Starlord #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Starlord - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Starlord (Marvel, 1996 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 1996
Key date: 1996-12-00
On-sale date: 1996-10-09
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.50
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604376700111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Starlord - 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	Starlord	cover	1	pencils: Dan Lawlis; inks: Dan Lawlis; colors: Dan Lawlis; letters: Todd Klein	Starlord First
1	Starlord	comic story	32	script: Timothy Zahn; pencils: Dan Lawlis; inks: Dan Lawlis; colors: Dan Lawlis; letters: Bill Oakley	Starlord First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5449-5	2014	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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