Clive Barker's Hellraiser #19 for Sale - First Appearance of Aparius - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Clive Barker's Hellraiser (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue: #19
Publication date: 1992
Key date: 1992-12-15
On-sale date: 1992-12-15
Indicia publisher: Epic Comics
Price: $4.95; 6.25 CAD; 3.30 GBP
Pages: 52
Barcode: 02488523073419
ISBN: 0-87135-930-8

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Aparius - 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	Hunger on the High Seas!	cover	1	pencils: Ray Lago; inks: Ray Lago; colors: Ray Lago	Hunger
1	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: Chris Titus; inks: Chris Titus
3	Foreword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Daniel Chichester
4	Roulette LeMarchand	comic story	14	script: Dean Schreck; pencils: Ricardo Villagrán; inks: Ricardo Villagrán; colors: Ricardo Villagrán; letters: James Novak	Eremite, Female Cenobite, Grillard, Leo, Sister Nikoletta
5	-	illustration	1	pencils: Ovi Hondru; inks: Ovi Hondru; colors: Ovi Hondru
6	In These Blue Depths Lie Hell	comic story	15	script: Lurene Haines; pencils: Ray Lago; inks: Ray Lago; colors: Ray Lago; letters: Gaspar	Hunger
7	Death, Where Is Thy Sting?	comic story	14	script: Malcolm Smith; pencils: Paul Johnson; inks: Paul Johnson; colors: Paul Johnson; letters: Gaspar	Aparius First, Fulgar, Morte Mamme, Vera Wyshak
8	Afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Marc McLaurin
9	-	illustration	1	pencils: Chris Titus; inks: Chris Titus
10	Credits	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
11	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #1 ISBN 0-9710249-2-8	2002	On eBay ›
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best #3 ISBN 0-9753808-0-X	2004	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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