	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Backlash, Battalion, Cole Cash, Michael Patrick Cray, Deathblow, Grifter, Jackson King, Diane LaSalle First, Marc Slayton, Talos First
18	LaSalle	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Backlash, Diane LaSalle First, Marc Slayton
19	Argos	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Dwayne Turner; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Argos First
20	Mercs	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Sal Regla; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Brutus, Deathtrap, Kilgore, Razer
21	Deathtrap	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Travis Charest; inks: Travis Charest; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Deathtrap
22	Warguard	character profile	2	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Hexon First, Nychus First, Talos First
23	Regent	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Trevor Scott; colors: Joe Chiodo, Jessica Ruffner, Ben Fernandez, Joe Dunn, Wendy Fouts, Monica Bennett	Regent, Rijian
24	Hammer Strike, Tinderbox	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Eliot Brown
25	Skywatch	character profile	1	script: Jeff Mariotte, Jim Lee, Bill Kaplan, Brandon Choi, Eliot Brown; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Eliot Brown

Printings and variants

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3980522 (Talos), first-appearance property (CC0)

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