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Marvel Graphic Novel: The Big Change #[nn]

Marvel · 1987

First appearance: The Watcher1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Graphic Novel: The Big Change (Marvel, 1987 series)
Issue
#[nn]
Publication date
1987
Key date
1987-00-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.
Price
$5.95; 6.95 CAD
Pages
68
ISBN
0-87135-299-0

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Hulk and the Thingcover1pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; colors: Bernie Wrightson; letters: Carl PottsBruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Hulk, The Thing
1The Big Change!comic story62script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Berni Wrightson; inks: Berni Wrightson; colors: Berni Wrightson; letters: Jim NovakBruce Banner, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, The Thing, The Watcher First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Second Printingprice 9.95 USD; 11.95 CAD; 5.50 GBP; barcode 9780871352996

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The More Things Change...
ISBN 978-1-302-91846-0		2019On eBay ›
The Thing Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-94578-7		2022On eBay ›
Ground Zero
ISBN 978-1-302-95632-5		2024On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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