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1st official appearance of Edward Scissorhands in a comic book

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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1st appearance of Ziran the Tester

1st appearance of Tiamut the Communicator, the Dreaming Celestial, worshiped by the Deviants

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17-page promotional giveaway promoting Marvel's Hip Hop variants

This publication did not precede the earliest Hip Hop variants

DC ⋅ 1973

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Reprint of The Marvel Family #1 (1945), the first appearance of Black Adam

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284-page collection of Batman live-action movie adaptations:

Batman: The Official Comic Adaptation - Deluxe reprint (1989)

Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation - Deluxe reprint (1992)

Batman Forever: The Official Comic Adaptation - Prestige reprint (1995)

Batman and Robin: The Official Comic Adaptation (1997)

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1st full appearance of Phyla-Vell, the cloned daughter of Mar-vell and Elysius

[December 2021 - Phyla-Vell confirmed by a Key Collector Comics source to appear in the MCU]

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1st full appearance of Marchion Ro, leader of the Nihil

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Inspired by the PlayStation video game that first launched in 2007

Marvel ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of Ghaur, a Deviant priest-lord

1st appearance of Ahqlau, a female Deviant

1st appearance and death of Ranar, the son of Brother Tode

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Introduction of the Negative Zone, a term used in issue #48 but not to describe the alien universe

2nd appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot

Classic story "This Man…This Monster!"

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