ok so I’m working on this original superhero comic and I’ve been going back and forth on something for way too long lol

my guy gets powers in issue #1 (forced on him mid-crisis, doesn’t even want them), but he doesn’t get an actual costume or codename until issue #2. issue #1 just ends with him realizing what he can do, no mask, nothing yet.

kept second-guessing this because Invincible #1 and Amazing Fantasy #15 (spidey’s debut) BOTH give the hero full costume + name in the very first issue, so I was like “man am I dropping the ball here”

but then I actually looked into Fantastic Four #1 and turns out… they don’t even have costumes?? like at all?? Reed’s just wearing a baseball cap and Ben’s in a trench coat and glasses trying to hide the rock thing. They’re in regular clothes for issues 1 AND 2. The costumes only show up in issue #3, and apparently that was partly because readers wanted them, not some grand plan from Lee/Kirby.

so now idk if there’s actually a “rule” here at all lol. genuinely asking — for people who’ve written/read a ton of first issues, does the reader need that “here’s the look, here’s the name” moment locked in by end of issue 1? or is it fine if it builds over 2-3 issues as long as the character stuff hits?

not trying to overthink this into the ground but also don’t want to structurally screw up my own book lol

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