Publishers / Image / Curse of the Spawn (1996) / #12
12September 1997
$1.95

Curse of the Spawn #12

Image · September 1997

First appearance: Jessica PriestFirst appearance: Jessica Andersen-ChinFirst appearance: Obersmith1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Curse of the Spawn (Image, 1996 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
September 1997
Key date
1997-09-00
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$1.95
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jessica Priest - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jessica Andersen-Chin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Liz Arno - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kevin Bergregor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Brent Ashe; inks: Brent Ashe; colors: Brent AsheJessica Priest (photograph of unknown person)
1Todd McFarlane and Image Comics Presents...credits, title page1letters: typeset; ?
2Codename: Priestcomic story22script: Alan McElroy; pencils: Dwayne Turner; inks: Danny Miki, Chance Wolf; colors: Todd Broeker, Mark Nicholas; letters: Tom OrzechowskiJessica Andersen-Chin First, Liz Arno First, Kevin Bergregor First, Obersmith First, Jessica Priest First, Jason Wynn, Zacks First
3BlahBlahBlah_59in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4-letters page1script: Todd McFarlane, Alan McElroy
5ENDCAP [26]in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
NewsstandSee the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Best of Curse of the Spawn #[nn]
ISBN 1-58240-616-2		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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