Primer
(COMICO, 1982-1984)
™ and ©1982 COMICO, the Comic Company and the characters’ creators
During the early 1980s, when comic companies were sprouting with a renewed vitality, one of those companies, Comico, the company that first published Elementals and Mage, produced a book to give amateurs a chance to break into the business. The aptly named Primer was a book much like DC’s New Talent Showcase, and featured an eclectic mix of super-hero, science fiction, fantasy, and humor stories.
Primer’s most notable achievements include its introduction of Matt Wagner’s Grendel in issue #2, and the first appearance of warrior-nun Evangeline in issue #6. Sam Kieth, later of Wolverine and The Maxx, got his professional start in comics in a feature in Primer #5.
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Oct 1982
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W: Gerry Giovinco, Phil Lasorda, Vince Argondezzi, Bill Cucinotta · A: Gerry Giovinco, Phil Lasorda, Vince Argondezzi, Bill Cucinotta
1st Appearance of Az; 1st appearance of Skrog; 1st appearance of Slaughterman
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W: Andrew Murphy, Jim Alderman, Matt Wagner · A: Andrew Murphy, Jim Alderman, Matt Wagner
1st Appearance of Argent the Wolf; 1st appearance of Grendel I (Hunter Rose)
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W: Rick McCollum, Andrew Murphy, Bill Bryan, Jim Dever, Gerry Giovinco · A: Rick McCollum, Andrew Murphy, William Messner-Loebs, Jim Dever, Bill Cucinotta, Matt Wagner, Bill Ryan
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W: Andrew Murphy, Barb Armata, Bernie Armata, Bill Anderson, Francis J. Mao, Larry Nadolsky · A: Andrew Murphy, Barb Armata, Bill Anderson, Francis J. Mao, Larry Nadolsky, Ron Kasman
1st Appearance of Firebringer; 1st Appearance of Laserman
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A: Sam Kieth
1st professional art by Sam Kieth
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Feb 1984
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W: Chuck Dixon, Neil Vokes, Michael Vance, Al Wiesner, Andrew Murphy · A: Judith Hunt, Neil Vokes, Grass Green, Al Wiesner, Reggie Byers
1st Appearance of Evangeline