Spider-Girl #15 for Sale - First Appearance of Mister Abnormal - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Spider-Girl (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: December 1999
Key date: 1999-12-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 38
Barcode: 75960603503801511
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mister Abnormal - 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	Introducing the Most Flexible Felon Of All... Mr. Abnormal!	cover	1	pencils: Patrick Olliffe; inks: Al Williamson; colors: Christie Scheele, Tom Smith	Robbie Baldwin, Mister Abnormal First, May Parker, Speedball, Spider-Girl
1	Swingin' n' Slammin' with Speedball!	comic story	22	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Pat Olliffe; inks: Al Williamson; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Janice Chiang	Robbie Baldwin, Courtney Duran, J. Jonah Jameson, Davida Kirby, Moose Mansfield, May Parker, Peter Parker, Speedball, Spider-Girl, Mary Jane Watson, Jimmy Yama
2	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
3	Bullpen Bits #23	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Cyclops, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Scott Summers
5	Statement Of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.3	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07480803503812

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Avenging Allies ISBN 0-7851-1658-3	2005	On eBay ›
Spider-Girl: The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-1-302-91248-2	2018	On eBay ›
Legacy ISBN 978-1-302-95795-7	2024	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)

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