The Avengers #59 for Sale - First Appearance of Yellowjacket - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #59
Publication date: December 1968
Key date: 1968-12-00
On-sale date: 1968-10-10
Indicia publisher: Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Yellowjacket - 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	His Name Is... Yellowjacket!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; colors: Marie Severin	Clint Barton, Black Panther, Goliath, Hawkeye, Hank Pym, T'Challa, Janet Van Dyne, Vision, Wasp, Yellowjacket First
2	The Name Is... Yellowjacket!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Black Panther, Black Widow, Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Goliath, Hawkeye, J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Natasha Romanoff, Spider-Man, T'Challa, Janet Van Dyne
4	Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (ad copy)	Spider-Man; Thor; The Thing; Captain Marvel (cameo); The Hulk (cameo)
10	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley	The Avengers [Goliath [Henry Pym]; The Wasp; Black Widow; Hercules; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch]
12	-	letters page	2	pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; letters: Sam Rosen	Vision
13	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores; letters: Artie Simek	Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Crystal]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Karnak; Gorgon]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Avengers #3 ISBN 0-7851-0787-8	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #20	1980	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #5859 of 402#60 ›

Sources

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

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