Doctor Who #1 for Sale - First Appearance of The Doctor - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Doctor Who (Marvel, 1984 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: October 1984
Key date: 1984-10-00
On-sale date: 1984-06-26
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $1.50; 1.75 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Doctor - 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: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: George Roussos	The Doctor First
1	Introduction	text article	1	script: Jim Salicrup
2	Doctor Who and the Star Beast	comic story	13	script: John Wagner, Pat Mills; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Dave Gibbons; editing: Dez Skinn	The Doctor; Sharon; K-9; Beep the Meep
3	Who's Who	text article	3	script: Jim Salicrup; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Andy Yanchus; editing: Jim Salicrup
4	The Return of the Daleks	comic story	16	script: Steve Moore; pencils: Paul Neary; inks: David Lloyd; colors: Andy Yanchus	Daleks
5	-	illustration	1

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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