Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 - First Appearance of Deathlok, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel, 2016 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: March 2016
Key date: March 2016
On-sale date: January 13, 2016
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960608337400111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of S.H.E.R.B.I.E. - 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: Mike Norton; inks: Mike Norton; colors: FCO Plascencia	Phil Coulson, Deathlok First, Leo Fitz, Iron Thief First, Daisy Johnson, Melinda May, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse, Quake, Jemma Simmons, Grant Ward First
1	The Coulson Protocols Episode One: Lola	comic story	20	script: Marc Guggenheim; pencils: Germán Peralta; inks: Germán Peralta; colors: Rachelle Rosenberg; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Phil Coulson, Lola Daniels First, Deathlok First, Leo Fitz, Iron Thief First, Daisy Johnson, Melinda May, Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse, Quake, S.H.E.R.B.I.E. First, Jemma Simmons, Tony Stark, Grant Ward First
2	Title & Credits	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Dave Johnson Hip-Hop Variant	barcode 75960608337400131
Incentive Jim Cheung Variant	barcode 75960608337400121
Incentive Mark Bagley Deadpool Variant	barcode 75960608337400141
Incentive Dan Panosian Variant	barcode 75960608337400151
2016 SDCC Exclusive Greg Land 'LEXUS Promo' Variant	price 0.00 FREE

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Coulson Protocols ISBN 978-0-7851-9628-0	2016	On eBay ›
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96659-1	2025	On eBay ›
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96660-7	2025	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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