⚠ Misconception: listings on eBay claim this issue is the first appearance of Darth Malak but according to writer John Jackson Miller: Malak does not fall to the Dark Side in my comics series. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42
Origin of Revan, wages war against the Mandalorians and assimilates a Mandalorian mask
Squint permanently assumes the name Malak, later becomes Darth Malak
According to writer John Jackson Miller and owner of comichron.com: Malak does not fall to the Dark Side. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42, which also has Revan’s origin story