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first Avengers
Dates
- Cover date
- March 2009
- On sale
- January 21, 2009
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (9)
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 75960606630800111
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant - Mike Deodato Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960606630800171
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - New York Comic Con Exclusive - Mike Deodato CoverThis edition’s page
- 3rd printing
3rd Printing Variant - Mike Deodato Sketch Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960606630800181
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Midtown Comics New York Comic Con Exclusive - Adi Granov Cover
Barcode 75960606630800151
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07480803247105
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 32 pages
Osborn dismantles SHIELD and the old Avengers as he begins to take over the national security of the U.S. He does away with Tony Stark's tech and replaces it with his own as he puts together the HAMMER organization He also recruits a new "official" Avengers team and reveals it to the world as he surprises everyone by donning a red, white and blue version of the Iron Man armor and becomes the Iron Patriot.
Characters
Reprinted in
Dark Avengers (2009), Dark Avengers (2009), Dark Reign: Accept Change (2009), Siege Prelude (2010), Avengers: I Am an Avenger (2010), Dark Avengers (2011), Dark Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection (2017), Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection (2024)