Clive Barker's Hellraiser #3 - First Appearance of Leviathan, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Clive Barker's Hellraiser (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: 1990
Key date: June 5, 1990
On-sale date: June 5, 1990
Indicia publisher: Epic Comics
Price: $4.95; 5.95 CAD
Pages: 68
Barcode: 02488523073403

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Hopper - 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	pencils: Kevin O'Neill; inks: Kevin O'Neill; colors: Kevin O'Neill
1	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: Ted McKeever; inks: Ted McKeever; colors: Ted McKeever
3	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Daniel Chichester
4	-	illustration	1	pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley; colors: A. C. Farley
5	The Crystal Precipice	comic story	15	script: Jan Strnad; pencils: Steve Buccellato; inks: Stan Drake; colors: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh; letters: Michael Heisler	Staple Face
6	-	illustration	1	pencils: Lou Harrison; inks: Lou Harrison; colors: Lou Harrison
7	-	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz
8	The Blood of a Poet	comic story	24	script: R. J. M. Lofficier, R. J. M. Lofficier; pencils: John Ridgway; inks: John Ridgway; colors: Steve Oliff; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Female Cenobite, Sister Nikoletta, Pinhead, Elliott Spencer
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Scott Hampton; inks: Scott Hampton; colors: Scott Hampton	Adolf Hitler
10	-	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz
11	-	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz
12	Songs of Metal and Flesh	comic story	15	script: Peter Akins; pencils: Dave Dorman, Lurene Haines; inks: Dave Dorman, Lurene Haines; colors: Dave Dorman, Lurene Haines; letters: Phil Felix	Brain First, Leviathan First, Hopper First
13	-	illustration	1	pencils: Scott Hampton; inks: Scott Hampton; colors: Scott Hampton
14	-	illustration	1	pencils: Ted McKeever; inks: Ted McKeever; colors: Ted McKeever
15	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
16	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Collection #[nn] ISBN 0-87135-748-8	1991	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser #2 ISBN 0-936211-30-X	1990	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #2 ISBN 0-9710249-7-9	2003	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Posterbook #1 ISBN 0-87135-849-2	1991	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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