Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1 [Director's Cut] for Sale - First Appearance of Nina Price - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series)
Issue: #1 [Director's Cut]
Publication date: 2005
Key date: 2005-00-00
On-sale date: 2005
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $3.99; 5.75 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960605769600121
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Vampire by Night - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Buzz McMahon - 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	1	pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kris Justice	Frankenstein Monster First, Living Mummy, Vic Marcus First, N'Kantu, Nina Price First, Clay Quartermain, Vampire by Night First, Warwolf First
2	Creatures on the Loose!	comic story	22	script: Keith Giffen; pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kris Justice, Terry Pallot; colors: Sotocolor's J. Tai; letters: Artmonkeys' Dave Lanphear; editing: Mark Paniccia, Nathan Cosby	Bradley Beemer First, Dum Dum Dugan, Frankenstein Monster First, Nick Fury, Gorilla-Man, Grogg First, Ken Hale, Living Mummy, Vic Marcus First, Buzz McMahon First, Merlyn, N'Kantu, Nina Price First, Clay Quartermain
3	Nick Fury's Howling Commandos Director's Cut	credits, title page	1	pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kris Justice	Frankenstein Monster First, Living Mummy, Vic Marcus First, N'Kantu, Nina Price First, Clay Quartermain, Vampire by Night First, Warwolf First
4	Original Script	text article	10	script: Keith Giffen
5	Character Designs	illustration	15	pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kevin Conrad; colors: Morry Hollowell	Abominable Snowman First, Blade, Eric Brooks, Brother Voodoo, Jericho Drumm, Frankenstein Monster First, Glob, Gorgolla First, Gorilla-Man, Ken Hale, Hellstorm, Daimon Hellstrom, Satana Hellstrom, John Jameson
6	Essential Reading	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset	Blade, Johnny Blaze, Eric Brooks, Dracula, Frankenstein Monster, Ghost Rider, Jack Russell, Werewolf

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

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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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