The Demon #4 - First Appearance of Kamara, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Demon (DC, 1972 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 1972
Key date: December 1972
On-sale date: October 24, 1972
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kamara - 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	The Creature from the Beyond	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Royer; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Jason Blood, Etrigan the Demon
1	The Creature from the Beyond	comic story	22	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Mike Royer; letters: Mike Royer	Jason Blood, Etrigan the Demon, Kamara First, Harry Matthews, Merlin, Randu Singh
2	-	letters page	2	script: Steve Sherman

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jack Kirby's The Demon #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1916-1	2009	On eBay ›
The Demon by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7718-5	2017	On eBay ›
DC Universe: The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 9781401292140	2019	On eBay ›
DC Finest: The Demon: Birth of the Demon #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-743-7	2026	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 16#5 ›

Sources

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

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