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Jon Sable

Jon Sable Freelance is an American comic book series, one of the first series created for the fledgling publisher First Comics in 1983. It was written and drawn by Mike Grell and was a fully creator-owned title. The comic was one of the first of the independent and dark American superhero stories of the 1980s and "helped usher in the grim and gritty sensibility that came to define the genre." Beginning in November 2007, it was published as an online comic series by ComicMix.

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Jon Sable Freelance is an American comic book series, one of the first series created for the fledgling publisher First Comics in 1983. It was written and drawn by Mike Grell and was a fully creator-owned title. The comic was one of the first of the independent and dark American superhero stories of the 1980s and "helped usher in the grim and gritty sensibility that came to define the genre." Beginning in November 2007, it was published as an online comic series by ComicMix.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2000". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372189856

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