Ultimates #15 - First Appearance of Shen Qi, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Ultimates (Marvel, 2024 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: October 2025
Key date: October 2025
On-sale date: August 13, 2025
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $4.99
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960620830201511
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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: Dike Ruan; inks: Dike Ruan; colors: Neeraj Menon	Iron Fist First, Shen Qi First
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dike Ruan; inks: Dike Ruan; colors: Neeraj Menon	Iron Fist First, Shen Qi First
2	-	recap	1	letters: typeset
3	-	character profile	1	letters: typeset
4	-	comic story	20	script: Deniz Camp; pencils: Von Randal; inks: Von Randal; colors: Erick Arciniega; letters: VC's Travis Lanham	Giant-Man, Iron Fist First, Iron Lad, Hank Pym, Shen Qi First, Danny Rand, She-Hulk, Tony Stark, Lejori Zakaria
5	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
6	Next	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dike Ruan; inks: Dike Ruan; colors: Neeraj Menon

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
InHyuk Lee Cover	barcode 75960620830201531
Chris Allen Cover	barcode 75960620830201521
Javier Garrón Cover	barcode 75960620830201516

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Rescue Mission ISBN 978-1-302-95819-0	2026	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1415 of 24#16 ›

Sources

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

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