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1December 1989
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

Damage Control #1

Marvel · December 1989

First appearance: Michel SourisFirst appearance: Robert Washington1 variantStoryline: Acts of Vengeance
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Identification plate

Series
Damage Control (Marvel, 1989 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
December 1989
Key date
1989-12-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Acts of Vengeance!cover1pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie ColónBulldozer, Henry Camp, Captain America, Eliot Franklin, Dirk Garthwaite, John Porter, Steve Rogers, Bart Rozum, Eugene Strausser, Thunderball, The Wrecker
2No Vault Insurance!comic story21script: Dwayne McDuffie; pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie Colón; colors: John Wellington; letters: Rick ParkerHenry Ackerdson, Anne, Lenny Ballinger, Bulldozer, Brian Calusky, Henry Camp, Captain America, Robin Chapel, Albert Cleary, Wilson Fisk, Eliot Franklin, Dirk Garthwaite, Warden Howard G. Hardman, Anne Marie Hoag
11-letters page1.2letters: typeset
12Gene Strausser; Mrs. Hoagcharacter profile0.8pencils: Ernie ColónAnne Marie Hoag, Eugene Strausser
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetX-Men [Dazzler; Havok; Psylocke; Storm; Wolverine; Gambit; Colossus]

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; barcode 07148601375412

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-4488-5		2011On eBay ›
Damage Control: The Complete Collection #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9790-4		2015On eBay ›
Acts of Vengeance: Marvel Universe #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-92310-5		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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