Publishers / Marvel / West Coast Avengers (1985) / #35
35August 1988
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West Coast Avengers #35

Marvel · August 1988 · on sale 1988-04-05

First appearance: Phantom Rider1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series)
Issue
#35
Publication date
August 1988
Key date
1988-08-00
On-sale date
1988-04-05
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Phantom Rider - 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
0The Man Who Would Be Doom!cover1pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Mike MachlanDoctor Doom [Kristoff]
1The Voice of Doomcomic story22script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Al Milgrom, Mike Machlan; inks: Mike Machlan; colors: Steve Buccellato; letters: Jack MorelliAttuma, Clint Barton, Daredevil, Hawkeye, Khonshu, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Mockingbird, Moon Knight, Bobbi Morse, Matt Murdock, Greer Nelson, Phantom Rider First, Hank Pym
2-letters page1script: Mark Gruenwald

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07148602100108

Where to read it

CollectionYear
West Coast Avengers Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-6748-8		2014On eBay ›
Tales to Astonish
ISBN 978-1-302-92316-7		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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