Avengers Forever #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Ant-Man - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Avengers Forever (Marvel, 2022 series)
Issue: #2
Issue title: The Pillars
Publication date: 2022
Key date: 2022-00-00
On-sale date: 2023-02-22
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $24.99; 31.25 CAD
Pages: 180
Barcode: 978130293261952499
ISBN: 978-1-302-93261-9
Rating: T+

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Star Panther - 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: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Carol Danvers
1	Title Page and Credits	credits, title page	3	pencils: Jim Towe; inks: Jim Towe; colors: Guru eFX
2	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Sky Spider [T'Challa]
3	The Vibranium Man	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Jim Towe; inks: Jim Towe; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Ant-Man First, Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark, Erik Killmonger, Star Panther First, T'Challa
4	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Steve Rogers (with glasses, unknown universe); Steve Rogers (larger Steve, unknown universe); Steve Rogers (wears bandana, unknown universe); Steve Rogers (claws, unknown universe)
5	Escape from Cellblock Steve	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Ant-Man First, Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark
6	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Thor (Earth-56337)
7	The Fists of the Unworthy	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Ant-Man First, Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark, Lei Kung, Thor Odinson, Thor
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Carol Danvers
9	Semper Carol	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Cam Smith; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Cory Petit	Carol Danvers, Dark Phoenix First, Raven Darkhölme, Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes
10	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Jason Keith	Ant-Man First, Tony Stark
11	Stark Repair	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Jim Towe; inks: Jim Towe; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Cory Petit	All-Rider First, Ant-Man First, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark, Thor Odinson, Star Panther First, T'Challa, Thor
12	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Alex Sinclair	All-Rider First, Robbie Reyes
13	Last Ride	comic story	20	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Jim Towe; inks: Jim Towe; colors: Frank Martin; letters: VC's Cory Petit	All-Rider First, Ant-Man First, Dark Phoenix First, Raven Darkhölme, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark, Doom Supreme First, Thanos, Black Skull, Victor Von Doom, Ghost Goblin First, Hound First, Erik Killmonger, Logan
14	The Avenging	comic story	39	script: Jason Aaron; pencils: Kev Walker; inks: Kev Walker; colors: Dean White; letters: VC's Joe Sabino	All-Rider First, Ant-Man First, Robbie Reyes, Tony Stark, Doom Supreme First, Victor Von Doom
15	#6 Skrull Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Phil Noto; inks: Phil Noto; colors: Phil Noto	M'Shulla Scott
16	#7 Pride Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Luciano Vecchio; inks: Luciano Vecchio; colors: Luciano Vecchio
17	#9 Community Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Leonardo Romero; inks: Leonardo Romero; colors: Leonardo Romero	Sam Alexander, Nova
18	#9 Beyond Amazing Spider-Man Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Chase Conley; inks: Chase Conley; colors: Chase Conley	Eddie Brock, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Venom
19	#10 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.25	pencils: Simone Bianchi; inks: Simone Bianchi; colors: Simone Bianchi
20	#11 Red Wolf Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	0.5	pencils: Geoff Shaw; inks: Geoff Shaw; colors: David Curiel	Red Wolf
21	Character Designs	illustration	3	pencils: Aaron Kuder; inks: Aaron Kuder; colors: Aaron Kuder

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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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