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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Art Adams

Cover art inspired by Detective Comics #27 (1939)

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1st team appearance of the Council of Reeds, a gathering of Reed Richards' from different dimensions

[November 2020 - speculation that the Council of Reeds could appear in the MCU as different dimensions are introduced]

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Rob Liefeld

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1st appearance of Crom in the modern age

Crom appeared once before in Marvel's Conan continuity

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Peach Momoko

Marvel ⋅ 2006

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Thor becomes the Herald of Galactus

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee

Marvel ⋅ 2003

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1st cameo appearance of The Hunger, an entity that consumes realities

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Storm's nipple is exposed in a panel where she is blow-drying her hair

This was drawn into the panel by John Byrne but was not visible on the printed page until high-resolution digital technology became available

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Origin of the original Avengers One Million B.C. Starbrand

Ashcan ⋅ DC Lion ⋅ 2019

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Ashcan edition

Features a double-page spread of the Dark Multiverse Batmen alongside heavy metal band, Lacuna Coil

Includes art and interviews from the creators and members of the band

Value unknown

Marvel Music ⋅ 1995

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1st appearance of Billy Ray Cyrus in a comic book

48-page issue that features the country singer in fictional adventures

Arrow Comics ⋅ 1993

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Two-issue black and white zombie series

Extremely gory variant covers

Arrow Comics ⋅ 1993

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Two-issue black and white zombie series

Print run, issue #2: 800 copies

Extremely gory variant covers

2nd Print ⋅ Windy City Publications ⋅ 1973

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Variant second printing cover art by John Adkins Richardson

Limited Edition includes a 6-page prologue

Back cover art by John Byrne

Variant ⋅ Windy City Publications ⋅ 1973

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Variant white cover edition

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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2nd appearance of Wedge Antilles, brief, identified by name

Battle of Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader

Final issue of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope movie adaptation

Star Wars #7 begins original stories in the expanded Star Wars Universe

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1st appearance of Safiyah Sohail, a notorious pirate and terrorist

1st appearance of Tahani Knife

Valiant ⋅ 1992

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Cover appearance of Sin City's Marv

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Scarce, low circulation: 6,717 copies sold

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Team-up of Harley Quinn, Catwoman and Poison Ivy in the DC Animated Universe

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,609

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Cover art by Doug Mahnke depicting Black Adam versus Hawkman

Part three of Black Adam: The Dark Age

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

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Joker appears as an old man in an alternate reality wearing a pin similar to the Watchmen's Comedian

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One-shot issue featuring Moe, the bartender from The Simpsons

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993

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Ashcan edition limited to 1,800 copies

Black and white issue with partial story pages from issue #1 and #2

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1st appearance of Blaze, the demon sister of Satanus

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Kitty Pryde becomes the Red Queen

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Cover art by Tim Sale featuring The Riddler

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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]

GameStop ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2012

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GameStop exclusive

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Expanded origin stories based on characters from the 2009 Borderland game

Origin of Lilith, a playable character from the game

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Expanded origin stories based on characters from the 2009 Borderland game

Origin of Brick, a playable character from the game

Dark Horse ⋅ 1991

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Sin City stories begin and continue through Dark Horse Presents #62

Image ⋅ 2005

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First reprint of The Walking Dead #1

Also reprinted: Girls #1, Sea of Red #1, Strange Girls #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Variant cover art featuring the Iron Fist logo

Viz ⋅ 1998

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1st appearance of Pokemon in U.S. comics

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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1st team appearance of Froggy Frelson and Murd Blurdock, parody characters based on Froggy Nelson and Matt Murdock

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Variant cover art by Kevin Eastman

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Chris Burnham

Scarce 'The Last Wine' edition reprinting The Walking Dead #1

Promotional comic distributed with The Walking Dead branded wine which include augmented reality "living" labels, interactive with mobile phones

Consumer popularity caused wine distributors to restrict shipment of the wine to avoid a complete absence of the product from the market between vintages

Dynamite ⋅ 2010

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell featuring Dejah Thoris

Dynamite ⋅ 2010

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell featuring Dejah Thoris

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First meeting of Naomi and Young Justice

Debut of new costume and code name for Tim Drake

Origin of Jinny Hex

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1st appearance of Mademoiselle Marie, decades later it is revealed that she had an affair with a British Military officer named Alfred Pennyworth and from the encounter, had a child named Julia (Pennyworth)

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1988

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First cover art by Adam Hughes

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Mirka Andolfo, limited to one per store

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First team-up of the Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk, the first time they fought side-by-side

In the Disney movie Cool Runnings, the character named Sanka is reading this comic

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Comic book adaptation of the Cartoon Network's first original animated mini-series

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