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1December 1987
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Solo Avengers #1

Marvel · December 1987 · on sale 1987-09-01

First appearance: Buck ChisholmFirst appearance: Trick Shot1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Solo Avengers (Marvel, 1987 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
December 1987
Key date
1987-12-00
On-sale date
1987-09-01
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Trick Shot - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: M. D. Bright; inks: Joe Rubinstein; letters: Jack MorelliClint Barton, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse
2Here Comes Hawkeyecomic story11script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Mark Bright; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Ken Feduniewicz; letters: Jack MorelliBarney Barton, Clint Barton, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse, Andreas von Strucker, Swordsman, Simon Williams, Wonder Man, Buck Chisholm First, Trick Shot First
6Listen to the Mockingbirdcomic story11script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Al Williamson; colors: Ken Feduniewicz; letters: Jack MorelliClint Barton, Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse, Buck Chisholm First, Trick Shot First
8The Fall of the Mutantspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Alan Davis; inks: Paul Neary
9-in-house column1letters: typesetRalph Macchio
12Mark's Remark'sletters page1script: Mark GruenwaldClint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Heather Douglas, Hawkeye, Hellcat, Hercules, Sub-Mariner, Mantis, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Mockingbird, Moon Knight
13Sure Shot Savings!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: M. D. BrightClint Barton, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07148602651812

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Avengers: Solo Avengers Classic #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-5903-2		2012On eBay ›
X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-93411-8		2021On eBay ›
The Way of the Arrow
ISBN 978-1-302-95334-8		2023On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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