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Warren ⋅ 1970

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Cover art by Jim Steranko

Warren ⋅ 1970

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Iconic cover art by Frank Frazetta

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1st appearance of Starr the Slayer, a Conan the Barbarian prototype introduced to test market interest in a sword and sorcery property

First cover collaboration of artists Marie Severin and Bill Everett who signed their artwork as "7EV" a combination of their last names

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Cover art by Neal Adams

Warren ⋅ 1970

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1st full Vampirella feature that began to develop her character, written by Archie Goodwin

Previous issues had Vampirella mainly in short stories or acting as the host, providing introductions and closing commentary

1st appearance of Adam Van Helsing, a vampire hunter

1st appearance of Conrad Van Helsing, a vampire hunter and the father of Adam

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Cover art by Neal Adams

An error variant exists in which the interior copyright information (indicia) was originally sent to print with the title 'THE BRAVE & THE BOWL' and appeared in a substantial portion of the print run until the error was corrected

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Cover art by Neal Adams

Skywald ⋅ 1971

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1st appearance and origin of The Heap

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1st appearance of the Swamp Thing, Alex Olsen

[January 2023 - a Swamp Thing horror film is in development at DC Studios]

Charlton ⋅ 1971

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Premiere issue of an ongoing horror series

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Premiere issue of DC's war-horror series

DC ⋅ 1971

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Premiere issue of horror anthology published from 1971 thru 1982

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Cover and interior art by Bernie Wrightson

Story titled ‘Things Old...Things Forgotten’ features a character similar to Swamp Thing and/or The Heap

Warren ⋅ 1972

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First interracial kiss in a comic book (magazine)

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Scarce one-shot with painted cover art by Aslan, initially intended to be the cover for Vampirella #1 before Frank Frazetta's cover was chosen instead

Origin retold

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1st appearance of Destiny, later incorporated into Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' series as one of The Endless

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Adaptation of the 1940 Theodore Sturgeon short story 'It!'

Story is considered the inspiration for Heap, Swamp Thing, Man-Thing and other swamp based characters

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

DC ⋅ 1972

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Titanic story and gray-tone cover

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1st appearance of Death as a cosmic entity, co-created by Jim Starlin

Starlin's iteration of Death would take different forms in future story arcs

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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First professionally published artwork in the comic book industry by Walt Simonson

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1st appearance of Brak the Barbarian

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Reprinted horror stories from Journey Into Unknown Worlds, Menace and Adventures Into Terror

Beware #1

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Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Reprinted horror stories from Menace, Spellbound, Tales of Suspense

DC ⋅ 1973

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Last Gasp ⋅ 1973

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Anthology of horror stories by Richard Corben

First printing has the 'Rip Off Press' logo located in the 'R' of 'Grim Wit'

Second printing has the Last Gasp logo in the 'R' of 'Grim Wit'

DC ⋅ 1973

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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1st appearance of the Living Mummy

DC ⋅ 1973

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Premiere issue of Dead of Night

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Reprinted horror stories from the 1952 series of Uncanny Tales

Charlton ⋅ 1974

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1st appearance and origin of Destiny Fox

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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Full length story based on a book by Theodore Sturgeon

In 1974 the book was turned into a cult horror TV movie

Curtis ⋅ 1974

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1st appearance and origin of Gabriel the Devil-Hunter

Skywald ⋅ 1974

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Early artwork by John Byrne in the comic book industry, two-page interior story

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Cover art by Frank Robbins

Curtis ⋅ 1974

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Damsel in distress cover art

2nd appearance Gabriel the Devil-Hunter

Charlton ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of Baron Weirwulf, the new host of Haunted until the series concluded with issue #75

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

DC ⋅ 1975

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

DC ⋅ 1975

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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First professionally published artwork in the US by Dave Gibbons

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

DC ⋅ 1976

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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First cover art by Mike Zeck

Warren ⋅ 1977

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Cover art by Frank Frazetta

DC ⋅ 1978

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Halloween cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Western ⋅ 1978

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First professional written and illustrated work in comics by Frank Miller

Three-page story titled 'Royal Feast'

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