Amazing Spider-Man Family #7 for Sale - First Appearance of April Parker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Amazing Spider-Man Family (Marvel, 2008 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: August 2009
Key date: 2009-08-00
On-sale date: 2009-06-10
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 60
Barcode: 75960606507300711
Rating: Rated A

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Silverback - 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: Joe Suitor; inks: Joe Suitor	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	-	table of contents	1	pencils: various (illustrations); inks: various (illustrations); colors: ? (illustrations)
2	Just an Old Sweet Song	comic story	22	script: Roger Stern; pencils: Val Semeiks; inks: Mike Getty; colors: Andres Mossa; letters: Jared K. Fletcher	Black Cat, Felicia Hardy, J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker, Mary Parker, Peter Parker, Richard Parker, Ben Parker, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy
3	Into the Fire!	comic story	16	script: Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Bruno Hang; letters: Dave Sharpe	Silvio Barraca First, Darkdevil, Courtney Duran, Kaine, Davida Kirby, Lonnie Lincoln, April Parker First, May Parker, Peter Parker, Silverback First, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl First, Tombstone, Reilly Tyne
4	Loa and Order	comic story	10	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; colors: Antonio Fabela; letters: Fred Hembeck	Peter Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Frederick Foswell; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Jericho Drumm; Daniel Drumm; Professor Drumm; Stephanie Oktids; Fancy Dan [Daniel Brito]

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 5.99 USD; 5.99 CAD; barcode 07447001984807

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Marvel Universe According to Hembeck #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90249-0	2016	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection #4 ISBN 978-1-302-90799-0	2017	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4459-5	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4485-4	2009	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-96590-7	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #67 of 8#8 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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