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1st team appearance of the Shogun Warriors, humans piloting giant robot protectors

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina, limited to 666 copies

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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1st cameo appearance of the Dreamqueen, ruler of the dimension Liveworld and daughter of Nightmare

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2005

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Dynamite Entertainment begins publishing Red Sonja stories

Cross Plains Comics ⋅ 1999

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Published by Cross Plains, a small publisher in operation between 1999-2000 creating mostly Robert E. Howard related titles

Gold ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Arturo Lozzi

Gold logo and title text

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Origin of Red Sonja

1st cover appearance of Solomon Kane

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Jen Bartel

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1st appearance of Doctor Faustus, a highly intelligent psychologist associated with Red Skull and Hydra

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1st appearance and origin of Frankenstein in Marvel Comics, previously appeared in Atlas Comics

The Frankenstein character in X-Men #40 was revealed to be an android

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1st and only appearance of Kate Waynesboro as a female version of M.O.D.O.K.

Dark Horse ⋅ 1989

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1st cameo appearance of The Mask as a female

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1996

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DC Universe logo

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2nd appearance and 1st cover appearance of Doppelganger Spider-Man

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety

Distributed by Loot Crate

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Funeral of Gwen Stacy

Battle of Spider-Man vs Luke Cage

Luke Cage references DC: we ain't all rich playboys like Bruce Wayne

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Preview sketch of Power Girl

Dark Horse ⋅ 2013

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Limited series about a superhero who receives his superpowers from drinking massive amounts of alcohol

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1st appearance of Red Jack, maniacal entity of great power who associates himself with God and Jack the Ripper

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2019

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1st appearance of Victory, Vampirella's estranged lover

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1st appearance of Ailyn Vel, daughter of Boba Fett as a young girl, previously appeared as a baby

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2014

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1st appearance of Lord Drago

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Series centers on alternate outcomes of known Star Wars stories along the lines of Marvel's 'What If...?' and DC's 'Elseworlds'

Appearance of Darth Vader in a white version of his suit to symbolize his redemption from the dark side

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Death of Vampirella, killed by a spear to the heart from the daughter of Chaos, Nyx

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1st appearance of Hemorrhage, a killer who can manipulate the blood inside of one's body

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1st cameo appearance of Nyx, daughter of Chaos

Independent ⋅ 2019

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Independently published, continuing stories of a highly volatile, drug-dealer werewolf

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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No Tattooz insert

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

[July 2025 - a Captain Planet and the Planeteers live-action series has been picked up by Netflix with Berlanti Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way onboard to produce]

Variant ⋅ Archie ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Robert Hack

Cover art inspired by Creepshow #1 (1982)

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Origin of Silver Dagger

Bondage cover

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Debut of Johnny Blaze's hellfire shotgun

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Anniversary of Scooby-Doo's 50th year since the television show's inception on CBS in 1969

Four new stories and five reprinted stories

Walmart exclusive edition

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Debut of Moon Knight costume, white business suit and simple mask without hood

In this issue, Marc Spector operates under the personalities of Steven Grant and Jake Lockley. The Mr. Knight personality does not emerge until two years later in Moon Knight #1 (2014)

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1st appearance of Jonathan Kent as a boy, previously appeared as a baby

Verotik ⋅ 1994

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Anthology of horror-erotica stories written by various artists including Glenn Danzig, frontman of the legendary punk band, The Misfits and Grant Morrison

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Death of Martine Bancroft, the vampire girlfriend of Morbius, killed after Morbius pushes her into a wooden stake held by Spider-Man

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Iconic cover art by Ron Wilson and Bob Layton

Cover art inspired promotional art for Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

Ashcan ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Black and white, limited to 2,000 numbered copies

San Diego Comic Con 1996 exclusive

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A heavy metal band prophesied to bring about the Metalocalypse hits a snag with sponsors and decide to launch a line of frozen dinners to reclaim their metal throne

[May 2021 - animated movie in the works for digital and DVD released followed by premieres on HBO Max and Adult Swim]

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Issue two of the three-issue series

Megaton ⋅ 1987

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Advertisement for Rob Liefeld's Youngblood

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First written and illustrated work in comics by Don Rosa

Nominated for a Harvey Award

Later, Rosa won an Eisner for 'Best Serialized Story' for a 12-chapter contribution to Scrooge history with The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

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Cover art by Frank Frazetta

In 2019, the original art for this cover sold at auction for $5.4 million dollars

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1st appearance of Squint, later becomes Darth Malak

1st cover appearance of Jarael

According to writer John Jackson Miller (also the owner of comichron.com): Malak does not fall to the Dark Side in my comics series. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42, which also has Revan’s origin story

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1st full appearance of Demagol, a Mandalorian scientist who performed unimaginable experiments on Jedi

1st appearance of Cassus Fett, a brilliant strategist and advisor to Mandalore the Ultimate

1st cameo appearance of Carth Onasi aka Fleet

Identity reveal of Rohlan Dyre, unmasked

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Origin of Revan, wages war against the Mandalorians and assimilates a Mandalorian mask

Squint permanently assumes the name Malak, later becomes Darth Malak

According to writer John Jackson Miller and owner of comichron.com: Malak does not fall to the Dark Side. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42, which also has Revan’s origin story

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Bondage cover art by Ric Estrada

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1st team appearance of Delta Force, a Deviant taskforce led by Kro: Dragona, Enigmo, Karkas, Ransak, Tzabaoth, Toro Rojo

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