Monsters, wizards, and brazen women. These early issues of Cerebus focused primarily on the Conan the Barbarian spoof, but as it got into the 20′s, the focus became bigger and politics was soon brought in with the introduction of characters like Lord Julius, the Cockroach, Elrod, and others.
“Cerebus the Aardvark” -- 22 pages
first issue; cover by Dave Sim; published by Aardvark-Vanaheim; $1.00; cover-dated Dec 1977
“Captive in Boreala” -- 22 pages
“Song of Red Sonja” -- 22 pages
“Death’s Dark Tread” -- 22 pages
“Bran Mak Mufin” -- 22 pages
“The Secret” -- 22 pages
“Black Sun Rising” -- 22 pages
“Day of the Earth Pig” -- 22 pages
“Swords against Imesh” -- 22 pages
“Merchant of Unshib” -- 22 pages
“The Merchant and the Cockroach” -- 22 pages
“Beduin by Night” -- 22 pages
“Black Magiking” -- 22 pages
“The Walls of Palnu” -- 22 pages
“A Day in the Pits” -- 22 pages
“A Night at the Masque” -- 22 pages
“Champion” -- 22 pages
“Fluroc” -- 22 pages
“She-Devil in the Shadows” -- 22 pages
“Mind Game” -- 22 pages
“What Happened Between Issues Twenty and Twenty-One” -- 8 pages
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“Captain Cockroach” -- 22 pages
“The Death of Elrod” -- 22 pages
“The Beguiling” -- 22 pages
“Swamp Sounds” -- 22 pages
“This Woman, This Thing” -- 22 pages
collects Cerebus #1-25; written by Dave Sim; art by Dave Sim; cover by Dave Sim; published by Aardvark-Vanaheim; 534 pages; $25.00; cover-dated Jan 1991
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“High Society” -- 22 pages
“the kidnapping of an aardvark” -- 22 pages
“Mind Game II” -- 22 pages
“Repercussions” -- 22 pages
“Debts” -- 22 pages
“Chasing Cootie” -- 22 pages
“Alliance” -- 22 pages
“Friction” -- 22 pages
“Three Days Before” -- 22 pages
“Two Days Before” -- 22 pages
“The Night Before” -- 22 pages
“It’s Showtime!” -- 22 pages
“Petuniacon…Day Two” -- 22 pages
“Day Three” -- 22 pages
“Campaign” -- 22 pages
“Heroes” -- 22 pages
“Campaign’s End” -- 22 pages
“Election Night” -- 22 pages
“The Deciding Vote” -- 22 pages
“The Bureaucratic Rebellion” -- 22 pages
“Summit Enchanted Evening” -- 22 pages
“Balances” -- 22 pages
“Upstairs Downstairs” -- 22 pages
“The Last Stand” -- 22 pages
“Denoument” -- 22 pages
collects Cerebus #26-50; written by Dave Sim; art by Dave Sim; cover by Dave Sim; published by Aardvark-Vanaheim; 500 pages; $25.00; cover-dated Nov 1994
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“The Name of the Game is Diamondback” -- 8 pages
“Demonhorn” -- 5 pages
“The Morning After” -- 6 pages
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“Magiking” -- 10 pages
“Silverspoon” -- 11 pages
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“Cerebus Dreams” -- 6 pages
“A Night on the Town” -- 7 pages
