From Hell #1 [First Printing]
(March 1991)

Mad Love Publishing, 1991 Series
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Volume
1
Price
4.95 USD; 5.95 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Mad Love Publishing
Brand
Mad Love
ISBN
1-879450-02-X Search at WorldCat
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Issue Notes

First and second printings do not say "volume one" on cover but later prints do.
First and second printings were published in association with Tundra.
Third and fourth printings were published in association with Kitchen Sink Press.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

From Hell / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Eddie Campbell (signed) (painting)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (signed) (painting)
Colors
Eddie Campbell (signed) (painting)
Letters
Eddie Campbell

Genre
crime; historical
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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Prologue: The Old Men on the Shore (Table of Contents: 2)

From Hell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Inks
Eddie Campbell (signed)
Letters
Eddie Campbell

Genre
crime; historical
Characters
Robert Lees; Fred Abberline
Synopsis
Lees and Abberline discuss Abberline's history with the Ripper case.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Quotes from individuals associated with the Ripper case.
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Chapter One The Affections of Young Mr. S (Table of Contents: 4)

From Hell / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Eddie Campbell
Inks
Eddie Campbell
Letters
Eddie Campbell

Genre
crime; historical
Characters
Annie Crook; Prince Eddie; Walter Sickert; John Netley; Alice Crook; Marie Kelly
Synopsis
After meeting and wooing, Alice and Prince Eddy secretly wed and have a child. Alice is then abducted.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Quotes from various individuals related to the Ripper case.
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Chapter Two A State of Darkness (Table of Contents: 6)

From Hell / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Eddie Campbell
Inks
Eddie Campbell
Letters
Eddie Campbell; Des Rodin (chapter heading)

Genre
crime; historical
Characters
Dr. Gull, Sr.; Mrs. Gull, Sr.; Mr. Harrison; Dr. William Gull; James Hinton; Susan Gull; Sir Charles Warren; Queen Victoria; Joseph Merrick; John Netley; Caroline Gull; Theodore Acland; Annie Crook
Synopsis
Sir Charles Warren, selects his fellow Freemason, Sir William Gull, to serve as physician to Prince Eddie. Gull performs a thyroid surgery on Annie, designed to kill her over time.
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Appendix (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Author's notes on the research for the stories in this volume.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Promotional material for this volume.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    From Hell
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Prologue: The Old Men on the Shore
    From Hell
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Chapter One The Affections of Young Mr. S
    From Hell
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Chapter Two A State of Darkness
    From Hell
  8. 7. Appendix
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mcomics
  • Peter Croome
  • Peter Frickinger
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk