Publishers / Image / Curse of the Spawn (1996) / #20
20May 1998
$1.95; 2.95 CAD

Curse of the Spawn #20

Image · May 1998 · on sale 1998

First appearance: Raenius1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Curse of the Spawn (Image, 1996 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
May 1998
Key date
1998-05-00
On-sale date
1998
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$1.95; 2.95 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Raenius - 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 BroekerRaenius First
1Todd McFarlane and Image Comics Presents...credits, title page1letters: typeset; ?
2Dark Mythcomic story22script: Alan McElroy; pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Danny Miki, Chance Wolf, Todd McFarlane; colors: Todd Broeker, Mark Nicholas; letters: Tom OrzechowskiRaenius First
3BlahBlahBlah_67in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4-letters page1script: Todd McFarlane
5EndCap 72in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset
6Todd McFarlane's Spawn Midnight May 15th on HBOtext article4script: Dominique Jennings, John Rafter Lee, Victor Love, Michael NicholosiClown; Spawn; Jason Wynn; Wanda Blake; Terry Fitzgerald

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 01430294570920

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Best of Curse of the Spawn #[nn]
ISBN 1-58240-616-2		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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