Clive Barker's Hellraiser #17 for Sale - First Appearance of Zinc - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Clive Barker's Hellraiser (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: 1992
Key date: 1992-09-22
On-sale date: 1992-09-22
Indicia publisher: Epic Comics
Price: $4.95; 5.75 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 02488523073417
ISBN: 0-87135-928-6

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Whirl-Jack - 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	The Harrowing Begins Here!	cover	1	pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross	Lavinia Claire, Lucinda Claire, Winston Gage, Dublin Morse, Ron Ringwood, Marty Sevenbirds, Vera Wyshak
1	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: John Van Fleet; inks: John Van Fleet; colors: John Van Fleet	Clown, Winky Dink
3	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Clive Barker
4	Taste the Darkness	comic story	6	script: John Rozum; pencils: Bo Hampton; inks: Bo Hampton; colors: Bo Hampton; letters: Richard Starkings	Whirl-Jack First
5	The Harrowing, Part One: Resurrection	comic story	38	script: Clive Barker, Anna Miller, Malcolm Smith, Fred Vicarel; pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross; letters: Gaspar	Bunny Benedict First, Butterball, Cattleskull First, Lavinia Claire, Lucinda Claire, Cowboy First, Fulgar First, Winston Gage, The General First, Haloblades First, Laslo, Leviathan, Morte Mamme, Merkova First
6	Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Clive Barker
7	-	illustration	1	pencils: John Van Fleet; inks: John Van Fleet; colors: John Van Fleet	Clown, Winky Dink
8	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
9	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Hellraiser Masterpieces #2 ISBN 978-1-60886-274-0	2012	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #1 ISBN 0-9710249-2-8	2002	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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