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2April 1993
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Death: The High Cost of Living #2

DC · April 1993 · on sale 1993-02-11

First appearance: Hazel McNamaraFirst appearance: Donna Cavanagh
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Identification plate

Series
Death: The High Cost of Living (DC, 1993 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
April 1993
Key date
1993-04-00
On-sale date
1993-02-11
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$1.95; 2.50 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Suggested for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Donna Cavanagh - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKeanDeath
1Chapter Two: A Night to Remembercomic story26script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Mark Buckingham; colors: Steve Oliff, Olyoptics; letters: Todd KleinDeath, Dream, Donna Cavanagh First, God, Jesus Christ, Mad Hettie, Hazel McNamara First
2-in-house column1script: Karen Berger

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Death: The High Cost of Living #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-132-8		1994On eBay ›
Death: The High Cost of Living #[nn]
ISBN 1-56389-133-6		1994On eBay ›
The Absolute Death #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2463-9		2009On eBay ›
Death #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-4716-4		2014On eBay ›
Death: The Deluxe Edition #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-3548-2		2012On eBay ›
The Sandman Omnibus #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-8773-3		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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