Not Brand Echh #5 - First Appearance of Irving Forbush, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Not Brand Echh (Marvel, 1967 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: December 1967
Key date: December 1967
On-sale date: September 7, 1967
Indicia publisher: Leading Magazine Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Forbush-Man - 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: Tom Sutton, John Romita, Marie Severin; inks: Tom Sutton, John Romita, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Forbush-Man First, Irving Forbush First
1	This Is a Contents Page?	table of contents	1	script: Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich; pencils: John Verpoorten, Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: John Verpoorten, Frank Giacoia, John Tartaglione; letters: Sam Rosen
2	The Origin of... Forbush-Man the Way-Out Wonder!	comic story	8	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Tom Sutton; letters: Artie Simek	Forbush-Man First, Irving Forbush First
3	The Revengers Vs. Charlie America!	comic story	7	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Al Kurzrok	Revengers [Mighty Sore; Giant Sam; Wisp; Ironed Man]; Charlie America; Sunk-Mariner
4	The Ever-Lovin' Thung Vs. The Inedible Bulk!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Thung; Bulk; Anemia
5	This Is a Letters Page?	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: Marie Severin, John Tartaglione; letters: Sam Rosen

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Not Brand Echh #10	1968	On eBay ›
Captain America Annual #2	1972	On eBay ›
Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] #4	1972	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-3501-2	2009	On eBay ›
Fantastic Four Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-9175-9	2015	On eBay ›
The Avengers Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-9177-3	2015	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Not Brand Echh #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9070-7	2015	On eBay ›
Masters of Evil ISBN 978-1-302-90410-4	2017	On eBay ›
Not Brand Echh: The Complete Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-91882-8	2019	On eBay ›

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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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