The Avengers #28 for Sale - First Appearance of Goliath - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #28
Publication date: May 1966
Key date: 1966-05-00
On-sale date: 1966-03-10
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of The Collector - 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	Among Us Walks... a Goliath!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Captain America, Goliath First, Hawkeye, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch
2	Among Us Walks... a Goliath!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Frankie Ray; letters: Artie Simek	Clint Barton, Beetle, Captain America, The Collector First, Goliath First, Hawkeye, Abner Jenkins, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Steve Rogers, Scarlet Witch, Janet Van Dyne
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Thing; Invisible Girl]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Professor Stromm
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	script: ? (promo ad)	Spider-Man; Daredevil
14	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
15	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)	Clint Barton, Hawkeye
16	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Frank Giacoia	Clint Barton, Hawkeye

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Triple Action #22	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #27 ISBN 0-87135-993-6	1994	On eBay ›
The Avengers Log #1	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #2 ISBN 0-7851-0741-X	1998	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #3 ISBN 0-7851-1179-4	2004	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #2728 of 402#29 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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