Tales of Suspense #97 for Sale - First Appearance of Whitney Frost - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #97
Publication date: January 1968
Key date: 1968-01-00
On-sale date: 1967-10-03
Indicia publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Big M - 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	The Coming of... Whiplash!	cover	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen	Iron Man, Marco Scarlotti First, Tony Stark, Whiplash First
1	The Coming of... Whiplash!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek	Big M First, Whitney Frost First, Iron Man, Marco Scarlotti First, Jasper Sitwell, Morgan Stark, Tony Stark, Whiplash First
2	And So It Begins--!	comic story	11	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie Simek	Black Panther, Captain America, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, T'Challa
3	Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Batty Bulletins?	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
4	-	letters page	1	script: Gary Friedrich; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Joe Sinnott

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Son of Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] ISBN 0671221663	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Captain America #1 ISBN 0-7851-0740-1	2000	On eBay ›
Marvel Double Feature #14	1976	On eBay ›
Marvel Double Feature #20	1977	On eBay ›
Essential Iron Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-1487-4	2004	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America #2 ISBN 0-7851-1785-7	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man #4 ISBN 0-7851-2678-3	2007	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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