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Publishers / Marvel / Avengers (1998) / #83 (498)
83 (498)July 2004
$2.25; 3.25 CAD

Avengers #83 (498)

Marvel · July 2004 · on sale May 26, 2004

First appearance (cover): Tara1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Avengers (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue
#83 (498)
Publication date
July 2004
Key date
July 2004
On-sale date
May 26, 2004
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$2.25; 3.25 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
75960604458008311
Rating
PSR

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Tara - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Once an Invader: Part 2cover1pencils: Scott Kolins; inks: Edgar DelgadoThe Blazing Skull, Joseph Chapman, Jacqueline Falsworth, Spitfire, Tara First, Mark Todd, Union Jack
1Once an Invader Part Two of Fourcomic story23script: Chuck Austen; pencils: Scott Kolins; inks: Scott Kolins; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: RS, Comicraft's Albert DeschesneClint Barton, The Blazing Skull, Captain America, Joseph Chapman, Jacqueline Falsworth, Giant-Man, Henry Peter Gyrich, Hawkeye, Edwin Jarvis, Cassandra Lang, Wanda Maximoff, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Hank Pym

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 75960604458083

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Once an Invader
ISBN 0-7851-1481-5		2004On eBay ›
Avengers by Johns & Coipel Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-90688-7		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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