Dare #1 - First Appearance of Dan Dare, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Dare (Fantagraphics, 1992 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: January 1992
Key date: January 1992
Indicia publisher: Monster Comics
Price: $2.75; 3.25 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Dan Dare - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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: Rian Hughes; inks: Rian Hughes; colors: Rian Hughes	Dan Dare First
1	Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future	comic story	18	script: Grant Morrison; pencils: Rian Hughes; inks: Rian Hughes; colors: Rian Hughes; letters: Ellie de Ville; editing: Ryder Windham	Dan Dare; Digby; Gloria Monday
2	Dan Dare, Pilot of the Past	text article	5	script: Alan Woolcombe; pencils: Frank Hampson; inks: Frank Hampson
3	Daring Future, An Interview with Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes	text article	3	script: Grant Morrison, Rian Hughes, Nigel Curson; pencils: Rian Hughes; inks: Rian Hughes

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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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