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Publishers / Kitchen Sink Press / The Dreamer (1986) / #1

1[December] 1986
$5.95; 8.35 CAD

The Dreamer #1

Kitchen Sink Press · [December] 1986 · on sale December 22, 1986

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Identification plate

Series: The Dreamer (Kitchen Sink Press, 1986 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [December] 1986
Key date: December 22, 1986
On-sale date: December 22, 1986
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Press
Price: $5.95; 8.35 CAD
Pages: 60
ISBN: 0-87816-016-7

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Dreamer	cover	1	pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
1	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Will Eisner
2	The Dreamer	comic story	46	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will Eisner	Billy Eyron; Jimmy Samson; Don Harrifield, Jakob Lovecraft; Capt Montrose B Wilson; Chuck Maxwell; Ken Corn; Lew Sharp; Armand Budd, Andrea Budd, Gar Tooth; Jack King; Bo Powers; Vincent Reynard; Beansy Everett; Chuck Mann
3	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Will Eisner (photo)

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fourth Printing	price 8.95 USD; 12.55 CAD; barcode 9780878160167

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Dreamer #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-678-8	2000	On eBay ›
Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories #[nn] ISBN 9780393061079	2007	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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