Buzz #2 - First Appearance of Captain Wireless, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Buzz (Kitchen Sink Press, 1990 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: February 1991
Key date: February 1991
On-sale date: February 27, 1991
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Price: $2.95; 3.75 CAD
Pages: 44
Rating: Mature Readers!

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Captain Wireless - 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	Swell Entertainment for America's Twisted Youth!	cover	1	pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; colors: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Popeye
1	Gasa-Gasa	comic story	1	script: Garret Izumi; pencils: Garret Izumi; inks: Garret Izumi; letters: Garret Izumi
2	Buzz Issue Number Two	credits, title page	1	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman
3	Buzzwords	letters page	1.5	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman
4	Lonely Widow Meets Happy Fate	comic story	0.5	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Mr. Beal; Betty Thorpe; Rita Thorpe; Edith
5	Saturday Morning Nuclear Test Pattern Epiphany	illustration	0.5	pencils: Mack White; inks: Mack White; letters: Mack White
6	-	credits, title page	0.5	script: Mark Landman
7	Naked Snack! (Part 1)	comic story	6	script: Charles Burns; pencils: Charles Burns; inks: Charles Burns; letters: Charles Burns	Meat Man; Johnny; Mr. Lieber; Granny; Mr. Xeno; Spokesbeast for the Venusian Meat Liberation Army
8	Captain Wireless (Part 1)	comic story	3	script: Ahmed Fishmonger; pencils: Ahmed Fishmonger; inks: Ahmed Fishmonger; letters: Ahmed Fishmonger	Captain Wireless First
9	Drew Friedman's "Famous for Thirty Seconds"	illustration	2	script: Drew Friedman; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman	Don; Iz; Gus; Joe
10	Mister 5x5- Big Mob Bust!!	comic story	0.73	script: Jeremy Eaton; pencils: Jeremy Eaton; inks: Jeremy Eaton; letters: Jeremy Eaton	Mister 5x5; Sleepyhead
11	By Poplar Demand	comic story	0.73	script: Jeremy Eaton; pencils: Jeremy Eaton; inks: Jeremy Eaton; letters: Jeremy Eaton	Sleepyhead; Power Company Man; Mr. Sig
12	The Good Life	comic story	1.08	script: Jeremy Eaton; pencils: Jeremy Eaton; inks: Jeremy Eaton; letters: Jeremy Eaton	Sleepyhead
13	Daisy Chain	comic story	0.73	script: Jeremy Eaton; pencils: Jeremy Eaton; inks: Jeremy Eaton; letters: Jeremy Eaton	Dad; Sleepyhead
14	The Story of Doctor Donuthin'	comic story	0.73	script: Jeremy Eaton; pencils: Jeremy Eaton; inks: Jeremy Eaton; letters: Jeremy Eaton	Sleepyhead
15	The Brutal Love of Abstract Desire	comic story	1	script: David Myers; pencils: David Myers; inks: David Myers; letters: David Myers
16	Frank and Manhog	comic story	4	script: Jim Woodring; pencils: Jim Woodring; inks: Jim Woodring; letters: Jim Woodring	Frank, Manhog
17	Dobie Zombie	comic story	4	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Dobie Zombie; Wayward Z. Bleb; Margo Mongogland; Tank; Lobia Frontal; Vanna Sluthog; Ramon; Imelda Murdo
18	Visions of Sugar Plums	comic story	2	script: Jasun Huerta; pencils: Jasun Huerta; inks: Jasun Huerta; letters: Jasun Huerta	Chip; Melvin; Street Junkie [Floyd]
19	Ants in the Planets	comic story	6	pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton	Moona; Supersonic Sammy; High Hoohoo of Ploohoo; Goon
20	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	4	letters: typeset
21	The Vigilant Vigilante of Virtue Strikes Again! / Walter Breenan Rises from the Dead...	illustration	1	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman
22	Deviant Postcard Set Number One	illustration	1	script: Mark Landman; pencils: Mark Landman; inks: Mark Landman; colors: Mark Landman; letters: Mark Landman	Bettie Page

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The New Comics Anthology #[nn] ISBN 0-02-009361-6	1991	On eBay ›
The Frank Book #[nn] ISBN 1560975342; 9781560975342	2003	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

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Sources

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

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