Epic Illustrated #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Arnold the Isshurian - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: February 1983
Key date: 1983-02-00
On-sale date: 1982-12-01
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $2.50; 3.00 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages: 100
Barcode: 0714860262002

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Arnold the Isshurian - 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: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith; colors: Barry Windsor-Smith
1	Overview	text article	2	script: Archie Goodwin
2	Awakening [Chapter Seven]	comic story	11	script: Rick Veitch; pencils: Rick Veitch; inks: Rick Veitch; colors: Rick Veitch
3	Arise Awake	comic story	11	script: Marc Hempel; pencils: Marc Hempel; inks: Marc Hempel; colors: Marc Hempel
4	-	letters page	2	pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Jim Starlin
5	The Beguiling	comic story	8	script: Barry Windsor-Smith; pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith; colors: Barry Windsor-Smith; letters: Linda Lessmann
6	A Path of Stars	comic story	2	script: Barry Windsor-Smith; pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith
7	Bookview	text article	1	script: Jo Duffy
8	The Horde	text story	4	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; inks: Barry Windsor-Smith
9	Arnold the Isshurian	comic story	2	script: Dave Sim; pencils: Dave Sim; inks: Dave Sim	Arnold the Isshurian First
10	The Woman Who Loved the Moon	comic story	15	script: Elizabeth A. Lynn; pencils: Trina Robbins; inks: Trina Robbins; colors: Trina Robbins; letters: Tom Orzechowski
11	Gene Day 1951- 1982	text article	8	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Gene Day; inks: Gene Day
12	The Vision [Chapter Two]	comic story	8	script: Dennis O'Neil, Carl Potts; pencils: Carl Potts; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim Novak
13	Gameview	text article	1	script: Steven Grant
14	Our New Dad	comic story	4	script: Rick Geary; pencils: Rick Geary; inks: Rick Geary
15	Two Sisters	comic story	10	script: Charles Vess; pencils: Charles Vess; inks: Charles Vess
16	Mediaview	text article	1	script: Dennis O'Neil

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Book of Night #3	1987	On eBay ›
Epic Graphic Novel: Last of the Dragons #[nn] ISBN 0-87135-335-0	1988	On eBay ›
Near Myths #[nn]	1990	On eBay ›
Housebound with Rick Geary #[nn] ISBN 1560970502	1991	On eBay ›
The Book of Night #[nn] ISBN 1-878574-25-6	1991	On eBay ›
At Home with Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 #[nn] ISBN 978-0930193140	1985	On eBay ›
Last of the Dragons #[nn] ISBN 978-0-486-80357-9; 0-486-80357-0	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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