Wetworks Sourcebook #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Blood Queen - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wetworks Sourcebook (Image, 1994 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 1994
Key date: 1994-10-00
On-sale date: 1994
Indicia publisher: Image Comics Inc.
Price: $2.50; 3.55 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Beast Prince - 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	pencils: Whilce Portacio; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Wendy Broome, Wildstorm FX	Joel Alonday, Maritza Blackbird, Claymore, Dane, Jackson Dane, Dozer, Grail, Jester, Dexter LeMoyne, Clayton Hendrick Maure, Joseph H. Mendoza, Mother-One, Pilgrim, Rachel Rhodes
1	-	text story	1	script: Francis Takenaga
2	-	recap	1	script: Francis Takenaga
3	Dane	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Whilce Portacio; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Dane, Jackson Dane
4	Mother One	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Nick Manabat; inks: Nick Manabat; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Mother-One, Rachel Rhodes
5	Grail	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Ryan Benjamin; inks: Tom McWeeney; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Joel Alonday, Grail
6	Dozer	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Dan Norton; inks: Chuck Gibson; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Dozer, Joseph H. Mendoza
7	Jester	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Dan Norton; inks: Troy Hubbs; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Jester, Dexter LeMoyne
8	Claymore	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Dan Norton; inks: Troy Hubbs; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects, Robert Chong	Claymore, Clayton Hendrick Maure
9	Flattop	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Joe Benitez; inks: JD; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Flattop
10	Crossbones	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Jeff Rebner; inks: Eric Shanower; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects, James Rochelle	Crossbones
11	Pilgrim	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Brett Booth; inks: Sal Regla; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Maritza Blackbird, Pilgrim
12	Wetworks Weaponry	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Eliot Brown; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects
13	Symbiotes	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Whilce Portacio; inks: Whilce Portacio; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects
14	Blood Queen	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Scott Clark; inks: Tom McWeeney; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Blood Queen First
15	Red	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Nick Manabat; inks: Nick Manabat; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Persephone, Red
16	Prince Drakken	character profile	2	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Nick Manabat; inks: Nick Manabat; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Beast Prince First, Drakken
17	Beastmasters	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Whilce Portacio; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects
18	Drones	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Whilce Portacio; inks: Scott Williams; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects
19	Waering	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Nick Manabat; inks: Nick Manabat; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects	Armand Sebastian Waering
20	Craven	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; pencils: Nick Manabat; inks: Nick Manabat; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects, Robert Chong	Miles Jeremiah Craven
21	Glossary	character profile	1	script: Francis Takenaga; colors: Wendy Fouts, WildStorm Effects
22	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset

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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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