The Gates of Eden

[Gregory Hecht]

I own Gates of Eden #1 (and it is listed in the database), but I just came across an advertisement on the back cover of the Fantaco Chronicles Annual that advertises Gates of Eden #2 as being available for order.  (Photos attached.)  

ComicBase, mycomicshop, Mile High, and comics.org all list Gates of Eden #1 but not #2.  eBay includes listings for #1 but not #2.  A quick Google search comes up with a few listings of #2 as never having been published.  I find it odd that Fantaco would advertise #2 as being for sale (including a cover image) if it was never published, but I am unable to find evidence that it exists.  

Is anybody able to shed more light on this?  

(Please note that I am only looking to confirm whether or not issue #2 exists, and in the absence of evidence I am NOT advocating for it to be added to ComicBase.)

[Michael Allen]

For what it is worth, I have never seen a copy of the second issue. Then again, I have also never run across either of the two issue of Vol. 2 that Mitch Cohn published in 1992, which don't appear to contain the material that was advertised for Vol. 1 #2. The ad does make it seem like it was available through mail order, though, so maybe some copies exist, but I suspect it was never published.

[William Steel]

They may have advertised it to drum up preorders or start demand by having people ask for it at LCS. Not enough demand, so they probably canceled it. Try contacting any of the artists, see what they know.