Mighty Avengers #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Spectrum - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Mighty Avengers (Marvel, 2014 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: No Single Hero
Publication date: 2014
Key date: 2014-03-19
On-sale date: 2014-03-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $17.99; 19.99 CAD
Pages: 116
Barcode: 978078518874251799
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8874-2
Rating: T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Spectrum - 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: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Lee Duhig	Avengers [Luke Cage; White Tiger [Ava Ayala]; Spider-Man [Otto Octavius]; Spectrum [Monica Rambeau]; Power Man [Victor Alvarez]]
1	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Lee Duhig	Avengers [Luke Cage; White Tiger [Ava Ayala]; Spider-Man [Otto Octavius]; Spectrum [Monica Rambeau]; Power Man [Victor Alvarez]]
2	-	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Ava Ayala, Luke Cage, Plunderer, Monica Rambeau, Spectrum First, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, Thanos, White Tiger
3	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Morry Hollowell	Ava Ayala, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, Spectrum First, White Tiger
4	-	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, Shuma-Gorath, Spectrum First, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, Thanos, Uatu
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Frank D'Armata	Blue Marvel [Adam Brashear]
6	No Single Hero	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Ava Ayala, Kat Farrell, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, Shuma-Gorath, Spectrum First, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, White Tiger
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Frank D'Armata	Ronin; Spider-Man
8	-	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Danielle Cage, David Griffith, Jessica Jones
9	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Frank D'Armata	Luke Cage
10	Out and About	comic story	20	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Frank D'Armata; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Danielle Cage, Jessica Jones
11	#1 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Bryan Hitch; inks: Bryan Hitch; colors: Laura Martin	Falcon, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, Spectrum First, Jennifer Walters, Sam Wilson
12	#1 Deadpool Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Carlo Barberi, Greg Land; inks: Carlo Barberi, Greg Land; colors: Edgar Delgado, Lee Duhig	Ava Ayala, Deadpool, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, Spectrum First, White Tiger, Wade Wilson
13	#1 Lego Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Leonel Castellani; inks: Leonel Castellani; colors: Leonel Castellani	Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
14	#1 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	script: Skottie Young; pencils: Skottie Young; inks: Skottie Young; colors: Skottie Young; letters: Skottie Young	Luke Cage; White Tiger [Ava Ayala]; Spectrum [Monica Rambeau]; Power Man [Victor Alvarez]; Spider-Man [Otto Octavius]
15	#1 Hastings Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Humberto Ramos; inks: Humberto Ramos; colors: Edgar Delgado	Ava Ayala, Deadpool, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, Spectrum First, Jennifer Walters, White Tiger, Wade Wilson
16	#1 CBLDF Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Jason Latour; inks: Jason Latour; colors: Jason Latour	Luke Cage
17	#2 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Francesco Francavilla; inks: Francesco Francavilla; colors: Francesco Francavilla; letters: Francesco Francavilla	Monica Rambeau, Spectrum First
18	#2 Cosplay Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: J. Scott Campbell; colors: Edgar Delgado	Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Jessica Drew, Greer Nelson, Natasha Romanoff, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman, Tigra, Janet Van Dyne, Jennifer Walters, Wasp
19	Thanos Comes to Harlem	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Ron Wimberly; inks: Ron Wimberly; colors: Ron Wimberly; letters: Ronald Wimberly	Ava Ayala, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, Spectrum First, Jennifer Walters, White Tiger
20	#4 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Steve Epting; colors: Steve Epting	Ava Ayala, Falcon, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, Spectrum First, Jennifer Walters, White Tiger, Sam Wilson
21	#5 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.5	pencils: Kalman Andrasofszky; inks: Kalman Andrasofszky; colors: Kalman Andrasofszky	Ava Ayala, Falcon, Luke Cage, Monica Rambeau, She-Hulk, Spectrum First, Jennifer Walters, White Tiger, Sam Wilson

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Series context

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Sources

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

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