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Marvel ⋅ 1968

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1st appearance of the Wrecker

Origin of Black Bolt, specifically his birth

[July 2021 - the Wrecking Crew rumored to appear in the She-Hulk Disney+ series]

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1st appearance of Bruno "Ugly" Manneheim, leader of Intergang interchangeably with Morgan Edge

Guest appearance by Don Rickles

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1st appearance of Mongul, an alien warlord

🔮 DC Possibilities: Mongul has the potential to be the Thanos of DC and his daughter was already introduced in the Suicide Squad so maybe one day he’ll decide to avenge her

Marvel ⋅ 1990

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1st appearance of Blackout, one of the Lilin

[May 2021 - rumored that Marvel has plans for a Midnight Sons show with Blackout as the villain. This news is unconfirmed]

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1st appearance of One-Punch Man in a standard U.S. comic book

1st published My Hero Academia comic in standard size

My Hero Academia first appeared in the Japanese magazine Shonen Jump Weekly 7/14/2014

FCBD 2016 Double Feature: One Punch Man / My Hero Academia

[April 2020 - Sony has plans to develop a live-action One Punch Man movie with Justin Lin to direct]

[August 2021 - My Hero Academia secures a director for a live-action adaptation / December 2022 - the show will be produced for Netflix]

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1st appearance and origin of Scorpion, Mac Gargan appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #19

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Namor declares war on Wakanda and floods its capital city

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Cover art by Alex Ross featuring multiple versions of Kang including Rama-Tut, Immortus, Iron Lad and Scarlet Centurion

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1st appearance of Lobo, an intergalactic bounty hunter

[January 2023 - Jason Momoa speculated to play Lobo in James Gunn's DC films]

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1st appearance of Varnae, the first vampire to walk the Earth

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