Has there ever been a first appearance only on a cover? 1 1

[DeadOne]

1 hour ago, deadleg said:

The whole Afterlife With Archie universe first appears on the variant cover of Life with Archie 23.

I recently bought a lot that had one of these in it. I did not know that this comic was worth anything until I saw your post.
Thanks.   

[01TheDude]

On 5/4/2016 at 6:20 PM, Aweandlorder said:

This book is soooo overlooked.. 1st cameo appearance of invincible (1 panel)... and .. on the variant he's actually ON the cover..

Thats kinda like getting IH 180+181 in a variant edition

 

 

 

was this a homage to This one?>

[Readcomix]

On April 6, 2016 at 5:56 AM, dupont2005 said:

Countless apes and dinosaurs

That's a great series title in and of itself, btw....I'd pick up a copy of Countless Apes and Dinosaurs #1

[deadleg]

1 hour ago, DeadOne said:

I recently bought a lot that had one of these in it. I did not know that this comic was worth anything until I saw your post.
Thanks.   

Congrats! That's a great looking copy! 

[Mercury Man]

Red Hulk #1

 

 

[Point Five]

From memory, and this is unfortunately not my book, this wacky dude first appears on this cover but not on the inside, and this was the final issue.

[Philflound]

On 4/4/2016 at 7:42 PM, oakman29 said:

How about Dead World #10, the Crow on the back cover?

I wouldn't put ads as first appearances. Think people put too much stock in these. Like Rust #1 with Spawn.

[Chadwick]

This came out 5 years before Defenders 27 :shrug: 

 

[Doktor]

23 hours ago, 01TheDude said:

was this a homage to This one?>

Yes. If you look at the sig on the cover, it says "after Byrne Austin"

[Aweandlorder]

17 hours ago, Doktor said:

Yes. If you look at the sig on the cover, it says "after Byrne Austin"

That would probably make the 1st Invincible appearance the only first appearance on a swipe cover 

[Foley]

I've never read The Rifleman #10, but does "the log" actually appear in the story?

[Aweandlorder]

37 minutes ago, Foley said:

I've never read The Rifleman #10, but does "the log" actually appear in the story?

I heard it was a groot proto-type

[AGGIEZ]

1 hour ago, Aweandlorder said:

That would probably make the 1st Invincible appearance the only first appearance on a swipe cover 

Nope

[Lobstrosity]

On 4/6/2017 at 5:39 AM, Philflound said:

I wouldn't put ads as first appearances. Think people put too much stock in these. Like Rust #1 with Spawn.

Which is crazy since Previews had Spawn on the cover 1 month before Rust was released.

[Artboy99]

On ‎2016‎/‎04‎/‎05 at 11:25 PM, Psithyrus said:

 

The Gwulk

No no no. To be correct the Gwen name must be visible/ readable, so correctly that would be Gwenulk.

[Get Marwood & I]

23 hours ago, Foley said:

I've never read The Rifleman #10, but does "the log" actually appear in the story?

 

Not sure, but I heard there's a big log in #2 @Foley?

[Senormac]

On ‎4‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 3:58 PM, Bosco685 said:

Why yes. Yes there has been a book like that. Mister X's 1st appearance. Although his image also appeared on an album cover before this.

 

 Rivoche

[rjrjr]

On 4/4/2016 at 3:17 PM, Meeklo said:

Any character have their first appearance on a cover but not actually in the book itself?

Star Wars #1 shows all the principal Star Wars characters on the cover, but some of them don't show up until subsequent issues.  Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi don't appear inside the story until after issue #1.

Edited April 10, 2017 by rjrjr

[rjrjr]

On 4/4/2016 at 3:33 PM, Jeffreykli said:

IIRC, Obi-Wan and Han Solo are on the cover of Star Wars #1, even though they don't appear in the story until #2.

LOL.  Someone beat me to it.

 

[valiantman]

On 4/10/2017 at 4:32 AM, rjrjr said:

Star Wars #1 shows all the principal Star Wars characters on the cover, but some of them don't show up until subsequent issues.  Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan Kenobi don't appear inside the story until after issue #1.

Chewbacca isn't on the cover of Star Wars #1.