Marvel Universe #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Grottu - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: September 1998
Key date: 1998-09-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.80 CAD
Pages: 38
Barcode: 75960603507600411
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of The Molten Man-Thing - 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
1	Jam Cover	cover	1	pencils: Michael Golden, Joe Quesada, Dan Brereton, Bruce Timm, Mike Manley, Scott McDaniel; inks: Scott Elmer, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Brereton, Bruce Timm, Mike Manley, Scott McDaniel; colors: Liquid Graphics; letters: Comicraft	Giganto, Gigantus, Gorgilla, Grottu First, The Molten Man-Thing First, Tricephalous
2	-	character profile	2	pencils: Ron Frenz, Mike Manley; inks: Mike Manley	Ulysses Bloodstone; Doctor Druid; Zawadi; Jake Curtiss; Harvey Elder; 3-headed guardian; Gigantus; Gorgilla
3	Monsters on the Loose!	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Mike Manley; inks: Mike Manley; colors: Gloria Vasquez; letters: Jim Novak	Ulysses Bloodstone, Jake Curtiss First, Anthony Druid, Doctor Druid, Harvey Elder, Gorgilla, Grottu First, Makkari
4	Universal Response	text article	1	letters: typeset	3-headed guardian of Monster Isle; Gigantus; Mole Man's Monster; Molten Man-Thing; Grottu; Gorgilla; Monster Hunters [Doctor Druid; Ulysses Bloodstone; Zawadi]

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Quesada cover	barcode 75960603507600421
Newsstand	price 1.99 USD; 2.70 CAD; barcode 00928103507709

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Invaders: Eve of Destruction #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4552-3	2010	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #34 of 7#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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