Marvel Spotlight #21 for Sale - First Appearance of Swabada - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: April 1975
Key date: 1975-04-00
On-sale date: 1975-01-21
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 of Swabada - 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	Panic in the Sky!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: Danny Crespi	Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]
1	Mourning at Dawn!	comic story	18	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Joe Giella; colors: P. Goldberg; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Karen Mantlo	Daimon Hellstrom, Swabada First, Katherine Reynolds, Son of Satan
2	-	letters page	1	script: Steve Gerber
3	Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Essential Marvel Horror #1 ISBN 078512196X	2006	On eBay ›
The Son of Satan Classic #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-90104-2	2016	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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

‹ #2021 of 33#22 ›

Sources

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

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