All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Amatsu-Mikaboshi - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update (Marvel, 2007 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [March] 2007
Key date: 2007-03-00
On-sale date: 2007-01-24
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $3.99; 4.75 CAD
Pages: 68
Barcode: 75960606085600111

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Amatsu-Mikaboshi - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Daydream - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gwen - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Death's Head 3.0 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Tom Raney; inks: Tom Raney; colors: Tom Chu	Arcade, Todd Arliss, Graviton, Franklin Hall, Ike Harris, M-11, the Human Robot, Ikaris, Impossible Man, Conrad Josten, Eugene Judd, Ororo Munroe, Miguel O'Hara, Norman Osborn, Puck
1	Credits and Indicia	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Amatsu-Kami	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; colors: Tom Smith	Amatsu-Mikaboshi First
3	Arcade	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Andrea DiVito, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Alan Davis; colors: Tom Smith	Arcade, Mister Chambers, Miss Locke
4	Badoon	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Kevin West, Sal Buscema, Paty, Bill Everett; colors: Tom Smith	Badoon
5	Circus of Crime	character profile	3	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Bob Budiansky, Tom Lyle, Sal Buscema, Kerry Gammill, Jack Kirby, John Byrne; colors: Tom Smith	Blackwing, Bruto the Strongman, Clown, Zelda DuBois, Fire-Eater, Elliot Franklin, Great Gambonnos, Human Cannonball, Live Wire, Joseph Manfredi, Bruce Olafsen, Rance Preston, Princess Python, Jack Pulver
6	Contest of Champions	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: John Romita Jr.; colors: Tom Smith
7	Death's Head 3.0	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Lucio Parrillo; colors: Tom Smith
8	Digitek	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Dermot Power; colors: Tom Smith
9	Fantastic Five	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Paul Ryan; colors: Tom Smith
10	Graviton	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Patrick Zircher, Sal Buscema, M. C. Wyman, Jim Craig; colors: Tom Smith	Graviton, Franklin Hall
11	Hammer	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Patrick Zircher; colors: Tom Smith	Eisenhower Canty, Hammer
12	Mark Hazzard	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Gray Morrow; colors: Tom Smith	Mark Hazzard
13	Human Robot	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Frank Quitely, Leonard Kirk; colors: Tom Smith	M-11, the Human Robot
14	Huntarr	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Kelley Jones, Keith Giffen; colors: Tom Smith	Huntarr
15	Hunter in Darkness	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Marc Silvestri; colors: Tom Smith	Hunter in Darkness
16	Ikaris	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: John Romita Jr., Sal Buscema, Jack Kirby; colors: Tom Smith	Ike Harris, Ikaris
17	Impossible Man	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Mark Bagley, Mizuki Sakakibara, James Fry; colors: Tom Smith	Impossible Man
18	In-Betweener	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Kieron Dwyer, Ron Lim; colors: Tom Smith	The In-Betweener
19	Khonshu	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Tommy Lee Edwards, Sal Velluto; colors: Tom Smith	Khonshu
20	Living Laser	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Frazer Irving, Don Heck; colors: Tom Smith	Living Laser, Arthur Parks
21	Man-Bull	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Ed Hannigan, Todd McFarlane, Gene Colan, Jim Craig; colors: Tom Smith	Man-Bull, Bull Taurus
22	M'Kraan Crystal	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Dave Cockrum, John Byrne, Salvador Larroca; colors: Tom Smith
23	Nextwave Squad	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Stuart Immonen; colors: Tom Smith
24	Nightshade	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Sal Velluto, Rik Levins, Herb Trimpe, Jim Craig, Greg LaRocque; colors: Tom Smith	Tilda Johnson, Nightshade
25	Norman Osborn	character profile	3	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: John Romita Sr., Terry Dodson, Kyle Hotz, Ron Frenz; colors: Tom Smith	Green Goblin, Norman Osborn
26	Puck	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: John Byrne, Jim Lee, Dario Carrasco Jr., Bryan Hitch; colors: Tom Smith	Eugene Judd, Puck
27	Quasar	character profile	3	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Scott Kolins, Greg Capullo, John Buscema, Paul Ryan; colors: Tom Smith	Marvel Boy, Marvel Man, Quasar, Wendell Vaughn
28	Rebel Ralston	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Jack Kirby, Angel Medina; colors: Tom Smith	Rebel Ralston
29	Reptyl	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Jorge Santamaría, Joe Staton, Ron Lim; colors: Tom Smith	Reptyl, Reptyl
30	Smuggler	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Mark Bagley, Dave Ross; colors: Tom Smith	Conrad Josten, Smuggler
31	Speedfreek	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Liam Sharp; colors: Tom Smith	Joss Shappe, Speedfreek
32	Spider-Man (2099 A.D.)	character profile	3	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Rick Leonardi, Mike McKone; colors: Tom Smith	Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man
33	Steel Wind	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Henry Martinez; colors: Tom Smith	Steel Wind, Ruriko Tsumura
34	Storm	character profile	4	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Alan Davis, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, Art Adams, Marc Silvestri, Jan Duursema; inks: Mark Farmer, Dave Cockrum, Terry Austin, Bob Wiacek, Joe Rubinstein, Al Milgrom; colors: Tom Smith, Frank D'Armata, Matt Webb, Chris Lichtner, Liquid!, Richard Isanove	Ororo Munroe, Storm
35	Suspiria	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Mark Texeira; colors: Tom Smith	Suspiria
36	Tiger Shark	character profile	2	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: John Buscema, Paul Pelletier; colors: Tom Smith
37	Bug-Eyed Voice	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Paco Medina, Steve Ditko; colors: Tom Smith	Bug-Eyed Voice
38	Danger Man	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Juan Bobillo; colors: Tom Smith	Danger Man
39	Daydream	character profile	1	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Lee Weeks; colors: Tom Smith	Daydream First, Gwen First
40	Diamondback	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: George Tuska; colors: Tom Smith	Diamondback, Willis Harold Stryker
41	Droog	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Herb Trimpe; colors: Tom Smith	Droog
42	Freedom Ring	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Andy Kuhn; colors: Tom Smith	Freedom Ring
43	Garko the Man-Frog	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Frank Brunner; colors: Tom Smith	Garko the Man-Frog
44	Manticore	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Sal Buscema; colors: Tom Smith	Manticore
45	Red Raven	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Dick Ayers; colors: Tom Smith	Red Raven
46	Walker	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen, Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Mark O'English, Mike Fichera; pencils: Jim Starlin; colors: Tom Smith	Walker
47	Jeff Christiansen	character profile	0.5	script: Jeff Christiansen; colors: Tom Smith	Jeff Christiansen
48	Glossary	text article	0.5	letters: typeset
49	Back Cover	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

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Sources

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