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1st full appearance of The Simpsons in comic books

Polybagged with a poster

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Danger Mouse in U.S. comics

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Adaptation of the 1988 television series spun-off from Danger Mouse

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1st appearance of Bugs Bunny

1st appearance of Daffy Duck

1st appearance of Elmer Fudd

1st appearance of Porky Pig

1st appearance of Sniffles and Mary Jane

1st appearance of Tom Thumb

1st appearance of Petunia Pig

1st appearance of Blabbermouse

Marvel ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of The Fraggles in comic books

Star Comics ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of Strawberry Shortcake in comic books

Strawberry Shortcake was created by American Greetings in 1977 as a character for greeting cards

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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1st team appearance of the Silverhawks in comic books

[July 2021 - the company behind the show The Toys That Made Us has plans to “revive” the Silverhawks animated series]

Blackthorne ⋅ 1987

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1st appearance of Bravestarr in U.S. comics

Front cover states it as Bravestarr #1

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1st appearance of Captain Planet and the Planeteers in comic books

Egmont Fleetway Ltd ⋅ 1986

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1st appearance of The Wuzzles in comic books

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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew

1st appearance and death of Otto Vermis

[June 2021 - Issa Rae will voice Spider-Woman in Into The Spider-Verse 2 / May 2023 - an animated Spider-Woman movie is in development]

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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Magazine-sized comic book adaptation of the 1987 movie about a corrupt corporation's cyborg police force that battles criminal drug lords

[April 2023 - MGM is planning to reboot established properties like Stargate and Robocop for film and/or TV]

Comico ⋅ 1984

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1st appearance of Robotech

Early English-translation of an anime property, based off of the Macross episode titled The Super Dimension Fortress

[April 2022 - Hawkeye director, Rhys Thomas will direct Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari’s Robotech for Sony Pictures]

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1st appearance and origin of the Hulk

1st appearance of Betty Ross

1st appearance of Rick Jones

1st appearance of General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

[October 2022 - Harrison Ford will appear as General Thunderbolt Ross in Captain America 4 / March 2023 - Liv Tyler rumored to reprise the role of Betty Ross in Captain America: New World Order]

Mattel ⋅ 1984

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Mini-comic published by Mattel and distributed with the She-Ra action figure

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Artgerm

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1st appearance of He-Man in standard comic book format

1st appearance of Skeletor in standard comic book format

1st appearance of Man-at-Arms in standard comic book format

DC ⋅ 1985

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Preview edition

DC ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Kissyfur

Based on the Saturday morning cartoon

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