Anything Goes! #5 - First Appearance of Jerry Hologram, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: October 1987
Key date: October 1987
On-sale date: 1987
Indicia publisher: The Comics Journal Inc.
Price: $2.00; 3.00 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Recommended for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Larry Hologram - 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: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; inks: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; colors: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo
1	Who's Who	text article	2	script: Gary Groth
2	The Road Trip	comic story	5	script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; pencils: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; inks: Ryan Brown; colors: Kevin Eastman	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
3	A Short History of Sex	comic story	2	script: Mike Hoffman; pencils: Mike Hoffman; inks: Mike Hoffman; colors: Mike Hoffman; letters: Mike Hoffman
4	The Goose and the Gander Were Talking One Night	comic story	4	script: Robert Crumb; pencils: Robert Crumb; inks: Robert Crumb; colors: Tom Luth; letters: Robert Crumb	The Goose; The Gander
5	The Super-Colossal, All Galactic, Beltmoore Brothers, Mega-Momentous Circus and Medicine Show	comic story	4	script: Don Lomax; pencils: Don Lomax; inks: Don Lomax; colors: Ned Sonntag; letters: Steve Haynie
6	Anything Goes	comic story	2	script: Jim Rohn, Cole Porter; pencils: Jim Rohn; inks: Jim Rohn; colors: Jim Rohn; letters: Gary Fields	Jerry Hologram First, Larry Hologram First, Max Hologram First
7	Mr. Walsh will be over...	comic story	4	script: Harold Gray; pencils: Harold Gray; inks: Harold Gray; colors: Michael Kraiger; letters: Harold Gray	Little Orphan Annie
8	The Dream of the Birdmen	comic story	4	script: Michael Kraiger; pencils: Michael Kraiger; inks: Michael Kraiger; colors: Michael Kraiger; letters: Michael Kraiger
9	Gwendlyn Wretch	comic story	2	script: Tom Sutton; pencils: Tom Sutton; inks: Tom Sutton; colors: Bhob Stewart; letters: Tom Sutton
10	Summer was new...	comic story	4	script: William Messner-Loebs, Nadine Messner-Loebs; pencils: William Messner-Loebs; inks: William Messner-Loebs; colors: George Kochell; letters: William Messner-Loebs	Wolverine MacAlistaire

Where to read it

Collection	Year
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #6	2015	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #6 ISBN 1684058570	2022	On eBay ›

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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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