Buzz #3 - First Appearance of Fetal Elvis, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Buzz (Kitchen Sink Press, 1990 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: August 1991
Key date: August 1991
On-sale date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Price: $2.95; 3.75 CAD
Pages: 44
Rating: Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Fetal Elvis - 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	Wrong Fun for America's Top Slaves!	cover	1	pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; colors: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Fetal Elvis First
1	Drink, Clown, Drink!	text story	1	script: Mark Newgarden; pencils: Mark Newgarden; inks: Mark Newgarden
2	Buzz	table of contents	1	pencils: Roy Tompkins; inks: Roy Tompkins
3	Buzz Wordz	letters page	2	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman
4	No Fran	illustration	0.5	pencils: Ken Struck; inks: Ken Struck
5	Our Contributors!	credits, title page	0.5	script: Mark Landman
6	Naked Snack (Part 2)	comic story	6	script: Charles Burns; pencils: Charles Burns; inks: Charles Burns; letters: Charles Burns	Mr. Lieber; Rocko; O'Toole
7	-	comic story	6	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Fetal Elvis First
8	The Mutant Book of the Dead	comic story	6	script: Mack White; pencils: Mack White; inks: Mack White; letters: Mack White	Cyrus Baxter; Jennie Sue Tyler; Seth; Horace
9	Zero Skills	comic story	5	script: Roy Tompkins; pencils: Roy Tompkins; inks: Roy Tompkins; letters: Roy Tompkins	Harvey the Hillbilly Bastard; Harvey's Ma; Mr. Fellata; Mrs. Wadd; Lara; Danny
10	Life... It's Wacky!	text story	1	script: Mark Newgarden; pencils: Mark Newgarden; inks: Mark Newgarden; letters: Mark Newgarden
11	Captain Wireless (Part 2)	comic story	5	script: Dr. Ahmed Fishmonger; pencils: Dr. Ahmed Fishmonger; inks: Dr. Ahmed Fishmonger; letters: Dr. Ahmed Fishmonger	Captain Wireless
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman
13	Helping Boys and Girls Understand Their Sex Roles	comic story	2	script: Kevin Atkinson; pencils: Kevin Atkinson; inks: Kevin Atkinson; letters: Kevin Atkinson	The Teacher; Professional Person
14	Buzz Plugz	text article	1	script: Mark Landman
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman
16	Kitty Kelley's Wet Dream / To the Bat-Gerbil!!!	illustration	1	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman
17	Deviant Postcard Set Number Two	illustration	1	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; colors: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Nancy Reagan; Ronald Reagan; Batman; Robin; Alfred

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Mutant Book of the Dead #1	1994	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

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Sources

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

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