Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Ivan Vanko - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Marvel, 2012 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: June 2012
Key date: 2012-06-00
On-sale date: 2012-04-11
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $2.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960607779300111
Rating: All Ages

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Madame Viper - 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		Ant-Man, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Jane Foster, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Hank Pym, Danny Rand, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark
1	Title, Roll Call, and Indicia	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	Enter the Mandarin	comic story	10	script: Christopher Yost; pencils: Chris Jones; inks: Victor Olazaba; colors: SotoColor; letters: VC, Clayton Cowles	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Black Panther, Captain America, Fin Fang Foom, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, J.A.R.V.I.S., Mandarin, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, T'Challa, Janet Van Dyne
3	Assembly Line	comic story	10	script: Chris Yost; pencils: Adam DeKraker; inks: Terry Pallot; colors: SotoColor; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Abomination, Absorbing Man, Amora, Ant-Man, Bruce Banner, Baron Zemo, Clint Barton, Jerome Beechman, Black Panther, Black Widow, Blizzard, Emil Blonsky, Dave Cannon, Captain America
4	-	comic story	3	script: Chris Eliopoulos; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Sam Alexander, Hector Ayala, Nick Fury Jr., Iron Fist, Iron Man, Marcus Johnson, Luke Cage, Nova, Peter Parker, Power Man, Danny Rand, Spider-Man, Tony Stark, White Tiger
5	-	letters page	1	script: Stephen Wacker; pencils: Khoi Pham; inks: Khoi Pham; colors: Edgar Delgado

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #8	2013	On eBay ›
Marvel Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-6444-9	2012	On eBay ›
Marvel Comics Digest #5	2018	On eBay ›
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Comic Reader #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5363-4	2012	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q23900364 (Ivan Vanko), first-appearance property (CC0)

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