Ironheart: Bad Chemistry #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Khem - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Ironheart: Bad Chemistry (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: June 2025
Key date: 2025-06-00
On-sale date: 2025-04-02
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 75960621250700111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Kimberlee - 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: Eder Messias; inks: Eder Messias; colors: Matt Milla	Ironheart, Riri Williams
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	30	script: John Jennings; pencils: Jethro Morales; inks: Jethro Morales; colors: Andrew Dalhouse; letters: VC's Ariana Maher	Calvin Carr, Curtis Carr, The Controller, Ironheart, Khem First, Kimberlee First, Basil Sandhurst, Riri Williams

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Paris Alleyne Cover	barcode 75960621250700131
Mateus Manhanini Cover	barcode 75960621250700121
Mateus Manhanini Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621250700116
Godtail Cover	barcode 75960621250700117

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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