Clive Barker's Hellraiser #4 (1990) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Clive Barker's Hellraiser (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: 1990
Key date: 1990-09-04
On-sale date: 1990-09-04
Indicia publisher: Epic Comics
Price: $4.95; 5.95 CAD
Pages: 68
Barcode: 02488523073404

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Staple Face.

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: Scott Hampton; inks: Scott Hampton; colors: Scott Hampton
1	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kent Williams; inks: Kent Williams; colors: Kent Williams
3	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Daniel Chichester
4	Cenobite!	comic story	15	script: Nicholas Vince; pencils: John Van Fleet; inks: John Van Fleet; colors: John Van Fleet; letters: James Novak	Leviathan
5	-	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz
6	-	illustration	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz
7	-	illustration	1	pencils: Ovi Hondru; inks: Ovi Hondru; colors: Ovi Hondru
8	Like Flies to Wanton Boys	comic story	19	script: Bunny Hampton-Mack; pencils: Scott Hampton; inks: Scott Hampton; colors: Scott Hampton; letters: Tracy Hampton-Munsey	Andrew (introduction); John (introduction); Ian Woolrich (introduction); Cathy Woolrich (introduction); Peter Durant (introduction)
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Glenn Pepple; inks: Glenn Pepple; colors: Glenn Pepple
12	To Prepare a Face	comic story	21	script: Jan Strnad; pencils: Mark Chiarello; inks: Mark Chiarello; colors: Mark Chiarello; letters: Gaspar	Staple Face Origin, Pinhead, Elliott Spencer
13	-	illustration	1	pencils: Louis Harrison; inks: Louis Harrison; colors: Louis Harrison	Leviathan
14	Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Marc McLaurin
15	-	illustration	1	pencils: Kent Williams; inks: Kent Williams; colors: Kent Williams
16	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
17	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 #1 ISBN 0-9710249-2-8	2002	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #2 ISBN 0-9710249-7-9	2003	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #3 ISBN 0-9753808-0-X	2004	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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