Clive Barker's Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Philip LeMarchand - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Clive Barker's Book of the Damned: A Hellraiser Companion (Marvel, 1991 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 1991
Key date: 1991-10-00
On-sale date: 1991-09-24
Indicia publisher: Epic Comics
Price: $4.95; 5.75 CAD; 2.60 GBP
Pages: 52
Barcode: 02488523774001
ISBN: 0-87135-841-7

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Philip LeMarchand - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Simon Bisley; inks: Simon Bisley; colors: Simon Bisley	Pinhead, Elliott Spencer
1	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Compositions	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	From the Desk of Clive Barker	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Clive Barker
4	Compositions	comic story	45	script: Larry Wachowski, D. G. Chichester; pencils: Andrew Paquette, John Bolton, John Rheaume, John Van Fleet, Jay Muth, Joe Barruso; inks: Andrew Paquette, John Bolton, John Rheaume, John Van Fleet, Jay Muth, Joe Barruso; colors: Andrew Paquette, John Bolton, John Rheaume, John Van Fleet, Jay Muth, Joe Barruso; letters: Dave Sharpe, Steve Dutro, Lynda Strunk	Abigor, Eremite, Female Cenobite, Hunger, Philip LeMarchand First, Leviathan, Sister Nikoletta, Pinhead, Elliott Spencer
5	-	illustration	1
6	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
7	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Posterbook #1 ISBN 0-87135-849-2	1991	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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