The Avengers #54 for Sale - First Appearance of Ultron - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #54
Publication date: July 1968
Key date: 1968-07-00
On-sale date: 1968-05-09
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 Ultron - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Crimson Cowl - 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	The New Masters of Evil!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; letters: Jerry Feldman	Aragorn, Clint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Dave Cannon, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, Bruno Horgan, Ulysses Klaue, Klaw, Chen Lu, Melter, Hank Pym, Radioactive Man
2	...And Deliver Us from - - the Masters of Evil!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Tuska; letters: Artie Simek	Aragorn, Clint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Dave Cannon, Crimson Cowl First, Bill Foster, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, Bruno Horgan, Edwin Jarvis, Ulysses Klaue, Klaw, Chen Lu
4	Marvel Super-Heroes T-Shirt; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy)	Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; The Fantastic Four [The Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; The Thing]; Iron Man; Thor; Spider-Man; The Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver]; The Hulk
10	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley	Spider-Man; The Hulk
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita	Spider-Man
14	Not Brand Echh	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin	Forbush-Man; Boney; Claude
15	-	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas	Goliath; Wasp; Black Panther
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Triple Action #47	1979	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 ›
The Greatest Battles of the Avengers #[nn]	1993	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

‹ #5354 of 402#55 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q27101591 (Ultron), first-appearance property (CC0)

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