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5March 1971
$0.15

Amazing Adventures #5

Marvel · March 1971 · on sale 1970-12-15

First appearance: JoeyFirst appearance: AstrologerFirst appearance: Roscoe1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
March 1971
Key date
1971-03-00
On-sale date
1970-12-15
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Astrologer - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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

First appearance of Zenobia - 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
0A City Dies!cover1pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Morrie KuramotoAstrologer First, Black Bolt, Black Widow, Blackagar Boltagon, Natasha Romanoff
1His Brother's Keeper!comic story10script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Neal Adams; letters: Sam RosenBlack Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon, Gorgon, Joey First, Karnak, Maximus, Medusa, Roscoe First, Triton
2-in-house column0.4letters: typeset
3...And to All a Good Nightcomic story10script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Artie SimekAstrologer First, Black Widow, Ivan Petrovich, Natasha Romanoff, Zenobia First
4-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema, Bernie Wrightson; inks: John Verpoorten, Bernie Wrightson; letters: Morrie Kuramoto

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0-1-0 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Treasury Special, Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag #[nn]1974On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-4141-9		2009On eBay ›
Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3794-8		2009On eBay ›
Black Bolt: Something Inhuman This Way Comes #12013On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil #8
ISBN 978-0-7851-8841-4		2014On eBay ›
The Inhumans: Beware the Inhumans #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-91081-5		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q111781864 (Astrologer), first-appearance property (CC0)

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