Thread:Stameco/@comment-18172179-20150622055339/@comment-18172179-20150622060535

Yeah, it's kinda the same thing. On issue #3 we see Darkseid as an illusion or something, but he appeared physically for the first time in #4.

It depends on what you're looking for. If you want to see the first time a character appeared in a comic book with no background story or explanarion, then the first one is good, but if you're intrested in the first time a character was formally introduced in the present timeline in a normal "debut", then the second one is for you.

I suggest you going with the first one, because even as a memory or illusion, that is going to be the first time a character is seen for the first time ever. The other doesn't really count as a first appearance.