Publishers / Image / Spawn (1992) / #72
72May 1998
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Spawn #72

Image · May 1998 · on sale 1998

First appearance: Eddie BeckettFirst appearance: Wolfram1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Spawn (Image, 1992 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
May 1998
Key date
1998-05-00
On-sale date
1998
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$1.95; 2.95 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Todd McFarlane, Chance WolfCount Nicholas Cogliostro, Al Simmons, Spawn
1Todd McFarlane & Image Comics Presents...credits, title page1pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typesetSpawn
2Bloodlesscomic story20script: Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin; pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Danny Miki, Todd McFarlane, Chance Wolf; colors: Brian Haberlin, Dan Kemp; letters: Tom OrzechowskiEddie Beckett First, Bootsy, Sam Burke, Al Simmons, Spawn, Twitch, Wolfram First
3BlahBlahBlah_67in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4-letters page2script: Todd McFarlane
5EndCap 72in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset
6Todd McFarlane's Spawn Midnight May 15th on HBOtext article4script: Dominique Jennings, John Rafter Lee, Victor Love, Michael NicholosiClown; Spawn; Jason Wynn; Wanda Blake; Terry Fitzgerald

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 01430294568672

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Spawn Origins Collection #122009On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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