Prime (Vol. 1)

    (Malibu, 1993-1995)
™ and © Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc.

Prime is undoubtedly one of the strangest super-heroes that has ever been created. To all exterior appearances, he is a virtual Superman, a brawny powerhouse bristling with super-human strength. But the truth is, that literally inside him is a little boy named Kevin.

Prime is the result of a series of gruesome genetic experiments near the start of the 1980s. The idea was to implant fast-mutating genes into babies, with the hopes of turning the children into super-soldiers. Unfortunately, this usually resulted in death. Except for Kevin.

Now a junior high school student, Kevin has the ability to “grow” super-human bodies around him, including costumes made of living cells. These bodies are unstable, however, and when they expire, Kevin literally discards them like a second skin.
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#0.5
May, 1994
Cover Price: $0.00
6 copies available from $5.40 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#1
June, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
42 copies available from $1.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#1 Limited Edition
June, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $9.00 		$1.95 on cover; Foil stamped Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#2
July, 1993
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19 copies available from $1.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#3
August, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
22 copies available from $0.60 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#4
September, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
12 copies available from $1.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#4 Variation A
September, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
11 copies available from $0.60 		Prototype ’victor’ cover; 1st appearance of Maxi-Man Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#5
October, 1993
Cover Price: $2.50
29 copies available from $0.75 		Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski, Barry Windsor-Smith, Chris Ulm, Mark EvanierBarry Windsor-Smith, Norm Breyfogle, Sergio Aragonés
#6
November, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
29 copies available from $1.10 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#7
December, 1993
Cover Price: $1.95
28 copies available from $1.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#8
January, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
21 copies available from $0.65 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle, Walt Simonson
#9
February, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
18 copies available from $1.50 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#10
March, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
19 copies available from $0.99 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#11
April, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
14 copies available from $0.99 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
#12
May, 1994
Cover Price: $3.50
15 copies available from $1.00 		Gerard Jones, Len Strazewski, Dan DankoNorm Breyfogle, Frank Gomez, Hoang Nguyen, Aaron Lopresti, Mike Wieringo, Scott Benefiel
#13
July, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
15 copies available from $1.25 		Two different covers; Freex preview Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiDarick Robertson, Scott Kolins
#13 Variation A
July, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
7 copies available from $1.75 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiDarick Robertson, Scott Kolins
#14
September, 1994
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9 copies available from $1.50 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiDarick Robertson
#15
October, 1994
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16 copies available from $1.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiGeorge Pérez
#16
November, 1994
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9 copies available from $1.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJoel Thomas
#17
December, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
11 copies available from $1.10 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJohn Statema
#18
December, 1994
Cover Price: $1.95
6 copies available from $0.99 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiKirk Jarvinen, Keith Conroy
#19
January, 1995
Cover Price: $1.95
8 copies available from $1.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiDave Cockrum, Tim Hamilton
#20
March, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $1.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiGreg Luzniak, Kevin West
#21
April, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $1.81 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJoe Staton
#22
May, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
9 copies available from $1.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJoel Thomas
#23
June, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
7 copies available from $1.75 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiPat Broderick
#24
June, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
10 copies available from $2.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJohn Statema
#25
July, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $2.94 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJohn Statema
#26
August, 1995
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $3.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiJohn Statema
Annual #1
October, 1994
Cover Price: $3.95
10 copies available from $2.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
Ashcan #1
August, 1994
Cover Price: $0.75
2 copies available from $4.25 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle
Book #1

Cover Price: $9.95
3 copies available from $9.00 		Gerard Jones, Len StrazewskiNorm Breyfogle