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1st cover appearance of Pac-Man on a standard comic

Appeared on the cover of Mad Magazine #233 (Sept 1982), one month prior to the publication of Mad House #130

Fleetway Quality ⋅ 1993

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Long-running series published in the United Kingdom featuring Sonic the Hedgehog comics and articles

1st appearance of Shinobi in a UK comic book

A preview mini-comic of this issue was released with 2000 AD #838 and Thunderbirds #47, both with same on-sale date as Sonic the Comic #1 of May 29, 1993

A nine-page Shonibi comic story also appeared in the hardcover annual publication Sonic Yearbook

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Comic book adaptation of the Capcom video game 'Street Fighter'

Polybagged edition exists which includes a poster

Sirius/Cry For Dawn ⋅ 1996

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Four-issue series inspired by the 1994 Atari arcade game

The first issue is the only one that has colored art in the interior, the remaining three issues have black and white interiors

GT Interactive Software ⋅ 1996

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Promotional issue given away at a gaming convention in 1996

First printing can be identified by the black warning banner at the top of the cover with red text fully italicized

First printing can also be identified by the issue number '#1' NOT italicized

Second printing is nearly identical except that the two aforementioned criteria are reversed with the issue number '#1' italicized and the red banner text NOT italicized

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Premiere issue, low print run

Promotional giveaway by Capcom

Included an unattached $5.00 coupon for the video game release but is not required for the issue to be complete

Dreamwave ⋅ 2004

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Comic book adaptation of the popular video game

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Premiere issue of the comic book series inspired by the Metal Gear video game franchise which first launched in 1987

There is an Ashcan edition of this issue as well

[December 2020 - Deadline reports Oscar Isaac will be Solid Snake for Sony's Metal Gear movie adaptation]

Digital Webbing LLC ⋅ 2004

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1st appearance of BloodRayne, a woman with vampire blood and a human heart

Inspired by the video game BloodRayne

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1st appearance of Castlevania in a U.S. comic

Initially appeared in the Manga Magazine, Famicom Rocky (1985)

Inspired by Game Boy's Castlevania: The Adventure (1989) featuring Christopher Belmont as the main character

Promo ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Promotional item to encourage pre-sale ordering of the 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man video game

16-page mini-comic

Ashcan ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2007

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8-page preview of World of Warcraft, published by WildStorm, an imprint of DC

2007 San Diego Comic Con giveaway

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1st appearance of Helix, a female G.I. Joe operative

Video game tie-in and prelude to the G.I. Joe Helix series by IDW

Team Meat ⋅ 2010

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One-shot featuring Super Meat Boy, a character that originated from the 2008 Adobe Flash game 'Meat Boy'

Cover art inspired by classic EC horror comics

WildStorm ⋅ 2010

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1st appearance of Kratos from the God of War video game franchise

First interior art by Andrea Sorrentino

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,840

[May 2022 - Sony officially announced a God of War TV series for Amazon as reported in March 2022]

GameStop ⋅ Unknown ⋅ 2011

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Promotional comic based on the video game Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

GameStop exclusive

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First comic book series based on the Duke Nukem video game

[June 2022 - the creators of Cobra Kai have signed on to a Duke Nukem movie]

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Inspired by the PlayStation video game that first launched in 2007

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Expanded origin stories based on characters from the 2009 Borderland game

Origin of Roland, a playable character from the game

[April 2021 - Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett and Gina Carano starring in the film directed by Eli Roth / In theaters August 9, 2024]

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Matthew Waite

8-bit edition inspired by the 'Game Over' screen from Zelda II

Dark Horse ⋅ 2017

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12-page giveaway featuring the Doomfist: Masquerade story

San Diego Comic Con 2017 exclusive

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Three-issue series set in the world of Tom Clancy's The Division, an online game from UbiSoft

Titan ⋅ 2019

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Comic series based off of the Watch Dogs video game

[March 2024 - New Regency producing a film based on the game with Sophie Wilde in the lead role]

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