Frank #2 - First Appearance of Pushpaw, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Frank (Fantagraphics, 1996 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: December 1997
Key date: December 1, 1997
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $3.95; 5.50 CAD
Pages: 32

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Pushpaw - 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: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring	Frank
1	Frank Number Two	credits, title page	1	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring
2	Sprank	comic story	4	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank, Pupshaw
3	Pushpaw	comic story	18	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank, Pupshaw, Pushpaw First
4	Frank Obeys the Rule of Five	comic story	5	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring	Frank, Pupshaw
5	Frank as Seen by the 20th Century's Greatest Artists	comic story	0.4	script: Ivan Brunetti; pencils: Ivan Brunetti; inks: Ivan Brunetti; letters: Ivan Brunetti	Frank
6	-	letters page	0.6	script: Jim Woodring	Frank; Manhog
7	-	text article	1	script: Jim Woodring	Frank, Manhog, Pupshaw
8	It Hoppered!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; colors: Jim Woodring	Frank, Pupshaw

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 1560975342; 9781560975342	2003	On eBay ›
The Portable Frank #[nn] ISBN 978-1-56097-978-4	2008	On eBay ›
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 9781606995136	2011	On eBay ›
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 9781606995006	2011	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #12 of 4#3 ›

Sources

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

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