CATALOG RECORD

Beauty and the Beast #1

Marvel · Series began 1984 · December 1984

first appearance of Max Rocker, Alexander Flynn, Hugo Longride and others

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Max Rocker (Marvel) — first appearance
Alexander Flynn (Marvel) — villain, first appearance, also in flashback
Hugo Longride (Marvel) — villain, first appearance
Kate (Marvel, from Beauty and the Beast) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: December 1984
On sale: August 28, 1984
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

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

Direct edition75¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860252412 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

Barcode 0714860252412 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Reprinted in

Essential Defenders (2005), Essential Dazzler (2007), X-Men: Beauty & the Beast (2012), Defenders Epic Collection (2016), Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler (2020), Dazzler Omnibus (2024)