John Constantine..

[RTBrandy]

I'm reposting this here. I originally asked it in Copper Forum, but I didn't get an answer....

 

 

[Wizard] interviewed Perez and Wolfman.....

 

Marv claims (RE: COIE#4)

 

"It is important to note that this is the fist appearance of John Constantine in Comics. He was never shown 'on camera' in ST."

 

also, he was based on Sting..

 

Then there's an editor's note that ST#37 and COIE#4 came out in the same month...

 

So, the remaining quesion, then; Is this going to wind up being an erroneous First Appearance (Swamp Thing) and will it now be changed to Crisis #4?

And if not, then what kinda crack are Wolfman and Perez smoking?

[Zonker]

I originally asked it in Copper Forum, but I didn't get an answer....

 

 

 

My copy of Crisis #4 is cover dated July. Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 is dated June.

 

And Constantine was unquestionably based on Sting. He rides in on a boat christened "HMS Gordon Sumner" in that Swamp Thing issue. Supposedly artist Steve Bissette had been after Moore to create a Sting-like character, and the artist had drawn such a figure in to crowd scenes in several pre-37 Swamp Thing issues.

[RTBrandy]

yeah, but is that the answer?

 

You go by the dated date on the book??

[RTBrandy]

and no offense Zonk !!

[jbud73]

On this one I gotta go with SOTST - he is after all an Alan Moore creation. How can his first app. be in a comic written by someone who didnt create him