Jim #2 - First Appearance of Lucky, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Jim (Fantagraphics, 1993 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: April 1994
Key date: April 1994
On-sale date: 1994
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.95 CAD
Pages: 24

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Lucky - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring	Frank, Jim Woodring
1	Jim Volume 2 Number 2	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring
2	Frank Visits the Palace of Horrors	comic story	6	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank, Lucky First, Manhog, Whim
3	The Birthday Party	comic story	8	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Jim Woodring
4	-	comic story	2	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Pulque
5	Big Red	comic story	2	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Big Red
6	The Smudge-Pot	letters page	1	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring
8	Vher Umst Pknipfer?	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Big Egypt Parlor Sphinx

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 1560975342; 9781560975342	2003	On eBay ›
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 9781606995136	2011	On eBay ›
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 9781606995006	2011	On eBay ›
Jim #[nn] ISBN 9781606997529	2014	On eBay ›
Raw, Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge #[nn] ISBN 0-86719-593-2	2004	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #12 of 6#3 ›

Sources

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

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