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Ms. Marvel #12

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Alessandro Taini

1st cover appearance of Red Widow

Bitter Root #1

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Sanford Greene

Cover art inspired the film 'Akira'

Delivery-Boy Man #1

Bongo ⋅ 2010

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Delivery-Boy Man #1
 
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San Diego Comic Con 2010 promotional exclusive

Issue featured in an August 2010 episode of Futurama, written and illustrated by the main character Philip J. Fry

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

Noble Causes: Family Secrets #3

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2002

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Noble Causes: Family Secrets #3
 
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1st cameo and cover appearance of Invincible

Cover art inspired by 'The Uncanny X-Men' #141

Doom: Knee Deep In The Dead #1

GT Interactive Software ⋅ 1996

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Doom: Knee Deep In The Dead #1
 
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Promotional issue given away at a gaming convention in 1996

First printing can be identified by the black warning banner at the top of the cover with red text fully italicized

First printing can also be identified by the issue number '#1' NOT italicized

Second printing is nearly identical except that the two aforementioned criteria are reversed with the issue number '#1' italicized and the red banner text NOT italicized

Sonic the Hedgehog #290

Archie ⋅ 2017

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Sonic the Hedgehog #290
 
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Final issue published by Archie

Copies ordered by retailers: 5,501As of Nov 2023 there are ten total copies on the census, and only two in 9.8

Venom: Lethal Protector #4

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Venom: Lethal Protector #4
 
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1st appearance of Scream

1st cameo appearance of Agony

1st cameo appearance of Lasher

1st cameo appearance of Phage

1st cameo appearance Riot

[April 2023 - Juno Temple’s casting in Venom 3 will likely cause speculation that she will portray Scream]

Descender #1

Image ⋅ 2015

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Descender #1
 
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Premiere issue of an ongoing series about an android's plight to survive in a universe where his kind have been outlawed

[June 2020 - optioned by Lark Productions and NBC Universal]

Saw: Rebirth

DVD ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2005

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Origin of Jigsaw

Promotional giveaway distributed with Saw DVD that were sold at Best Buy

Prequel to the Saw series

Forgive Me Father #2

Variant ⋅ Creature Entertainment ⋅ 2016

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Forgive Me Father #2
 
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Variant cover art by Jeff Dekal

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