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1September 1996
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Curse of the Spawn #1

Image · September 1996

First appearance: Future SpawnFirst appearance: Daniel LlansoFirst appearance: Abaddon1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Curse of the Spawn (Image, 1996 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1996
Key date
1996-09-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$1.95; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Todd Broeker, Roy YoungFuture Spawn First, Daniel Llanso First
1Todd McFarlane and Image Comics Presents:credits, title page1letters: typeset
2Dark Futurecomic story22script: Alan McElroy; pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Todd Broeker, Roy Young; letters: Tom OrzechowskiAbaddon First, Future Spawn First, Daniel Llanso First, Madrid Llanso First, Matthew Llanso First
3Blah, Blah, Blah 47in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4Monthlytext article1script: Todd McFarlane
5-illustration2inks: Danny Miki; colors: Brian HaberlinFuture Spawn First, Daniel Llanso First
6HBO Animation Spawn: Why HBO?text article2letters: typesetSpawn; Twitch Williams; Jason Wynn
7END CAP [14]in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07098933790901

Where to read it

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The Best of Curse of the Spawn #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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