Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Sgt. Joe Morita - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Capt. Savage and His Leatherneck Raiders (Marvel, 1968 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: March 1968
Key date: 1968-03-00
On-sale date: 1968-01-09
Indicia publisher: Animated Timely Features Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sgt. Joe Morita - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Inevitable Girl - 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 Return of Baron Strucker!	cover	1	pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Syd Shores; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Lee Baker, Jacques "Frenchy" LaRocque, Jay Little Bear, Toshiro Monsoon First, Sgt. Joe Morita First, Captain Savage, Roy "Blarney" Stone, Wolfgang von Strucker, Sgt. Sam "Yakkety" Yates
2	The Return of Baron Strucker!	comic story	21	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Syd Shores; letters: L. P. Gregory	Lee Baker, Jacques "Frenchy" LaRocque, Jay Little Bear, Toshiro Monsoon First, Sgt. Joe Morita First, Captain Savage, Roy "Blarney" Stone, Wolfgang von Strucker, Supreme Hydra, Sgt. Sam "Yakkety" Yates
3	More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Marie Severin, Gene Colan; inks: Marie Severin, Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Daredevil, Doctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Bim Grimm First, Human Scorch First, Inevitable Girl First, Mister Fantastical First, Matt Murdock, Shrew Storm First, Sonny Storm First, Thung First, Weed Wichards First
7	More Triumphs For Marvel...!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita, John Buscema; inks: John Romita, John Buscema; letters: Sam Rosen	Clint Barton, Goliath, Hawkeye, Hercules, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Spider-Man, Typhon, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp, Mary Jane Watson
11	Marvel Super-Hero T-Shirts	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: various; inks: various	Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Thor Odinson, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Ben Grimm, Hawkeye, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Mar-Vell, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff
12	Come 'n Get it, Tiger - Here's Our New Year's Gift to You!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

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

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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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