Giant-Size Invaders #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Master Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Giant-Size Invaders (Marvel, 1975 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: June 1975
Key date: 1975-06-00
On-sale date: 1975-02-11
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

Origin story on record for: Captain America.

Death on record for: Heinz Kruger.

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	Hordes of Hitler!	cover	1	pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: John Romita; letters: Danny Crespi	Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Thomas Raymond, Steve Rogers, Toro
1	The Coming of the Invaders! Part One: A Captain Called America!	comic story	10	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: John Costanza	Agent R, Dr. Murray Anderson, Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America Origin, Dr. Abraham Erskine, Jim Hammond, Adolf Hitler, Human Torch, Heinz Kruger Death, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Chester Phillips, Thomas Raymond
2	A Cacophonous Collection of Captivating Capsule Comments Calculated to Corral your Consciousness!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
4	The Coming of the Invaders! Part 2: Enter: The Human Torch!	comic story	9	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: John Costanza	Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Jim Hammond, Adolf Hitler, Human Torch, Wilhelm Lohmer First, Master Man First, Thomas Raymond, Steve Rogers, Toro
5	The Coming of the Invaders! Part 3: The Sub-Mariner Strikes!	comic story	11	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Frank Robbins; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: John Costanza	Bucky Barnes, Bucky, Captain America, Winston Churchill, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Wilhelm Lohmer First, Master Man First, Namor, Thomas Raymond, Steve Rogers, Sub-Mariner, Toro
6	Another Agonizingly Personal Recollection	text article	1	script: Roy Thomas
7	Deep-Sea Blitzkrieg!	comic story	20	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; editing: Stan Lee	Adolf Hitler, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Thakorr

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-2088-2	2006	On eBay ›
Invaders Classic #1	2007	On eBay ›
Comic Reader #116	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-6381-7	2012	On eBay ›
Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9057-8	2014	On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91840-8	2019	On eBay ›
Invaders Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-93475-0	2022	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96388-0	2025	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

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

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