| Issue | #4 |
| Published | July 1984 |
| Cover Price | $1.50 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Cat Yronwode; Dean Mullaney |
| Pencils | Scott McCloud |
| Inks | Scott McCloud |
| Script | Scott McCloud |
| Pencils | Scott McCloud |
| Inks | Scott McCloud |
| Colors | Adam Philips |
| Letters | Bob Lappan |
| Notes | Origin of Zot & his parents. Consultants: Kurt Busiek & Adam Philips. Larry Marder has a one-panel cartoon LOC. LOCs from Marv Wolfman, Reggie Byers, Barb Schroeder |
| Reprinted | in Original Zot!, The (Eclipse, 1990 series) #1; in Zot! Book One (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1997 series) #nn |