Comic Book [Spümco Comic Book] #1 - First Appearance of Jimmy the Hapless Boy, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Comic Book [Spümco Comic Book] (Marvel, 1995 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [November] 1995
Key date: November 1995
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $6.95
Pages: 68
Barcode: 00928103393601

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Jimmy the Hapless Boy - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

First appearance of Cigarettes the Cat - 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	Jimmy the Hapless Boy	cover	1	pencils: Jim Smith, John K; inks: Shane Glines	Jimmy the Hapless Boy First, George Liquor, Sody Pop First
1	Jimmy the Hapless Boy	comic story	1	pencils: Jim Smith	Jimmy the Hapless Boy First
2	Jimmy the Turtle Food Collector	comic story	63	script: John K, Richard Pursel; pencils: Jim Smith, John K; inks: Shane Glines; colors: Rick Altergott; letters: Rick Altergott	Jimmy the Hapless Boy First, Cigarettes the Cat First, George Liquor
3	The Fart Part I: The Biology of Farting	text article	1	script: Sylvia Carol Branzei
4	Spümcø: From Our Mouths to Your Stomachs	in-house column	0.33	script: Richard Pursel
6	Bonus Pin-Up Page	illustration	1	pencils: Jim Smith, John K; inks: Shane Glines	Jimmy the Hapless Boy First, George Liquor, Sody Pop First

Plus 0.67 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
John Kricfalusi Spümco Comic Book #[nn]	2013	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, Q116439635 (Sody Pop), first-appearance property (CC0)

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