Avengers: The Initiative #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Catwalk - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Avengers: The Initiative (Marvel, 2007 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: December 2008
Key date: 2008-12-00
On-sale date: 2008-10-29
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $2.99; 3.50 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960606084901811
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Moonstomp - 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: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Edgar Delgado	Thor Girl; Ultragirl
1	Recap and Dramatis Personae	recap	1	pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset	Yellowjacket (a Skrull); Dum-Dum Dugan (a Skrull); 3-D Man; Komodo; Skrull Kill Krew [Ryder; Riot]; Gravity; Hardball; Cloud 9 [Cloud Nine]; Ant-Man; Crusader; Thor Girl; Ultragirl; Jocasta; Devil-Slayer
2	Don't Shoot 'Til You See the Green of Their Eyes!	comic story	23	script: Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage; pencils: Steve Kurth; inks: Drew Hennessy; colors: Matt Milla; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	3-D Man, Teddy Altman, Ant-Man, Catwalk First, Kimberly Dee First, Devil-Slayer, Nick Fury, Delroy Garrett Jr., Richard Gilmore, Hulkling, Jocasta, Billy Kaplan, Cassandra Lang, Tony Masters
3	Marvel Celebrates 40 Years of a Legend's Work Sal Buscema	text article	2	script: Sal Buscema; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema	Avengers [Vision; Yellowjacket; Giant Man; Wasp; Black Panther; Thor; Black Knight; Iron Man; Captain America]

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Variant Edition - 'Zombie' - Juan Doe Cover	barcode 75960606084901821
Newsstand	price 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD; barcode 07447002665512

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Secret Invasion ISBN 978-0-7851-3167-0	2009	On eBay ›
Secret Invasion ISBN 978-0-7851-3150-2	2009	On eBay ›
Avengers: The Initiative - The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-1-302-90411-1	2017	On eBay ›
Skrulls Must Die! - The Complete Skrull Kill Krew #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-9407-1	2015	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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