Anything Goes! #2 - First Appearance of Muammar Gaddafi, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: December 1986
Key date: December 1986
On-sale date: 1986-08
Indicia publisher: The Comics Journal Inc.
Price: $2.00; 2.85 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Muammar Gaddafi - 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: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller; colors: Lynn Varley, S*M Graphics
1	Editorial	text article	1	script: Gary Groth
2	In Pictopia!	comic story	13	script: Alan Moore; pencils: Donald Simpson, Pete Poplaski, Mike Kazaleh; inks: Donald Simpson; colors: Eric Vincent; letters: Donald Simpson	Alice the Goon, Betty Boop, Buster Brown, Burma, Wilma Deering, Muammar Gaddafi First, Goofy, Andy Gump, Henry, Ma Hunkel, Smilin' Jack, Little Orphan Annie, The Lone Ranger, Jack Martin
3	Those Wild and Mixed Up Locas	comic story	4	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; colors: Henry Mayo; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Penny Century, H. R. Costigan, Hopey Glass, Maggie Chascarillo, Rand Race
4	And Speaking of Those Abstract Pretentious Stories That Make You Feel Stupid If You Don't Get Them...	comic story	2	script: Sam Kieth; pencils: Sam Kieth; inks: Sam Kieth; colors: Sam Kieth; letters: Sam Kieth
5	-	comic story	3	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Les Dorscheid; letters: Carrie Spiegle	Captain Victory, Silver Star
6	Chrysalis	comic story	3	script: Jack Cronin; pencils: Dennis Fujitake; inks: Dennis Fujitake; colors: Tom Luth; letters: Dennis Fujitake
7	Walt Disney Lives	comic story	2	script: Art Spiegelman; pencils: Art Spiegelman; inks: Art Spiegelman; letters: Art Spiegelman	Walt Disney, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon
8	Who's Who	text article	1	script: Gary Groth

Where to read it

Collection	Year
I before E #2	1992	On eBay ›
The Best Comics of the Decade #1 ISBN 1-56097-035-9	1990	On eBay ›
Love and Rockets Bonanza! #1	1989	On eBay ›
Duck Feet ISBN 0930193822	1989	On eBay ›
Jack Kirby's Silver Star #1 ISBN 978-1-58240-764-7	2007	On eBay ›
Locas #[nn] ISBN 1-56097-611-X; 978-1-56097-611-0	2004	On eBay ›
Maggie the Mechanic ISBN 978-1-56097-784-1	2007	On eBay ›
Duck Feet ISBN 0-930193-82-2	1989	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)

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