Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #23 for Sale - First Appearance of Tyrannus Cordin - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue: #23
Publication date: May 1991
Key date: 1991-05-00
On-sale date: 1991-03-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.50; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Garotte - 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	Target of Hydra!	cover	1	pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Butch Guice	Nick Fury
1	Storm Warning	comic story	23	script: D. G. Chichester; pencils: Jackson Guice; inks: Doug Hazlewood; colors: Steve Buccellato; letters: Phil Felix	Tyrannus Cordin First, Nick Fury, Garotte First, Network Nina, Alexander Pierce, Red Skull, Johann Shmidt, Wolfgang von Strucker
2	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Classic #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-9345-6	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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