"Burn Baby, Burn"
1st Appearance of Ashley Quinn, Ash, Bobby G, Tony Carbonell, Stooge Parker, Nels DeCastro, Lillian Quinn, Ashley's cats White Sox & Skeeter, Joel the bartender and Theresa/Theresa Creature.
The Actor briefly appears in a vision.
32 pages: 22 of story & art, 4 of poster & BWS bio, 3 of ads, 2 of letters & creator columns, 1 of Thank Yous
This issue includes:
- Ashley wearing a Spawn baseball jersey
- a centerfold poster of Ash, Strangehands and Bron by Barry Windsor-Smith (later used in the 1997 Ash trading card set as card #50)
- a letter by writer Bill Mumy
- advertisements for 22 Brides self-titled debut album and Todd McFarlane's Spawn series
Event Shopping Channel offers in this issue:
- Ash Limited Edition Lithograph of Ash #1's cover (1/1500) MSRP: $29.95
- a Full-Color Ash Poster MSRP: $6.00
- Ash Resin Kit (1/200) MSRP: $200 assembled & painted, $150 unassembled & unpainted
The cover art from this issue was later used in the 1997 Ash trading card set as card #1.