Osborn #1 - First Appearance of Ai Apaec, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Osborn (Marvel, 2011 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: January 2011
Key date: January 2011
On-sale date: November 17, 2010
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 44
Barcode: 75960607404400111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of June Covington - 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	Osborn	cover	1	pencils: Ben Oliver; inks: Ben Oliver; colors: Ben Oliver	Norman Osborn
1	Previously	recap	1	letters: typeset
2	Evil Incarcerated [Part One]	comic story	22	script: Kelly Sue DeConnick; pencils: Emma Ríos; inks: Emma Ríos; colors: José Villarrubia, Matt Wilson; letters: VC's Clayton Cowles	Ai Apaec First, June Covington First, Norman Osborn, Peter Parker, Ben Urich, Norah Winters
3	The Prime of Miss June Covington	comic story	7	script: Warren Ellis; pencils: Jamie McKelvie; inks: Jamie McKelvie; colors: Matthew Wilson; letters: VC's Clayton Cowles	June Covington First, Norman Osborn
4	-	text article	1	script: Alejandro Arbona; pencils: Nam Chang Po, Marcos Martín, Barry Kitson
5	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (painted); inks: ? (painted); colors: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Norman Osborn

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Variant Edition - 'Goblin Variant' - John Romita Cover	barcode 75960607404400121
Newsstand	price 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD; barcode 07447001663201

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Osborn: Evil Incarcerated #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5175-3	2011	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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