Strange Tales #171 - First Appearance of Baron Samedi, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1973 series)
Issue: #171
Publication date: December 1973
Key date: December 1973
On-sale date: August 21, 1973
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Baron Samedi - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Glynis Oliver; letters: Danny Crespi	Brother Voodoo, Brother Voodoo, Daniel Drumm's spirit, Jericho Drumm, Baron Samedi First
1	March of the Dead	comic story	19	script: Len Wein; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: L. P. Gregory	Bambu, Brother Voodoo, Brother Voodoo, Daniel Drumm's spirit, Jericho Drumm, Baron Samedi First
2	-	letters page	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Sam Rosen, Dave Hunt

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Marvel Horror #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-3067-3	2008	On eBay ›
Marvel Horror Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91953-5	2019	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Brother Voodoo #1 ISBN 978-1-302-92923-7	2021	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1703 of 20#172 ›

Sources

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

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