Beavis & Butt-Head #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Butt-Head - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Beavis & Butt-Head (Marvel, 1994 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: March 1994
Key date: 1994-03-00
On-sale date: 1994-01-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.95; 2.45 CAD; 1.50 GBP
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960601109400111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of David Van Driessen - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mega Man X - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Coach Buzzcut - 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	-	cover	1	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Beavis First, Butt-Head First
2	Dental Hygiene Dilemma - Fart One	comic story	8	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Tom Anderson First, Beavis First, Butt-Head First, Daria Morgendorffer First
3	The Punisher Parody	comic story	1	script: Mike Lackey, John Romita Jr.; pencils: Rick Parker, John Romita Jr.; inks: Rick Parker, John Romita Jr.; colors: Bob Sharen, John Romita Jr.; letters: Rick Parker, John Romita Jr.	Beavis First, Butt-Head First, Frank Castle, Punisher
5	-	in-house column	0.9	script: Craig Anderson
6	-	comic story	0.1	script: Rick Parker; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Rick Parker
9	"How To Sneak Home After School and Not Get BEAT UP!"	comic story	2	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Coach Buzzcut First, Todd Ianuzzi First, Stewart Stevenson First
10	Dental Hygiene Dilemma - Part Two	comic story	6	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Beavis First, Butt-Head First
12	Devil Dinosaur Parody	comic story	1	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Beavis First, Butt-Head First, Devil Dinosaur
14	"Be Cool To Your School!"	comic story	2	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Beavis First, Butt-Head First, David Van Driessen First, Todd Ianuzzi First
15	Beavis and Butt-Head's Activity Page	activity	2	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker	Beavis First, Butt-Head First
17	Butt-Mail	letters page	1	script: Mike Lackey; pencils: Rick Parker; inks: Rick Parker; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Rick Parker
18	Marvel Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.95 USD; 2.45 CAD; barcode 07148601109503

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Beavis and Butt-Head's Greatest Hits #[nn] ISBN 078510030X	1994	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)
Wikidata, Q942048 (Butt-Head), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q2560970 (Beavis), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q4155159 (Daria Morgendorffer), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q5800422 (David Van Driessen), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q14632819 (Mega Man X), first-appearance property (CC0)

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