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3rd appearance of Green Lantern, Alan Scott

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3rd full appearance of Killer Croc

1st full appearance of Jason Todd

Many sources cite Batman #357 as Jason Todd's first full appearance even though his appearance is brief and he is not introduced by name

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Hawkeye joins The Avengers

Scarlet Witch joins The Avengers

Quicksilver joins The Avengers

Iron Man leaves the Avengers

3rd appearance of Kang

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3rd appearance of Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau

Marvel ⋅ 1983

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3rd team appearance of the New Mutants

Origin of Karma

Marvel ⋅ 1967

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3rd appearance of Juggernaut

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3rd appearance of Miles Morales

1st appearance of Ganke Lee, best friend of Miles Morales

As of November 1 2023 GPA has only noted two Newsstand sales of this issue

Thoughts & Images ⋅ 1985

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3rd appearance and second cover appearance of Usagi Yojimbo

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Journey Into Mystery retitled 'The Mighty Thor' and continues with #126

3rd appearance of Hercules

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3rd appearance of Black Cat

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3rd appearance of Gambit

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2nd appearance of Carol Danvers

3rd appearance of Captain Marvel

2nd appearance of Ronan the Accuser

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3rd appearance of the Black Panther

1st appearance of John Prester, the Wanderer

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3rd appearance of Loki

1st appearance of Valtrauta, a Valkyrie

1st appearance of Hildegarde, a Valkyrie

First mention of Odin's Valkyries

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4th appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner

3rd appearance of the Human Torch

1st appearance of Betty Dean, an ally of Namor during World War II

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3rd appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner

2nd appearance and origin of the Human Torch

2nd appearance of American Ace

Marvel Mystery Comics previously titled Marvel Comics

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1st appearance of the new X-Men: Storm (1st), Nightcrawler (1st), Colossus (1st), Thunderbird (1st), Wolverine (3rd)

Many resources label this the 2nd full appearance of Wolverine and The Incredible Hulk #182 a second cameo

1st appearance of Illyana Rasputin as a child, later becomes Magik

Introduction of Krakoa, the Living Island

First use of the sound effect 'snikt' associated with Wolverine's claws

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Death of Thunderbird, John Proudstar, killed in a plane crash

3rd appearance of Nightcrawler

Earliest use of the word 'Bamf' to describe the sound of Nightcrawler teleporting via an alternate dimension

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Bruce Banner intentionally transforms into The Hulk - Marvel refers to this personality as the Intelligent Hulk

3rd appearance of Rocket Raccoon

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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3rd appearance of Mephisto

1st appearance of the Ghost, the spirit of a dead ship captain

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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1st appearance of Kaecilius

3rd appearance of Dormammu

Parody of the Beatles by the Human Torch and The Thing

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Hank Pym becomes Yellowjacket, formerly Goliath

3rd appearance of Vision

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1st appearance and origin of Hawkeye

3rd appearance of Black Widow

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3rd appearance of Hawkeye

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3rd appearance of Iron Man

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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3rd appearance of Drax

4th appearance of Thanos

1st appearance of Eon, the cosmic entity that created the Quantum Bands

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3rd appearance of Spider-Woman

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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3rd appearance of Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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1st appearance of Gideon Mace

3rd appearance of Luke Cage

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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3rd appearance and origin of Iron Fist

1st appearance of Triple-Iron

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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3rd appearance and origin of Blade

1st cameo appearance of Deacon Frost, the vampire who bit Blade's mother as she gave birth

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3rd appearance of Moon Knight

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4th appearance of Doctor Doom

3rd appearance of the Wasp

First appearance of Ant-Man outside of the Tales to Astonish title

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3rd appearance of Doctor Doom

Jack Kirby is confronted by Doctor Doom who demands he lure Reed Richards into a trap

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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1st appearance of Baron Samedi, a Haitian sorcerer

3rd appearance of Brother Voodoo

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3rd appearance of Doctor Strange

2nd appearance of Baron Mordo

1st appearance of Victoria Bentley, a gifted Mystic

1st unofficial appearance of Captain America in the Silver Age, the villain Acrobat disguised as Captain America

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3rd appearance of Cloak & Dagger

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3rd appearance of Carnage

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3rd appearance of Venom

1st full cover appearance of Venom - head appears in and inset of issue #315

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3rd appearance of the Hobgoblin

1st cameo appearance of Lefty Donovan, becomes the second Hobgoblin in the next issue

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3rd appearance of the Punisher

Sources often refer to this issue as the second full appearance of the Punisher despite the character fully appearing in The Amazing Spider-Man #134

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3rd appearance of Kingpin

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3rd appearance of the Lizard

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1st appearance of Ned Leeds, later becomes the third Hobgoblin

4th appearance of Sandman

4th appearance of Kraven the Hunter

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3rd appearance of Dr. Octopus

Reference to the creators of Spider-Man, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko are depicted on a sign advertising a fictional company called Leedit Inc. aka Lee Dit(Co.)

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3rd appearance of Spider-Man

1st appearance of Vulture

1st appearance of the Terrible Tinkerer

1st cameo appearance of Mysterio, disguised as the assistant of the Terrible Tinkerer

Spider-Man first references his ability to sense danger as his Spider-Sense tingling

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1st team appearance of the Sinister Six: Doctor Octopus, Kraven, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio, Sandman

3rd appearance of Kraven, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio and Sandman

Reprinted in Marvel Tales #150

Character profiles of Dr. Doom, the Lizard and others

Additional pages explain how Spider-Man's powers and gadgetry work

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