The Avengers #51 for Sale - First Appearance of Taneleer Tivan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #51
Publication date: April 1968
Key date: 1968-04-00
On-sale date: 1968-02-08
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 Taneleer Tivan - 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	Thor! Iron Man! Plus... the Restored Power of... Goliath!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Goliath, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, Thor, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
2	In the Clutches of...the Collector!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Tuska; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, The Collector, Goliath, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, Thor, Taneleer Tivan First, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
4	Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)	Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; The Fantastic Four; The Avengers; Daredevil
11	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley
13	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas	Hawkeye; The Wasp; Goliath
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gene Colan, John Buscema; inks: Mike Esposito, Sol Brodsky	Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Triple Action #43	1978	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #3 ISBN 0-7851-0787-8	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #6 ISBN 0-7851-2079-3	2006	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

‹ #5051 of 402#52 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q28914116 (Taneleer Tivan), first-appearance property (CC0)

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