Given that the comics are promoting the MPI VHS tapes of the '91 Series, I decided to share this from SG #62:
That photo of Barnabas and Vicki would seem to have been the goto photo for the initial promotion of MPI's VHS tape for Episode 1 because it has been used in the comics' ads and the ad SG shared - though it's funny that it's actually used as the cover for the Episode 5 tape. Plus, MPI's catalogues use an array of totally different photos for the Episode 1 tape.
And it's interesting that they report that the status of the '91 DS compilation tape is "uncertain and not yet finalized". As many may recall, the reason why none of the material on that tape could be included on the '91 DS DVD sets is because you know who, who put the tape together, never got written clearance to use the material that he included on the tape. So, it's a wonder that the tape ever came out at all. (Though it's great that it did because it has some fantastic material on it, including a deleted scene that wasn't restored to MPI extended pilot because I don't believe it was included in the final edit.) And something that I had totally forgotten is there was actually a
really long wait before the tape was released. I glanced through MPI's catalogues and there was no mention of it in the '93 catalogue, the '94 catalogue listed it in a "Coming Attractions" section, the '95 catalogue listed it as coming out in August of that year, however, a check of the '96 catalogue reveals that it didn't actually come out until July of
that year!!