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1January 1977
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Logan's Run #1

Marvel · January 1977 · on sale 1976-10-19

First appearance: Logan-5First appearance: Jessica-6First appearance: Francis-71 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Logan's Run (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
January 1977
Key date
1977-01-00
On-sale date
1976-10-19
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.30
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860268401
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Logan-5 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jessica-6 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Francis-7 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Welcome to the Future-- Where Life Is Great-- And There's Only One Small Catch--cover1pencils: George Pérez; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Danny CrespiJessica-6 First, Logan-5 First
1Logan's Run! Part Onecomic story17script: Gerry Conway, David Zelag Goodman, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Marie Sev; letters: Joe RosenFrancis-7 First, Jessica-6 First, Logan-5 First
2Read the Book! See the Movie! Eat the Comics Or: An Editorial Reminiscence and Otherwiseletters page1script: Gerry Conway; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Marie Severin

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.10 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-6382-4		2012On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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