Hokum & Hex #3 for Sale - First Appearance of Michael Badilino - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Hokum & Hex (Marvel, 1993 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: November 1993
Key date: 1993-11-00
On-sale date: 1993-09-28
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.75; 2.25 CAD; 1.30 GBP
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960602573200311
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Outcast - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference points at X-Men #33 instead - the dispute is on file, not hidden.

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

First appearance of Johann Bessler - 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	The Lady's Name Is Wrath. And She's Got Trip in Way over His Head!	cover	1	script: Marc McLaurin; pencils: Anthony Williams; inks: Andy Lanning	Trip Munroe
1	Someone Always Has to Get Hurt	comic story	22	script: Frank Lovece; pencils: Anthony Williams; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Maria Parwulski; letters: John Costanza	Analyzer, Felon Bale, Gorkill Corpus, Mona Lisa McDonagh, Trip Munroe, Solon Rey, Godkin Straith First, Karmilla Trig First, Wrath First
2	Siege of Darkness	promo (ad from the publisher)	14	script: Jeffrey Lee Simons; pencils: Rurik Tyler, Adam Kubert, Isaac Cordova, Fred Harper, Ron Garney, Andrew Wildman; inks: Jeff Albrecht, Adam Kubert, Andrew Pepoy, Fred Harper, Chris Ivy, Andrew Wildman	Michael Badilino First, Johann Bessler First, Blade, Johnny Blaze, Eric Brooks, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, William Hastings First, Jinx First, Barbara Ketch, Danny Ketch, Lilith, Modred the Mystic, Morbius
3	-	in-house column	0.85	script: Bob Harras
4	-	comic story	0.15	script: Rick Parker; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Rick Parker; letters: Rick Parker	Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald
5	-	letters page	1	script: Frank Lovece, Clive Barker

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07148602573311
Australian	price 2.80 AUD; barcode 07148602573302

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q111359129 (Outcast), first-appearance property (CC0)

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