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Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Origin of the Eternals, Deviants and Mutants begins when the First Host of Celestials visit Earth

Despite this story appearing in a What If…? comic, it is official Marvel canon

1st appearance of Spider-Ma'am

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Pascal Garcin

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Final issue

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Final issue

Copies ordered by retailers: 12,697

Convention Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Dan Hammond

London Comic Con Ontario, Canada 2016 exclusive

Top Cow ⋅ 2005

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Final issue

Cover art by Adam Hughes

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by David Yardin

Image ⋅ 2013

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Final issue

4th Print ⋅ Olympian ⋅ 2010

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Fourth printing

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2017

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First professionally published Gutt Ghost story

SDCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant black and white sketch cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive, limited to 25 copies

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1st cameo team appearance of an all-female Sinister Syndicate

Trapster renamed Trapstr

Street Enterprises ⋅ 1973

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Preview of Blade on an image of the Tomb of Dracula #10 cover

Heavy Metal ⋅ 1999

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Cover art by Frank Miller, limited to 5,000 copies

Interior interview of Frank Miller

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Iron Maiden

1st appearance of Snapdragon, later joined the Femizons

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3rd appearance of Spider-Woman

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Thor becomes unworthy of wielding Mjolnir after Nick Fury whispers something that devastates him

It is later revealed in Thor The Unworthy #5 that Fury said “Gorr was right” referencing the God Butcher’s assertion that all gods are flawed and unworthy of reverence, to which Thor agrees

ComicsPro ⋅ Image ⋅ 2012

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Variant black and white sketch cover art by Shawn Martinbrough

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1983

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16-page reprint of Action Comics #1

Obtained by mail after submitting two labels of peanut butter branded with Superman as a spokesman

Celebration of Superman's 45th anniversary

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First solo titled series featuring Blade

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1st full appearance of Jessica Priest

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First appearance of Blade outside of Tomb of Dracula

First meeting of Blade and Morbius

Marvel Value Stamp Series A #38 - Red Sonja

Variant ⋅ Scout ⋅ 2019

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Secret variant cover by Enzo Garza

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]

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Variant cover art by Skan

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive

Newsstand ⋅ Image ⋅ 1997

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by JeeHyung Lee

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Final appearance of Shane, as a zombie

Multiple deaths

Archie ⋅ 1993

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Cover art by Dan DeCarlo and Allison Flood

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Blade joins MI 13

1:20 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Russell Dauterman

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Olivier Coipel

Milestone ⋅ 1995

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Original cover art was censored by DC without the creator's knowledge and can be viewed by tapping the cover and swiping

Milestone ⋅ 1997

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Scarce, second-to-last issue

Milestone ⋅ 1997

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Final issue with cover art by Moebius

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,816

SDCC ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive, limited to 250 copies that included an 11x17 print

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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16-page ashcan edition previewed at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2018

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Origin of Rien

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Kevin Eastman

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Virgin variant cover art by Kevin Eastman

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive limited to 750 copies

SDCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive

Florescent Negative Space cover

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin cover art by Carlos Pacheco

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Kevin Eastman

Rebel ⋅ 1988

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Back cover advertisement for Faust and four-page preview

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Exclusive sold on the artist's website

Signed by the artist with Certificate of Authenticity

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One-shot pin-up issue depicting Street Fighter characters wearing swimsuits

Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Misprint with pages from Agents of Atlas interspersed

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Jay Anacleto

Error ⋅ DC ⋅ 2016

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Error with "Family Matters Part One" printed at the top

Issue #7 began the Family Matters story arc resulting in this print run being destroyed although some were shipped out early for a retailer summit

Northstar ⋅ 1991

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1st official appearance of Leatherface in a comic book

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