Squadron Supreme: Power to the People #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Old Soldier - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Squadron Supreme: Power to the People (Marvel, 2009 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 2009
Key date: 2009-03-18
On-sale date: 2009-03-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $16.99
Pages: 148
Barcode: 978078513284451699
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3284-4
Rating: Parental Advisory

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Nell Ruggles - 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: Justin Ponsor	Blur, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones, Stanley Stewart, Arachnophilia First, Biogeneral First, Tucker Ford First, Old Soldier First, Nell Ruggles First
1	Title Page and Credits	credits, title page	2	pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Guru eFX
2	Previously	recap	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Matthew Ryan; colors: Justin Ponsor	Squadron Supreme [Amphibian [Kingsley Rice]; Arcanna Jones; Blur [Stanley Stewart]; Doctor Spectrum [Joe Ledger]; Hyperion [Mark Milton]; Inertia [Edith Freiberg]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Nuke [Albert Gaines]; Power Princess [Zarda]; Shape [Raleigh Lund]; Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]]
3	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Justin Ponsor	Old Soldier; Nell Ruggles; Catherine Mora; Ted Munn; Peter Boyer; Biogeneral [Tucker Ford]
4	Power to the People! Part 1: Four for the Future	comic story	24	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Guru eFX; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Bruce Banner, Emil Burbank, Doctor Spectrum, Nick Fury, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Hyperion, Arcanna Jones, Joe Ledger, Mark Milton, Thor Odinson, The Thing, Thor, Zarda Shelton
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Justin Ponsor	Biogeneral [Tucker Ford]
6	Power to the People! Part 2: Another Country Heard From...	comic story	22	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Guru eFX; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Emil Burbank, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones
7	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Justin Ponsor	Nell Ruggles
8	Issue #3 Apes Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Paulo Siqueira; inks: Paulo Siqueira; colors: Jay David Ramos	Hyperion (ape version)
9	Power to the People! Part 3: Stand or Fall!	comic story	22	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Guru eFX; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Blur, Emil Burbank, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones, Nighthawk, Kyle Richmond, Stanley Stewart
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Justin Ponsor	Old Soldier
11	Power to the People! Part 4: Stand or Fall!	comic story	22	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Guru eFX; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Blur, Emil Burbank, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones, Stanley Stewart
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Justin Ponsor	Blur, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones, Stanley Stewart
13	Power to the People! Part 5: Overpowered!	comic story	22	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Matt Milla; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Blur, Emil Burbank, Edith Freiberg, Nick Fury, Arcanna Jones, Nighthawk, Kyle Richmond, Stanley Stewart
14	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Greg Land; inks: Greg Land; colors: Justin Ponsor	Doctor Spectrum, Albert Gaines, Hyperion, Arcanna Jones, Joe Ledger, Mark Milton, Nuke, Amphibian, Kingsley Rice
15	Power to the People! Part 6: Powered Up!	comic story	22	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Marco Turini; inks: Marco Turini; colors: Matt Milla, Chris Sotomayor; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Emil Burbank, Doctor Spectrum, Nick Fury, Hyperion, Arcanna Jones, Joe Ledger, Mark Milton

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Series context

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Sources

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