Avengers & X-Men: Axis #2 - First Appearance of Red Onslaught, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Avengers & X-Men: Axis (Marvel, 2014 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: December 2014
Key date: December 2014
On-sale date: October 15, 2014
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960608074800211
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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	Book One: The Red Supremacy	cover	1	pencils: Jim Cheung; inks: Jim Cheung; colors: Justin Ponsor	Sam Alexander, Captain America, Cyclops, Havok, Invisible Woman, Iron Man, Nightcrawler, Nova, Red Onslaught First, Susan Storm Richards, Johann Shmidt First, Tony Stark, Alex Summers, Scott Summers
1	Previously...	recap	1	letters: typeset
2	Cast	character profile	1	letters: typeset
3	The Red Supremacy: Chapter 2	comic story	22	script: Rick Remender; pencils: Adam Kubert; inks: Adam Kubert; colors: Laura Martin, Matt Milla; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Ororo Munroe, Thor Odinson, Tony Stark, Storm, Thor, Sam Wilson
4	Theme to a Desperate Scene	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Asrar Cover	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Kris Anka	barcode 75960608074800221

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Avengers & X-Men: Axis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90414-2	2017	On eBay ›
Avengers & X-Men: Axis #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-9095-0	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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