Id #2 - First Appearance of Devil Girl, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Id (Fantagraphics, 1990 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: 1990
Key date: 1990
On-sale date: 1990
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $2.50; 3.25 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Adults Only

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Devil Girl - 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	Oh No! Keep it in the Pants!! It’s the…	cover	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb	The Id
1	What Th’ Ding Dong?	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	The Id
2	The Pressure’s On…	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
3	Always Clowning Around	cartoon	2	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
4	Imaginary Girl	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Imaginary Girl
5	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Joan Tabor
6	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
7	The Devil Made Me Draw It	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Jewish American Princess
8	Sexist Sketch for the Week	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Perfect Blossom
9	R. Crumb’s Moments of Glory	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
10	Big Sad Eyes…	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Sleazy Predator
11	Shelf	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
12	The Dreamer	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
13	A Typical Boring Booshwah Soap Opera!	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Sylvia
14	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Dianne Daley; Anita Gomez; Mary Jo Puglia
15	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Robert Crumb
16	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Aline Kominsky-Crumb
17	The Thrill of Seeing Her Lose It!	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
18	All the Pretty Little Horses	cartoon	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
19	-	cartoon	0.5	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
20	Devil Girl	cartoon	3	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Devil Girl First
21	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
22	Body Language	illustration	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
23	Don’t Try to Be Witty… Or Clever…	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
24	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
25	Now It Can Be Told!!	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
26	My Personal Struggle Against the Vulture Demonesses Goes On!	cartoon	3	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Eggs Ackley
27	Helping the Amazon Put Her Pajamas On	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb	Snoid
28	The Ducks	comic story	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
29	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb
30	A Trail of Crumbs!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; letters: Robert Crumb
31	-	cartoon	1	script: R. Crumb; pencils: R. Crumb; inks: R. Crumb; letters: R. Crumb

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	price 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Cave Wimp ISBN 1-56097-536-9	2005	On eBay ›
Bible of Filth #[nn] ISBN 9781941701706	2017	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

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Check the staples and centerfold; heavily read anniversary and key issues loosen there first.

Series context

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Sources

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

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