Wolf & Red #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Red - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Wolf & Red (Dark Horse, 1995 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: May 1995
Key date: 1995-05-16
On-sale date: 1995-05-16
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Price: $2.50; 3.50 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Red - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Meathead - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bill Morrison; inks: Nathan Kane	Red First, Wolf
1	Tex Avery's Wolf & Red	table of contents	1	script: Robert V. Conte
2	Watchdogged Wolf	comic story	14	script: Henry Gilroy; pencils: Stephanie Gladden; inks: Jim Massara; colors: Pamela Rambo; letters: Jim Massara	Red First, Screwy Squirrel, Wolf
3	Same Planet, Different World!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
4	In the Hands of the Nazis, It Would Destroy the World.	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Indiana Jones
5	Tastes Like Chicken	comic story	8	script: Bob Fingerman; pencils: Bob Fingerman; inks: Stephen DeStefano; colors: Cary Porter; letters: Bob Fingerman	Meathead First, Screwy Squirrel
6	Next Issue: Wolf & Red	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bill Morrison; inks: Nathan Kane	Red First, Wolf
7	Tex Avery's Wolf & Red Love Letters	letters page	2	letters: typeset	Droopy, Red First, Screwy Squirrel, Wolf
10	Scouring the Galaxy in Your Quest for Star Wars Back Issues?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
11	The Terror of Tokyo Is Back—And He's Headed to North America!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Godzilla
12	One Big Bollock Deserves Another!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Rebecca Buck, Tank Girl
13	Commentary by Frank Miller	in-house column	1	script: Frank Miller

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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