Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [First Printing] - First Appearance of Vampira, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (Fantagraphics, 1985 series)
Issue: #[nn] [First Printing]
Publication date: November 1985
Key date: November 1985
On-sale date: 1985-11
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $12.95; 16.80 CAD
Pages: 92
ISBN: 0930193156

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Why this issue matters

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

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: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman	Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope, Shemp Howard, Tor Johnson, Vampira First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-521-1	2012	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Confirm the UPC box: a publisher mark instead of a barcode means direct edition, a barcode means newsstand.
Glossy covers of this era show edge chipping easily. Check black edges closely in the photos.
Check the staples and centerfold; heavily read anniversary and key issues loosen there first.

Series context

1 of 2#[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] ›

Sources

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

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