The Avengers #62 for Sale - First Appearance of W'Kabi - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #62
Publication date: March 1969
Key date: 1969-03-00
On-sale date: 1969-01-09
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of W'Kabi - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of M'Baku - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Man-Ape - 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	The Monarch and the Man-Ape!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein	Clint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Hawkeye, M'Baku First, Man-Ape First, T'Challa, Vision, Dane Whitman
2	The Monarch and the Man-Ape!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; letters: Artie Simek	Aragorn, Clint Barton, The Black Knight, Black Panther, Hawkeye, M'Baku First, Man-Ape First, T'Challa, Vision, W'Kabi First, Dane Whitman
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 [Mar-Vell]; The Hulk
11	-	in-house column	1	script: Smiley
14	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: George Klein; letters: Sam Rosen	Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Henry Pym]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Henry Pym]]
15	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jungle Action #5	1973	On eBay ›
Essential Avengers #3 ISBN 0-7851-0787-8	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Super Action #23	1980	On eBay ›
Behold… the Vision ISBN 978-0-7851-9165-0	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
Confirm the cover price against the plate; higher prices can mean a later or foreign printing.

Series context

‹ #6162 of 402#63 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q27147410 (W'Kabi), first-appearance property (CC0)

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