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29April 1976
$0.25

Marvel Premiere #29

Marvel · April 1976 · on sale 1976-01-06

First appearance: NovaFirst appearance: Richard RiderFirst appearance: Thin Man2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series)
Issue
#29
Publication date
April 1976
Key date
1976-04-00
On-sale date
1976-01-06
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Jack Frost - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Danny CrespiBucky Barnes, Blue Diamond, Bucky, Bruce Dickson First, Robert Frank, Jack Frost First, Madeline Joyce, Jeff Mace, Miss America, Elton T. Morrow, The Patriot, Red Raven, Thin Man First, The Whizzer
2Lo, the Liberty Legion!comic story18script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: John CostanzaBucky Barnes, Blue Diamond, Bucky, Bruce Dickson First, Robert Frank, Jack Frost First, Madeline Joyce, Jeff Mace, Miss America, Elton T. Morrow, The Patriot, Red Raven, Thin Man First, The Whizzer
12Give Me Liberty - Or Give Me the Legion!text article1script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank GiacoiaBucky Barnes; Liberty Legion [the Patriot [Jeff Mace]; Blue Diamond [Elton Morrow]; the Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Miss America; the Thin Man; Jack Frost; Red Raven]
13What Kind of Man Reads Crazy?promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
14Jack's Back in the Latest Issue of FOOM!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyJack Kirby
19A Labyrinthian List of Lambent Labors, Laudable Lagniappes, and Learned Legends Lob-Lapsed into Looniness!in-house column1script: Stan LeeNova First, Richard Rider First

Plus 14 pages of advertisements and other matter across 18 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.09 GBP
30ยขprice 0.30 USD

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Invaders Classic #12007On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1261976On eBay ›
Thing: Liberty Legion #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-5515-7		2011On eBay ›
Invaders Classic: The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-9057-8		2014On eBay ›
Invaders Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-93475-0		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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