Winnie the Pooh Comic Book Classics #1 - First Appearance of Winnie the Pooh, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Winnie the Pooh Comic Book Classics (Fantagraphics, 2025 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection
Publication date: 2025
Key date: December 2, 2025
On-sale date: December 2, 2025
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 180
Barcode: 979887500148252999
ISBN: 979-8-8750-0148-2

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Winnie the Pooh - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Piglet - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Roo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kanga - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tigger - 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	Winnie the Pooh The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection	cover	1	pencils: Kari Korhonen; inks: Kari Korhonen; colors: Sanoma	Winnie the Pooh First
1	Map of the 100 Aker Wood	illustration	2	pencils: E. H. Shepard; inks: E. H. Shepard; letters: E. H. Shepard	Winnie the Pooh First
2	-	blank page(s)	1
3	Winnie the Pooh The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection	illustration	1		Winnie the Pooh First
4	Indicia, Editorial Credits, Reprint Sources, and Issue Catalog	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
5	Winnie the Pooh The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection	illustration	1	pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Pete Alvarado; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop, David Gerstein; editing: Del Connell	Kanga First, Piglet First, Roo First, Tigger First, Winnie the Pooh First
6	Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
7	Features and Featurettes	text article	2	script: David Gerstein; pencils: John Ushler; inks: John Ushler	Winnie the Pooh First
8	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	comic story	44	script: Didier Le Bornec, Joe Torcivia, David Gerstein; pencils: Daniel Pérez; inks: Comicup Studio; colors: Disney Publishing Worldwide; letters: Paul Baresh	Winnie the Pooh First
9	Shorts	text article	1	script: David Gerstein, Jim Fanning; pencils: Joaquín Cañizares Sánchez; inks: Joaquín Cañizares Sánchez	Winnie the Pooh First
10	The Heffalump Invasion	comic story	5	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Pete Alvarado; colors: Digikore Studios; letters: Bill Spicer	Winnie the Pooh First
11	A Hard Day's Knight	comic story	1	script: Don Ferguson; pencils: Sparky Moore; inks: Sparky Moore; colors: Big Doors Studios; letters: Carson Van Osten	Winnie the Pooh First
12	Eep of the Gra	comic story	6	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Bill Wright; colors: Digikore Studios; letters: Bill Wright	Winnie the Pooh First
13	Caboose on the Loose	comic story	8	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Pete Alvarado; inks: Bill Wright; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill Wright	Winnie the Pooh First

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q188574 (Winnie the Pooh), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q249081 (Roo), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q4446039 (Tigger), first-appearance property (CC0)

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