Imperial #2 for Sale - First Appearance of M'Baku - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Imperial (Marvel, 2025 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 2025
Key date: 2025-09-00
On-sale date: 2025-07-16
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 75960621099200211
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of M'Baku - 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: Marco Checchetto; inks: Marco Checchetto; colors: Marte Gracia	Deathbird, Gladiator, Kallark, Cal'syee Neramani, Nova, Richard Rider, Ronan the Accuser, Shuri
1	Two	comic story	32	script: Jonathan Hickman; pencils: Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini; inks: Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini; colors: Federico Blee; letters: VC's Cory Petit, VC's Ariana Maher	Bruce Banner, Black Panther, Brawn, Amadeus Cho, Deathbird, Electron, En Dwi Gast, Gladiator, The Grandmaster, Hulk, Kallark, Izzy Kane, M'Baku First, Mentor
2	-	credits, title page	3	letters: typeset
3	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Marco Checchetto; inks: Marco Checchetto; colors: Marte Gracia

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Skottie Young Cover	barcode 75960621099200251
Javier Garrón Connecting Cover	barcode 75960621099200231
W. Scott Forbes Virgin Cover	barcode 75960621099200216
W. Scott Forbes Cover	barcode 75960621099200221
Gerard Parel Cover	barcode 75960621099200241
Rogê Antônio Cover	barcode 75960621099200217

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Imperial #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96308-8	2026	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #12 of 4#3 ›

Sources

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

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