Id #1 - First Appearance of The Id, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Id (Fantagraphics, 1990 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: 1990
Key date: 1990
On-sale date: 1990
Indicia publisher: Eros Comix
Price: $2.50; 3.25 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Adults Only

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of The Id - 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	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The Id First
1	Girls Girls Girls	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The Id First
2	Suzie	comic story	4	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Suzie
3	Boobs	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
4	Funny Funnies	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Fuzzy the Bunny; Donny Dog; Arnold Ant; Boopsy; Shmegeggie; Mike the Mutt
5	The Susan O’Neill Syndrome	cartoon	2	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Susan O'Neill
6	Make That Extra Effort…	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
7	Girls in My Class at Milford High School That I Lusted After	cartoon	2	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Susan Mills; Jean Strahle; Shirley Davis; Barbara Tebbens; Nancy Knicely; Naomi Wilson; Dolly Hensley; Jeanette "Jinny" Betts; Brigitte Coscarelli
8	The New "Girl"	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
9	-	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Teresa
10	-	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
11	-	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Bernadette
12	If I Were a King…	cartoon	3	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb
13	-	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Irving Klaw
14	Diosa "Tornado of Terpsichore”	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Diosa
15	Betty Howard	illustration	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Betty Howard
16	-	cartoon	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
17	My Troubles with Women, Part 65!!!: This Time Let’s Tell the Real Story!!	comic story	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	Robert Crumb
18	Picasso… That Fucker Had It Made!!	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Pablo Picasso
19	Put Yourself on the Line!	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
20	-	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Susan O’Neill; Jane Dimuro
21	Erna Burger	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Erna Burger
22	Terry Boyce	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Terry Boyce
23	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
24	Naomi	cartoon	3	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Naomi
25	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Leslie Sternbergh
26	Yeah Yeah Yeah	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Third Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Cave Wimp ISBN 1-56097-536-9	2005	On eBay ›

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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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