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13January 1975
$0.25

Man-Thing #13

Marvel · January 1975 · on sale October 17, 1974

First appearance (cover): Captain FateFirst appearance: Maura Spinner1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series)
Issue
#13
Publication date
January 1975
Key date
January 1975
On-sale date
October 17, 1974
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Maura Spinner - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Death in the Land of the Damned!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: Danny CrespiCaptain Fate First, Man-Thing, Ted Sallis
1Red Sails at 40,000 Feet!comic story18script: Steve Gerber; pencils: John Buscema, Tom Sutton; inks: Tom Sutton; colors: P. Goldberg; letters: John CostanzaCaptain Fate First, Man-Thing, Ted Sallis, Maura Spinner First
2-letters page1.25script: Steve Gerber
3Awesome Announcements and Autumnal Admonishments for All!in-house column1script: Stan Lee

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.08 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Man-Thing #1
ISBN 0-7851-2135-8		2006On eBay ›
Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6463-0		2012On eBay ›
Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection #2
ISBN 978-1-302-90241-4		2016On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Man-Thing #2
ISBN 978-1-302-96251-7		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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