The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #2 - First Appearance of Ika, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior (Marvel, 1983 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: July 1983
Key date: July 1983
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Ika - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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 Coming of Ika!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Simons; inks: Dave Simons	Crystar, Ika First, Ogeode
1	Ika	comic story	22	script: Jo Duffy; pencils: Bret Blevins; inks: Bret Blevins; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Michael Higgins	Ambara, Crystar, Ika First, Kalibar, Koth, Lavour, Lord Feldspar, Moltar, Ogeode, Stalax, Warbow, Zardeth
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter
4	-	letters page	1	script: Ralph Macchio, Bob Harras

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860293607
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860293607

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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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