Publishers / Image / Spawn (1992) / #78
78November 1998
$1.95; 2.95 CAD

Spawn #78

Image · November 1998 · on sale 1998

First appearance: S.O. Silbert1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Spawn (Image, 1992 series)
Issue
#78
Publication date
November 1998
Key date
1998-11-00
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 S.O. Silbert - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Dan KempAl Simmons, Spawn
1Todd McFarlane & Image Comics Presents...credits, title page1letters: typeset
2Bloodstainscomic story22script: Todd McFarlane, Brian Holguin; pencils: Greg Capullo; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Brian Haberlin, Dan Kemp; letters: Tom OrzechowskiSam Burke, Count Nicholas Cogliostro, Sarah Frost, S.O. Silbert First, Al Simmons, Spawn, Helen Williams, Twitch
3BlahBlahBlah_73in-house column1script: Terry Fitzgerald
4-letters page2script: Todd McFarlane
5EndCap 78in-house column2pencils: ? (photography); inks: ? (photography); colors: ? (photography); letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 01430294568678

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Series context

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Sources

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