What's the first appearance of DC's Red Tool?

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My lady is recently a Harley Quinn fan, and she has been telling me about one of her favourite characters in the Harley rebirth series she is reading, Red Tool. I wanted to get her a copy of his first appearance as a gift but have read conflicting information.

I expected Comic Vine to be a reliable source and they list Harley Quinn #3 Love Stinks (Apr 2014) as his first appearance https://comicvine.gamespot.com/red-tool/4005-128776/

However on browsing eBay I noticed someone was selling a slabbed copy of a different book citing it as the first appearance of Red Tool. Sure enough when I Googled some other sources I found them to also cite Harley Quinn #26 (May 2016) as the first appearance.

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Wayne_Wilkins_(Prime_Earth)

Then I read the following article https://henchman4hire.com/2017/06/13/the-secret-origin-of-red-tool/

In fact, in an even more exciting twist, Red Tool reveals that we actually met him as a civilian way back at the very, very start of this Harley Quinn series!

Did you catch that editorial note in the bottom right corner?

Harley Quinn #3? That’s going way way way back!

They're talking about an editorial footnote in Harley Quinn #31, which may just be a ret-con. (Is it possible to ret-con a first appearance? Would it count?)

That then reminded me of the fact that we’ve already seen Red Tool’s origin! Back when he first appeared, in Harley Quinn #26!

Presumably #26 is his first costumed appearance, but should the character become "hot" what would collectors actually consider his first appearance?

(Not interested in speculating, really just after giving her a cool collectble)

por AndFisher 10.04.2019 / 13:44

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Harley Quinn had vols under rebirth 2014 and 2016 i believe a 2014 #26 is the 1st appearance of redtool not to be mistaken with a 2016 #26

16.07.2019 / 20:38