Spider-Woman #37 - First Appearance of Theresa Cassidy, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Spider-Woman (Marvel, 1978 series)
Issue: #37
Publication date: April 1981
Key date: April 1981
On-sale date: 1981
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of David Ishima - 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	Lissen Up, Troops...Nick Fury's In This One, Too!	cover	1	pencils: Steve Leialoha; inks: Steve Leialoha; letters: Danny Crespi	Theresa Cassidy First, Jessica Drew, Nick Fury, Juggernaut, Cain Marko, Siryn First, Spider-Woman
1	Who Am I?	comic story	22	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Steve Leialoha, Terry Austin; inks: Terry Austin, Bob Wiacek, Alan Weiss, Milgrom, Frank Springer, Steve Leialoha; colors: Gaff; letters: Orz	Angel, Tom Cassidy, Theresa Cassidy First, Colossus, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Jessica Drew, Nick Fury, High Evolutionary, David Ishima First, Juggernaut, Morgan Le Fay, Logan, Cain Marko, Lindsay McCabe
3	-	letters page	0.7	script: Chris Claremont
4	Statement Of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.3	letters: typeset

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860261504
British	price 0.20 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Spider-Woman #1	2005	On eBay ›
Essential Spider-Woman #2	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Spider-Woman #3 ISBN 978-1-302-94669-2	2022	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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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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