Contest of Champions #1 - First Appearance of White Fox, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Contest of Champions (Marvel, 2015 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 2015
Key date: December 2015
On-sale date: October 7, 2015
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 48
Barcode: 75960608322000111
Rating: Rated T

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

Origin story on record for: Guillotine.

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	1	pencils: Paco Medina; inks: Paco Medina
1	The Life I've Left Behind Me	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Paco Medina; inks: Juan Vlasco; colors: David Curiel; letters: VC, Joe Sabino	Bruce Banner, Bruce Banner, The Collector, Mister Fixit, Guillotine First, Iron Man, Maestro, Outlaw First, Tony Stark, Stick
2	L'Avenir, C'est Moi	comic story	8	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Thomas Labourot; inks: Thomas Labourot; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC, Joe Sabino	Guillotine First, Ami Han First, White Fox First
3	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Skottie Young Variant	barcode 75960608322000131
Jack Kirby Monster Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Incentive Mark Bagley Classic Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Blank Cover Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Denys Cowan Hip-Hop	barcode 75960608322000117
Ron Lim Connecting Cover A Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Incentive KABAM Contest of Champions Game Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.
John Tyler Christopher Action Figure (Maestro)	barcode 75960608322000151
Incentive Leinil Francis Yu Variant	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Battleworld ISBN 978-0-7851-9996-0	2016	On eBay ›

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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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