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Warren ⋅ 1967

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Early interior artwork by Neal Adams in a story titled 'Fair Exchange'

Warren ⋅ 1966

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1st appearance of Cousin Eerie, the host of the publication

Painted cover art by Frank Frazetta

Ashcan ⋅ Warren ⋅ 1965

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Ashcan edition limited to 200 copies

The publisher of this magazine quickly printed this first issue of their magazine to beat rival publisher Eerie Publications from using the title

Curtis ⋅ 1980

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Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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2nd appearance and origin of Star-Lord

1st appearance of J'Son of Sparta

Curtis ⋅ 1976

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Cover art by Ken Barr featuring Blade and Morbius

Curtis ⋅ 1976

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1st appearance of Rocky Raccoon, later renamed Rocket Raccoon

Curtis ⋅ 1976

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1st appearance of Star-Lord in a magazine

See: Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2 #6 for Star-Lord's first appearance in a standard comic book

1st appearance of Ragnar, Master of the Sun

1st appearance of Prince Wayfinder, later created the Microverse

Curtis ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of Afari, Blade's vampire mentor

1st appearance of Dai Thomas, a detective who specializes in magic and paranormal activities

Origin of Blade, how he met Safron Caulder, the mother of his daughter Brielle

[May 2023 - Afari rumored for Blade to be depicted by Saul Williams]

Curtis ⋅ 1975

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Origin of the Punisher

1st appearance of Maria Castle, the wife of Frank Castle

1st appearance of Dominic Fortune, a hero for hire

Curtis ⋅ 1974

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First solo story featuring Blade

Curtis ⋅ 1973

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1st appearance of Satana, sister of Daimon Hellstrom

A Helstrom TV series was developed for Hulu with Daimon and Satana as the main characters that aired for one season

Curtis ⋅ 1973

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First solo story featuring Morbius the Living Vampire

Adaptation of The Vampyre by John Polidori

Curtis ⋅ 1975

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First solo story featuring Lilith

Curtis ⋅ 1974

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1st appearance of Cagliostro, a sorcerer and enemy of Dracula

Curtis ⋅ 1973

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Origin of Dracula

1st appearance of Lianda, a gypsy who turned Dracula into a vampire

1st appearance of Marie Laveau, the Queen of Voodoo who uses magic to seek out vampires

1st appearance of Turac, a Turkish vampire who battled Dracula

Curtis ⋅ 1973

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2nd appearance of Solomon Kane

1st appearance of Nimrod the First, a vampire from the 15th century

Dracula becomes lord of the vampires

Curtis ⋅ 1973

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Premiere issue of the 13 issue Magazine series by Curtis Comics (Marvel)

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1st appearance of Solomon Kane in comics

⚠ Misconception: CGC states Dracula Lives #3 is Solomon Kane's first magazine appearance though it was published three months after this issue

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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Classic painted cover art by Neal Adams

Interior black & white pencils by Neal Adams

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1st appearance of Valeria, an expert swordswoman

Valeria solo series published Aug.2020

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1st appearance of Man-Thing, Ted Sallis, a scientist who developed a serum to protect soldiers from chemical warfare

The Super Soldier program known as Project Sulphur aka Weapon IV, had the unintended effect of transforming Ted Sallis into Man-Thing

1st appearance of Ellen Brandt

1st team appearance of the Femizons

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Final issue

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Painted cover art by John Buscema and Boris Vallejo

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First interior art by Mike Zeck, specifically, the interior cover

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Debut of Red Sonja's chain mail bikini

1st appearance of Blackmark

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