Imperial #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Mentor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Imperial (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 2025
Key date: 2025-12-00
On-sale date: 2025-10-29
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $6.99
Pages: 60
Barcode: 75960621099200411
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mentor - 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	1	pencils: Marco Checchetto; inks: Marco Checchetto; colors: Marte Gracia	Bruce Banner, Hulk, Kl'rt, Lockjaw, Peter Quill, Star-Lord, Super-Skrull
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	character profile	1	letters: typeset
3	Four	comic story	41	script: Jonathan Hickman; pencils: Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini; inks: Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini; colors: Federico Blee; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Teddy Altman, Bruce Banner, Black Bolt, Black Panther, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Brawn, America Chavez, Amadeus Cho, Crystal, Gladiator, Gorgon, Hulk, Hulkling
4	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Simone Di Meo Stormbreakers Cover	barcode 75960621099200451
Javier Garrón Connecting Cover	barcode 75960621099200431
Jeehyung Lee Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621099200416
NetEase Games Marvel Rivals Cover	barcode 75960621099200461
Jeehyung Lee Cover	barcode 75960621099200421
Skottie Young Cover	barcode 75960621099200441
Logan Lubera Cover	barcode 75960621099200417

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Imperial #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96308-8	2026	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

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

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