Cry for Dawn

    (Cry for Dawn, 1989-1992)
©1989 Cry for Dawn Productions

Released into relative obscurity in 1989, Cry for Dawn became the cause célèbre of comic fans in the mid-1990s. Joseph Michael Linsner’s Dawn first appeared in this horror anthology, and was destined to become one of the most famous of the “bad girl” characters when that craze took off.

What’s surprising to most is that the red-haired, scantily clad, title character appears only peripherally in this anthology. She’s less than a host to the series—really more a recurring image. What makes the title really memorable are the visceral stories by Joe Monks and other writers, with finely rendered artwork by Linsner. No urban horror is too creepy for them, and they are masters at molding fantasies of sex and death into a horrifying whole.
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  • 1
    #1
    Apr 1989
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Joseph Michael Linsner, Michael Patrick  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner
    1st Appearance of Dawn; Adult; B&W
    3 copies from $150.00
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Joseph Michael Linsner, Michael Patrick  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner
    1st appearance of Dawn; Adult
    1 copy for $80.00
  • 2
    #2
    Dec 2001
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Joseph Michael Linsner  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner
    Adult
    3 copies from $44.95
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Joseph Michael Linsner  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner
    Adult
    1 copy for $49.95
  • 3
    #3
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Joseph Michael Linsner, Edgar Allan Poe  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner
    Adult; ca. 1990
    2 copies from $16.00
  • 4
    #4
    Dec 1991
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Frank Forte, Joe Monks  ·  A: Jim Brooks Jr., Michael Dibisch, C.D. Regan
    Winter 1991; Adult
    1 copy for $10.45
  • 4/A
    #4 Variation A
    Dec 1991
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Frank Forte, Joe Monks  ·  A: Jim Brooks Jr., Michael Dibisch, C.D. Regan
    Winter 1991; Adult
    1 copy for $125.00
  • 6
    #6
    Sep 1991
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joe Monks, Frank Forte, Joseph Michael Linsner  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Frank Forte, Stan Yankovich
    Fall 1991; Adult; B&W
    4 copies from $14.95
  • 7
    #7
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Monks  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Greg Williams
    Adult; B&w, Winter 1992
    3 copies from $15.00
  • 7/A
    #7 Variation A
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Monks  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Greg Williams
    Adult; B&w, Winter 1992
    1 copy for $89.95
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1992
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Monks  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Ken Meyer Jr.
    Winter 1992; Adult; B&W
    3 copies from $18.00
  • 8/A
    #8 Variation A
    Dec 1992
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Monks  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Ken Meyer Jr.
    Winter 1992; Adult
    1 copy for $130.00
  • 9
    #9
    Mar 1992
    Cover: $2.25
    W: Joseph Michael Linsner, Robb Horan, Joe Monks  ·  A: Joseph Michael Linsner, Robb Horan, Mike Barreiro
    Spring 1992; Adult; B&W
    4 copies from $24.00