Marvel Team-Up #65 - First Appearance of Brian Braddock, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series)
Issue: #65
Publication date: January 1978
Key date: January 1978
On-sale date: October 25, 1977
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860214701
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Mr. Roak - 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: George Pérez; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Annette Kawecki	Brian Braddock First, Captain Britain First, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Introducing, Captain Britain	comic story	17	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Dave Hunt; letters: Bruce Patterson	Arcade First, Brian Braddock First, Captain Britain First, Mister Chambers First, Basil Crushstone First, Jean DeWolff, Highwayman First, Ross Horton First, Miss Locke First, Manipulator First, Merlyn, Mr. Moran First, Nykonn First, Peter Parker
2	-	letters page	1	script: Chris Claremont
3	January 1978	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #201	1987	On eBay ›
Siege of Camelot ISBN 978-0-7851-5753-3	2011	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6465 of 150#66 ›

Sources

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

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