Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 - First Appearance of Melter, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Dark Reign: Young Avengers (Marvel, 2009 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July 2009
Key date: July 2009
On-sale date: May 13, 2009
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960606754100111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Enchantress - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Big Zero - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Egghead - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Executioner - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Danny DuBois - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Coat of Arms - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Lisa Molinari - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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	They're Exactly What You Think!	cover	1	pencils: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Christina Strain	Big Zero First, Coat of Arms First, Christopher Colchiss First, Danny DuBois First, Egghead First, Enchantress First, Executioner First, Amity Hunter First, Sylvie Lushton First, Melter First, Lisa Molinari First
2	Paging the Young Avengers	credits, title page	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
3	Young Masters Part One	comic story	22	script: Paul Cornell; pencils: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Christina Strain; letters: VC, Cory Petit	Teddy Altman, Big Zero First, Kate Bishop, Eli Bradley, Coat of Arms First, Christopher Colchiss First, Danny DuBois First, Egghead First, Enchantress First, Executioner First, Hawkeye, Hulkling, Amity Hunter First, Jonas
6	Carol Danvers is Gone	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
8	Obituaries	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	The New Black	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
11	Halo Uprising	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3909-6	2009	On eBay ›
Young Avengers by Heinberg & Cheung Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-93389-0	2022	On eBay ›
Dark Reign ISBN 978-1-302-96190-9	2025	On eBay ›

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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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