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3November 1970
$0.15

Amazing Adventures #3

Marvel · November 1970 · on sale 1970-08-18

First appearance: John Lindsay1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
November 1970
Key date
1970-11-00
On-sale date
1970-08-18
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John Lindsay - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Battle of Doom! / Death to the Black Widow!cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Sam RosenBlack Bolt, Black Widow, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Anthony Scarola, Gorgon, Karnak, Mandarin, Medusa, Natasha Romanoff, Triton, Gene Kahn
1Pawns of the Mandarincomic story10script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Artie SimekBlack Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Gorgon, Karnak, Mandarin, Medusa, Triton, Gene Kahn
2The Widow and the Militants!comic story10script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Artie SimekBlack Widow, Carlos, Anthony Scarola, Paul Hamilton, J. Jonah Jameson, John Lindsay First, Peter Parker, Ivan Petrovich, Natasha Romanoff

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0-1-0 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-4141-9		2009On eBay ›
Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3794-8		2009On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #8
ISBN 978-0-7851-8841-4		2014On eBay ›
The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91081-5		2018On eBay ›
Beware the Black Widow
ISBN 978-1-302-92126-2		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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