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The First#14
Cover: Bart Sears & Andy Smith

The First #14

Jan 2002 · CrossGen · 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
“"I came to the rock that bears your face hoping for a message, Altwaal, but you deny me."”

In "I came to the rock that bears your face hoping for a message, Altwaal, but you deny me," writer Barbara Kesel and artist Bart Sears deliver a tense, character-driven chapter in The First series, where Gannish reveals a startling truth about Earth’s orange-sigil bearers—older than the First themselves. With Braag and Seahn devising a dangerous plan to kill Pyrem without Ingra’s approval, Seahn confronts Pyrem in a high-stakes duel, the outcome deciding the fate of House Dexter. The cover by Bart Sears and Andy Smith captures the weight of that moment, while the interior art by Sears and inks by Smith bring the emotional and political stakes vividly to life.

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writer Barbara Kesel · artist Bart Sears · inker Andy Smith · colorist Michael Atiyeh · letterer Dave Lanphear · letterer Troy Peteri · cover Bart Sears, Andy Smith

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Full credits

artist Bart Sears
letterer Dave Lanphear
letterer Troy Peteri
cover pencils Bart Sears
cover inks Andy Smith

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Gannish informs Yala and Persha that the people on Earth with an orange sigil are older than the First. Braag and Seahn come up with a plan to kill Pyrem without Ingra's blessing. Seahn later challenges Pyrem to a fight, with the winner having control of House Dexter.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).