Jim #4 - First Appearance of Frank, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Jim (Fantagraphics, 1987 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 1990
Key date: December 10, 1990
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.50; 3.25 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Frank - 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: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring	Frank First
1	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring
2	What the Left Hand Did	comic story	13	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Big Egypt Parlor Sphinx, Jim Woodring
3	Part II: Let's Play	comic story	6	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Jim Woodring
4	Part III: Powerland	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Jim Woodring
5	Part IV: Nidrian Gardner	comic story	4	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Daisy Beaumonde; Horace
6	-	comic story	3	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Pulque
7	Jimland Novelties	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring
8	Wolvertoons: The Art of Basil Wolverton	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton
9	Back Cover	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Book of Jim #[nn] ISBN 156097091X	1993	On eBay ›
Jim #[nn] ISBN 9781606997529	2014	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

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

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