Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1

SLG ⋅ 1995

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Key Facts

Premiere issue written and illustrated by Jhonen Vasquez

Multiple printings, value relates to first printing

Issue Details

Publisher

SLG

Artist

Jhonen Vasquez

Writer

Jhonen Vasquez

Published

August 1995

Synopsis

The series begins when Squee wakes in the middle of the night to find Johnny in the bathroom of his family's new house. After a confrontation with Squee's teddy bear, Shmee, Johnny leaves, informing Squee that they are neighbors. Later, a survey-taker tries to collect Johnny's opinion on a recent rash of murders around the city. When the man asks about a possible case of vampirism, Johnny explains that he has to keep a wall in his house wet with the blood of his victims because the wall changes color as it dries (later the story changes to suggest a monster imprisoned there will break free), then pushes the surveyor forcefully through a boarded window, scaring Squee in the process. Johnny goes on a rampage with a spork in a "Taco Hell" restaurant, incited by an elderly patron referring...

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