Marvel Super-Heroes #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Vance Astro - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: January 1969
Key date: 1969-01-00
On-sale date: 1968-10-15
Indicia publisher: Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Charlie-27 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Martinex T'Naga - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Charlie-26 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Yur - 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: Gene Colan; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Vance Astro First, Charlie-27 First, Martinex First, Martinex T'Naga First, Yondu Udonta First, Yondu First
1	Marvel Super-Heroes present:	table of contents	1	pencils: Gene Colan, Bill Everett, Syd Shores; inks: Mike Esposito, Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen
2	Earth Shall Overcome!	comic story	22	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Mickey Demeo; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Herb Cooper	Vance Astro First, Charlie-26 First, Charlie-27 First, Drang First, Betina Marsh, Martinex First, Maul First, Maz First, Martinex T'Naga First, Yondu Udonta First, Yondu First, Yur First
7	-	letters page	1	pencils: Herb Trimpe, Gene Colan; inks: Herb Trimpe, Mike Esposito	Vance Astro First, Charlie-27 First, Karl Kaufmann, Martinex First, Phantom Eagle, Martinex T'Naga First, Yondu Udonta First, Yondu First
8	Courage!	comic story	3	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Bill Everett	Byrrah, Namor, Fen, Sub-Mariner
9	All Winners Comics #21	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Syd Shores; letters: Artie Simek	Bucky, Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Robert Frank, Future Man, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Madeline Joyce, Steve Rogers, Miss America, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Thomas Raymond, Toro
10	Wave of Destruction! [Chapter 4]	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Syd Shores; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Future Man, Madame Death, Namor, Sub-Mariner
13	The Living Dead! [Chapter 5]	comic story	5	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Syd Shores; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Future Man, Madeline Joyce, Madame Death, Miss America
15	Marvel themed pillows and t-shirts	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
16	Flames of Fury! [Chapter 6]	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Syd Shores; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Future Man, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Madame Death, Thomas Raymond, Toro
21	War Between the Worlds! [Chapter 7]	comic story	4	script: Otto Binder; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Bucky, Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Robert Frank, Future Man, Jim Hammond, Human Torch, Madeline Joyce, Steve Rogers, Madame Death, Miss America, Namor, Thomas Raymond, Sub-Mariner

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Astonishing Tales #29	1975	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-6687-0	2012	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3786-3	2009	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome ISBN 978-0-7851-3787-0	2009	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-9812-3	2015	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-90439-5	2017	On eBay ›
Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Heroes Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91554-4	2018	On eBay ›
Earth Shall Overcome ISBN 978-1-302-95043-9	2023	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #177 of 94#19 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q24050093 (Yondu Udonta), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q66133335 (Charlie-27), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q66133338 (Martinex), first-appearance property (CC0)

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