Xenozoic Tales #2 - First Appearance of Hannah Dundee, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Xenozoic Tales (Kitchen Sink Press, 1987 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: April 1987
Key date: April 1987
On-sale date: May 19, 1987
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Price: $2.00; 2.80 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Hannah Dundee - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Jack Tenrec - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Mustapha Cairo - 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	Untitled	cover	1	pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Mark Schultz; colors: Ray Fehrenbach	Hannah Dundee First, Jack Tenrec First
2	Xenozoic Era	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Mark Schultz
3	Rogue	comic story	10	script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Steve Stiles; letters: Denise Prowell	Hannah Dundee First, Jack Tenrec First, Mustapha Cairo First
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Will Eisner, Milton Caniff; inks: Will Eisner, Milton Caniff
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Don Simpson, Eric Vincent; inks: Don Simpson, Anthony Smith
6	Mammoth Pitfall!	comic story	8	script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Mark Schultz; letters: Mark Schultz	Hannah Dundee First, Jack Tenrec First
7	The Rules of the Game	comic story	10	script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Steve Stiles; letters: Denise Prowell	Hannah Dundee First, Jack Tenrec First
8	Xenozoic Express	letters page	2	script: Dave Schreiner
9	-	preview (from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mark Schultz; inks: Mark Schultz
10	The Dreamer	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-071-X	1989	On eBay ›
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs #2	1990	On eBay ›
After the End ISBN 1-56971-690-0	2003	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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