Publishers / Image / Spawn (1992) / #73
73June 1998
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Spawn #73

Image · June 1998 · on sale 1998

First appearance: The HeapDeath of Eddie Beckett1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Spawn (Image, 1992 series)
Issue
#73
Publication date
June 1998
Key date
1998-06-00
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 The Heap - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Eddie Beckett.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Dan KempEddie Beckett, The Heap First, Al Simmons, Spawn
1Todd McFarlane & Image Comics Presents...credits, title page1pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typesetSpawn
2The Heapcomic story20script: Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin; pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Danny Miki, Todd McFarlane, Chance Wolf; colors: Brian Haberlin, Dan Kemp; letters: Tom OrzechowskiEddie Beckett Death, Bobby, Bootsy, Sam Burke, Count Nicholas Cogliostro, The Heap First, Al Simmons, Spawn, Twitch
3BlahBlahBlah_68in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4-letters page2script: Todd McFarlane
5ENDCAP 73in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset
6Andy Frankin-house column1script: Beau SmithAndy Frank (photograph)

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 01430294568673

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Series context

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Sources

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