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Marvels #1

Marvel · Series began 1994 · January 1994

first appearance of Phil Sheldon

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Phil Sheldon (Marvel, news photographer) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: January 1994
Pages: 52

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct Edition

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 75960602786600111
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960603588500111
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602786701
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Creators

pencils: Alex Rossinks: Alex Rosscolors: Alex Rossletters: Joe Kaufman, Richard Starkings, John Roshellscript: Kurt Busiek

Stories

Marvels Book One: "A Time of Marvels" · 45 pages
The origin of the Human Torch and the first apperances of Captain America and Namor, told primarily through the eyes of photographer Phil Sheldon.

Characters

Steve RogersCaptain AmericaNamorSub-MarinerNick FuryJ. Jonah JamesonBucky BarnesPopeyeJim HammondHuman TorchThomas RaymondToroThomas HallowayThe AngelAarkusWillie LumpkinThe VisionThe DestroyerKeen MarlowBetty DeanPhineas T. HortonPhil SheldonBlack WidowThe Blazing SkullMark ToddClaire VoyantJerry CarstairsDan LyonsThe Black MarvelThe Thunderer

Reprinted in

Marvels (1994), Marvels (1994), Marvels (Graphitti Designs Limited Hardcover Edition, Number 47) (1994), Marvels (2008), Marvels (2009), Marvels: The Platinum Edition (2014), Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (2014), Marvels: The Remastered Edition (2018), Marvels Annotated (2019), Marvels 25th Anniversary (2019), Marvels Monster-Sized (2019)