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Prequel to the novella, The Little Sisters of Eluria

Two-issue limited series

๐Ÿ“– Reading Order: Next, read Evil Ground #2

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Conclusion of the two-issue limited series

Prequel to the novella The Little Sisters of Eluria

๐Ÿ“– Reading Order: Next, The Little Sisters of Eluria

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2020

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Variant Red Foil cover art by Justine Frany

Cover art inspired by Akira

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Dan Panosian

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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1st full appearance of Codex, Dylan Brock in an alternate reality

1st appearance of an alternate reality Agent Venom

Marvel ⋅ 2010

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1st appearance of the Star Child, an infant Celestial pulled from the sun by Leonardo DaVinci

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

Exclusive cover for the Singapore comic convention (STGCC) and the Oz convention

Action Figure ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

Action figure variant

Marvel Legends ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Reprint of Young Avengers #1, distributed with the 2005 Marvel Legends Young Avengers action figure boxed set

'Not For Resale' printed in lower right corner

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Jamie McKelvie

โš ๏ธ Buyer Beware: this variant is selling for 4x - 10x the amount it sold for prior to March 2022 and is being listed on eBay as hard-to-find but according to census numbers, it registers just as many if not more than other variants associated with this issue with the exception of the Action Figure variant

TPB ⋅ DC/Marvel ⋅ 1996

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196-page trade paperback collecting issues #1 thru #4 of the DC/Marvel crossover

Original retail price: $12.95

Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Solo story from the point-of-view of Lucky the Pizza Dog

2014 Eisner Award Winner for Best Single Issue

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1st appearance of Dark Ranger Rita

1st team appearance of the new Dark Rangers

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Nick Fury becomes the Unseen after killing The Watcher

United Plankton Pictures ⋅ 2012

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Cover art Jacob Chabot

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Origin of Eddie Brock, as an adolescent

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Origin of Venom, the symbiote suit bonds with Eddie

Story expands on a back-up story that began in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #26 ( 1992)

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Origin of Venom and Eddie Brock

Retelling of the incident that occurred in Web of Spider-Man #18 where Peter was pushed in front of a train by who was originally intended to be a woman seeking revenge for her family who were accidentally killed during a fight between Spider-Man and an enemy. The sequence in this issue shows Eddie Brock pushing Peter in front of the train. This moment was also told in The Amazing Spider-Man #388 as was the other pre-appearance attack that occurred in Web of Spider-Man #24

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant second printing cover art by Gang Hyuk Lim

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,928

Gold ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1995

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'Gold edition' retailer variant

Holochromium wraparound cover

TPB ⋅ Fantagraphics ⋅ 1993

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92-page, trade paperback collecting selected pin-ups from five Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Specials between 1990 thru 1993

Cover art by Adam Hughes

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Cover art featuring Omaha, the Cat Dancer

Independent ⋅ 2009

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28-page, black and white sketchbook by Bruce Timm, measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches

San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive, limited to 500 signed and numbered copies

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Marguerite Sauvage

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Six-issue limited series based on the TV show of the same name

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Ana Rud

Cover art featuring Kamala Khan, Riri Williams and Miles Morales

Released in mid-March, as the pandemic was causing a mass retail shutdown, shortly before Diamond Comics Distributors halted distribution. Leading up to this, comic shops were cutting back significantly on orders and as a result, high ratio incentives felt the crunch the hardest

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1st team appearance of the Sparrow Academy

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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2nd appearance of America Chavez

Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring Bullseye

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant third printing cover art by Billy Tan

Copies ordered by retailers: 1,451

4th Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Fourth printing

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One-shot pin-up issue featuring Street Fighter characters in swimsuits

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant second printing cover art by Aaron Kim Jacinto

Titan ⋅ 2018

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Issue #3 in a comic series based on the PlayStation 4 video game

4th Print ⋅ Cartoon Books ⋅ 1992

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Fourth print, yellow title text

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Martin Morazzo

Cover art inspired by Dr. Seuss

IDW ⋅ 2015

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112-page trade paperback collection of the 80s inspired television show

Originally published digitally then collected in two TPB volumes

[August 2020 - a movie adaptation is in the works by Spyglass Entertainment with James Wan attached]

Variant ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Chris Warner inspired by Dark Horse Presents #35 (1989)

Includes a story titled Predator: Life and Death featuring Predators, Aliens, and the Prometheus Engineers

TPB ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 1992

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96-page trade paperback written by Frank Miller

Four-issue series spawned a video game

Exclusive edition produced by Diamond Comic Distributors included three card-stock character cut-out inserts

Original cover price: $12.99

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Variant cover art by Carlos Pacheco

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Cover art inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

Second printing, blue title text

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Agustin Alession

Copies ordered by retailers: 40,000

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant second printing, interior art

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Black Panther proposes to Storm

Image ⋅ 2008

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Crossover appearance of Invincible

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2008

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Variant connecting cover art by David Williams

Connects to Invincible #50 and The Astounding Wolfman #5

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Variant cover art by Drew Zucker, limited to 300 copies

San Diego Comic Con 2020 exclusive - Comic-Con @Home

Gold ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Gold foil edition

Sent to retailers who ordered Fire Power #2

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Variant cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring Cobra Commander

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1st appearance of Verla, a Force-sensitive human

Cameo appearance of Ahsoka Tano, one panel, face obscured

Canadian Edition ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2006

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$4.99 Canadian retail price printed in the barcode/UPC box, $2.99 cover price listed beside the issue number

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