Infinity Gauntlet #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Drax the Destroyer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel, 1992 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [September] 1992
Key date: 1992-09-15
On-sale date: 1992-09-15
Price: $19.95
Pages: 256
Barcode: 248852388901
ISBN: 0-87135-944-8

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Star-Lord - 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: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez; colors: Tom Vincent	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Cloak, Cyclops, Death, Doctor Doom, Doctor Strange, Victor Von Doom, Drax the Destroyer First, Galactus, Galan, Hulk, Iron Man, Tyrone Johnson
1	God	comic story	40	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Josef Rubinstein, Tom Christopher; colors: Max Scheele, Ian Laughlin; letters: Jack Morelli	A'Lars, Ant-Man, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Beast, Captain America, The Champion of the Universe, The Collector, Carol Danvers, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Death, Doctor Strange, Arthur Douglas, Drax the Destroyer
2	From Bad to Worse	comic story	40	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Max Scheele; letters: Jack Morelli	Thanos
3	Preparations for War	comic story	40	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: George Pérez; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Christie Scheele, Ian Laughlin; letters: Jack Morelli	Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Eric Masterson]; She-Hulk; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch; Vision]; Silver Surfer; Dr. Strange; Rintrah; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Wolverine; Hulk; Moon Knight; Adam Warlock; Pip; Nick Fury; Val DeFontaine; Cyclops
4	Cosmic Battle on the Edge of the Universe	comic story	40	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Ron Lim, George Pérez; inks: Josef Rubinstein, Bruce N. Solotoff; colors: Christie Scheele, Ian Laughlin; letters: Jack Morelli	Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Eric Masterson]; Iron Man; Scarlet Witch; Vision; She-Hulk]; Silver Surfer; Dr. Strange; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Firelord; Cloak; Cyclops; Wolverine; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Adam Warlock; Drax the Destroyer; Starfox; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; N
5	Astral Conflagration	comic story	41	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Ron Lim; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Christie Scheele, Craig Laughlin; letters: Jack Morelli	Thor [Eric Masterson]; Silver Surfer; Dr. Strange; Hulk; Firelord; Adam Warlock; Drax the Destroyer; Starfox; Watcher; Eternity; Kronos; Stranger; Order; Chaos; Love; Hate; Celestials; Epoch; Thanos (villain); Mephisto (villain); Death (villain); Nebula (villain); Terraxia (villain); Dr. Doom (villa
6	The Final Confrontation	comic story	40	script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Ron Lim; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Max Scheele, Evelyn Stein; letters: Jack Morelli	Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Eric Masterson]; Vision; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye; Sersi]; Silver Surfer; Dr. Strange; Hulk; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Cloak; Dagger; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Parker; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Firelord; Mentor; Adam Warlock; Drax the Des

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
2nd Printing	price 24.95 USD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5468-6	2014	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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