taxonomy-characters.php

<?php
get_header();
$character = ( isset( $wp_query->query_vars['characters'] ) ) ? esc_html( $wp_query->query_vars['characters'] ) : '';

if ( ! empty( $character ) ) {
	$args = array(
		'post_type'  => 'page',
		'meta_key'   => 'location-overwrite',
		'meta_value' => $character,
	);

	$insertPage = new WP_Query();
	$insertPage->query( $args );

	if ( $insertPage->have_posts() ) {
		while ( $insertPage->have_posts() ) :
			$insertPage->the_post();
			get_template_part( 'content', 'page' );
		endwhile;
		$args   = array(
			'nopaging'       => true,
			'numberposts'    => -1,
			'posts_per_page' => -1,
			'post_type'      => 'comic',
			'orderby'        => 'post_date',
			'order'          => 'ASC',
			'post_status'    => 'publish',
			'characters'     => $character,
		);
		$qposts = get_posts( $args );
		if ( ! empty( $qposts ) ) {
			$output            = '<div class="character-stats">';
			$first_seen_object = reset( $qposts );
			$first_seen_title  = $first_seen_object->post_title;
			$first_seen_id     = $first_seen_object->ID;
			$last_seen_object  = end( $qposts );
			$last_seen_title   = $last_seen_object->post_title;
			$last_seen_id      = $last_seen_object->ID;
			if ( $first_seen_id == $last_seen_id ) {
				$output .= '<i>' . __( 'Only Appearance:', 'comicpress' ) . '</i> <a href="' . get_permalink( $first_seen_id ) . '">' . $first_seen_title . '</a><br />';
			} else {
				$output .= '<i>' . __( 'Recent Appearance:', 'comicpress' ) . '</i> <a href="' . get_permalink( $last_seen_id ) . '">' . $last_seen_title . '</a><br />';
				$output .= '<i>' . __( 'First Appearance:', 'comicpress' ) . '</i> <a href="' . get_permalink( $first_seen_id ) . '">' . $first_seen_title . '</a><br />';
			}
			$output .= '</div>';
			echo apply_filters( 'comicpress-character-stats', $output );
		}
	}
	wp_reset_query();
}

// this shows what the 'archive' would show, if you don't want the archive underneith the custom page, remove this.
get_template_part( 'archive' );

get_footer();