Publishers / Marvel / The Avengers (1963) / #236
236October 1983
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

The Avengers #236

Marvel · October 1983 · on sale 1983-06-21

First appearance: BlackoutFirst appearance: Marcus Daniels2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#236
Publication date
October 1983
Key date
1983-10-00
On-sale date
1983-06-21
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Marcus Daniels - 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
0Spider-Man -- An Avenger -- ?cover1pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Joe SinnottCaptain America, Captain Marvel, Eros, Wanda Maximoff, Peter Parker, Monica Rambeau, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Starfox, Janet Van Dyne, Jennifer Walters, Wasp
2I Want to Be an Avenger!comic story22script: Roger Stern; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Janice ChiangBlackout First, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Marcus Daniels First, Max Dillon, Electro, Eros, Guardsman, Edwin Jarvis, Wanda Maximoff, Moonstone, Michael O'Brien, Peter Parker, Monica Rambeau
4-letters page1letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245810
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245810

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Spider-Man: Am I an Avenger? #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-5749-6		2011On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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