Epic Illustrated #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Cholly - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: October 1981
Key date: 1981-10-00
On-sale date: 1981-08-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $2.00
Pages: 100
Barcode: 0714860262010

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Flytrap - 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: Howard Chaykin; inks: Howard Chaykin; colors: Howard Chaykin
1	Contents	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
2	Overview	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	4	script: Archie Goodwin
3	A Little Love, A Little Hate!	comic story	9	script: Arthur Suydam; pencils: Arthur Suydam; inks: Arthur Suydam; colors: Arthur Suydam	Cholly First, Flytrap First
4	Maker	text story	8	script: Mark Wheatley; pencils: Mark Wheatley; inks: Mark Wheatley; colors: Mark Wheatley
5	Ankhesenamun	comic story	5	script: Trina Robbins; pencils: Trina Robbins; inks: Trina Robbins; colors: Trina Robbins; letters: Orz
6	Fantasy in a Package	text article	8	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Berni Wrightson, P. Craig Russell, Marshall Rogers, Wendy Pini, Lela Dowling, John Buscema; inks: John Byrne, Berni Wrightson, P. Craig Russell, Marshall Rogers, Wendy Pini, Lela Dowling
7	Metamorphosis Odyssey	recap	1	script: Jim Starlin
8	Chapter XII: Dreamsend	comic story	8	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Jim Starlin; colors: Jim Starlin; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Vanth Dreadstar; Aknaton; Za; Juliet; Whis'par
9	Contact	comic story	8	script: Tim Conrad, William Velasquez; pencils: Tim Conrad; inks: Tim Conrad; colors: Tim Conrad
10	Children of the Stars	comic story	18	script: Charles Vess; pencils: Charles Vess; inks: Charles Vess
11	Bookview	text article	2	script: Jo Duffy
12	Punk Zone	comic story	8	script: Denny Daley; pencils: Mike Saenz; inks: Mike Saenz; colors: Mike Saenz
13	Mediaview	text article	2	script: Denny O'Neil
14	Gameview	text article	1	script: Steven Grant
15	-	letters page	2	letters: typeset
16	Shiny Beast	comic story	7	script: Rick Veitch; pencils: Rick Veitch; inks: Rick Veitch; colors: Rick Veitch

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.75 GBP
British	price 0.75 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Book of Night #1	1987	On eBay ›
Near Myths #[nn]	1990	On eBay ›
The Original Adventures of Cholly and Flytrap #[nn]	1991	On eBay ›
The Book of Night #[nn] ISBN 1-878574-25-6	1991	On eBay ›
The Metamorphosis Odyssey ISBN 0-943151-28-7	2000	On eBay ›
Dreadstar: The Beginning #[nn] ISBN 1-60690-119-2; 978-1-60690-119-9	2010	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

‹ #78 of 34#9 ›

Sources

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

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