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6May 1971
$0.15

Amazing Adventures #6

Marvel · May 1971 · on sale 1971-02-16

First appearance: Roscoe Simons1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
May 1971
Key date
1971-05-00
On-sale date
1971-02-16
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 Roscoe Simons - 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
0Hell on Earth...cover1pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Sam RosenBlack Widow, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Gorgon, Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, Natasha Romanoff, Triton
1Hell on Earth!comic story10script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: John Verpoorten; colors: Neal Adams; letters: A. SimekBlack Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Gorgon, Joey, Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, Roscoe Simons First, Triton
2Blood Will Tell!comic story10script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Jean IzzoAstrologer, Black Widow, Ivan Petrovich, Red Guardian, Natasha Romanoff, Zenobia, Alexi Shostakov
3Indisputably Incredible Items to Incite Your Interest, Intensify Your Involvement, and Increase Your Informationin-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page1letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [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 ›
Black Bolt: Something Inhuman This Way Comes #12013On 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 ›
The Black Widow Strikes Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-92127-9		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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