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7July 1971
$0.15

Amazing Adventures #7

Marvel · July 1971 · on sale 1971-04-20

First appearance: Lionel DibbsDeath of Astrologer1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
July 1971
Key date
1971-07-00
On-sale date
1971-04-20
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 Lionel Dibbs - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Astrologer.

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
0Burn, Black Bolt--Burn! / The Widow Wraps It Up!!cover1pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Neal Adams; letters: Sam RosenAstrologer, Black Bolt, Black Widow, Blackagar Boltagon, Lionel Dibbs First, Natasha Romanoff
1An Evening's Wait for Death!comic story10script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: John Verpoorten; colors: Neal Adams; letters: Artie SimekBlack Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Lionel Dibbs First, Gorgon, Joey, Karnak, Medusa, Roscoe Simons, Triton
2The Sting of the Widow!comic story10script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Bob GoldenAstrologer Death, Clint Barton, Black Widow, Goliath, Ivan Petrovich, Natasha Romanoff, Zenobia
3-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 ›

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Series context

‹ #67 of 39#8 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q111784337 (Lionel Dibbs), first-appearance property (CC0)

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