Avengers #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Photon - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Avengers (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: February 1998
Key date: 1998-02-00
On-sale date: 1997-12-17
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.99; 4.20 CAD
Pages: 54
Barcode: 75960604458000111
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Gullin the Boar-God - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

First appearance of Ogur - 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	-	cover	2	pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; colors: Tom Smith	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Beast, Binary, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Julia Carpenter, Crystal, Carol Danvers, Darkhawk, Demolition Man, Heather Douglas
1	Recap	recap	2	script: Tom Brevoort; pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; colors: Tom Smith; letters: Comicraft's Jason Medley, Comicraft's John Marasigan	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Beast, Binary, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Julia Carpenter, Crystal, Carol Danvers, Darkhawk, Demolition Man, Heather Douglas
3	Once an Avenger...	comic story	39	script: Kurt Busiek; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Al Vey; colors: Tom Smith; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft/KF	Aragorn, Vance Astrovik, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Beast, Binary, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Julia Carpenter, Crystal, Demolition Man, Carol Danvers
10	Subscribe Today!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Alan Davis, Sean Chen, George Pérez, Ron Garney; inks: Mark Farmer, Eric Cannon, Al Vey, Bob Wiacek	Captain America, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic, Thor Odinson, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Thor
11	Marvel Zone	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy); letters: typeset	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
12	Secrets of Avengers #1	text article	0.75	script: Tom Brevoort; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Al Vey, George Pérez; colors: Tom Smith	Binary, Demolition Man, Carol Danvers, Dennis Dunphy, Gullin the Boar-God First, Rick Jones, Ogur First, Philip Javert, Swordsman
13	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.25	script: Armida Fuentes

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Sunburst Direct Edition	barcode 75960604458000121
Yellow Logo Newsstand Edition	price 2.99 USD; 4.05 CAD; barcode 72527402458202

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Avengers: The Morgan Conquest #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0728-2	2000	On eBay ›
Avengers Rough Cut #1	1998	On eBay ›
Avengers Assemble #1 ISBN 0-7851-1573-0	2004	On eBay ›
Avengers: I Am an Avenger #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-4360-4	2010	On eBay ›
Avengers by Busiek and Perez Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9288-6	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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