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1st appearance of Jack Sabbath, born with the ability to wield supernatural energies

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1978
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2nd appearance of Cerebus the Aardvark

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1st full appearance of Blood Rose

Preview ⋅ Zenescope ⋅ 2009
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Cover art by Joe Benitez

Preview of No Quarter #1, a series that was cancelled before the first issue was released due to a dissolved partnership between Zenescope and No Quarter Entertainment

Issue is oftentimes misrepresented as being "recalled" which it was not

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1st appearance of Grimjim, a seemingly immortal serial killer

1st appearance of Mectoplasm

1st cameo team appearance of the Liberty Legion

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1st appearance of Chtu-Lou

1st appearance of Chtu-Louise

1st cameo appearance of Metal Minotaur

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1st full appearance of Metal Minotaur

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1st full team appearance of the Liberty Legion

Archie ⋅ 1992
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Cover art by Dan Parent

Archie ⋅ 1992
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Cover art by Rex Lindsey

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1978
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1st appearance of Red Sophia, a parody of Red Sonja

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1st appearance and death of a Skrull posing as Nick Fury

Ballantine ⋅ 1954
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1st appearance of the Mad Magazine mascot who would later be named Alfred E Neuman

The character appeared previously in various printed materials going as far back as 1894

The MAD Reader is a collection of Mad Magazine comic strips

Value unknown

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1st full appearance of Deathurge, the herald of Oblivion

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017
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Variant cover art by Rafael Kras

Extremely graphic cover celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Savage Dragon

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1st full appearance of Aaron, originally a citizen of the Alexandria Safe-Zone

Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Death of Dr. Moira McTaggert

Death of Senator Robert Kelly

3rd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011
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Third printing, red title text

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012
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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012
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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012
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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

Epic ⋅ 1993
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Scarce, oversized final issue

15-page story written by the Sandman team, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean

Sirius/Cry For Dawn ⋅ 1997
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Third issue of the limited series that was inspired by the 1994 Atari arcade game

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012
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Variant cover art by Stephen Platt

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1st appearance of Dr. Who in a U.S. published comic book

Comic book adaptation of the film 'Dr. Who and the Daleks'

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1st appearance of Edmond Wayne

1st appearance of Lafayette Arkham

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Five stories comprise the 40-page annual

Initial retail order: 10,379 copies

Paragon Publications ⋅ 1981
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1st team appearance of FemForce, the world's first all-female superteam: Phantom Lady, Synn, Tara, Miss Victory, Blonde Bomber

DC ⋅ 1998
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1st appearance of Dream, Daniel Hall, outside of the Vertigo imprint

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One-shot featuring Satana

Origin of The Living Mummy

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983
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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (1964)

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Six-issue miniseries written by Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy)

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3rd appearance of Deathlok

Marvel ⋅ 1974
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Includes Marvel Value Stamp #46 - Mysterio

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989
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2nd appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Image ⋅ 1997
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Scarce

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3rd appearance of Dream

1st appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Death of Matt Cable, becomes Matthew the Raven

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016
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Sequel to the 1987 vampire film

1st team appearance of the Blood Belles, a gang of female vampires

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016
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Variant cover art by Joelle Jones

Digital Webbing LLC ⋅ 2005
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One-shot based on the character BloodRayne, first introduced in the video game of the same name

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,572

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010
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Variant cover art by Ivan Reis

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009
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Preview of Haunt

14-page San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive

Creative team included Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Ryan Ottley

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Final issue

1st full team appearance of New Genix

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2016
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Variant cover art by Goni Montes featuring the original Megazord

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Johnny Blaze becomes king of hell

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Promotional comic co-published by Konami and given away at New York Comic Con to promote the video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil

Synopsis: Hellboy and Abe Sapien track down the head of the pirate Blackbeard

The title comes from Psalms 107:23

Marvel ⋅ 2002
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First solo Taskmaster miniseries

Debut of a new Taskmaster suit

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1st appearance of Truth, a demon

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1st appearance of Rien, the daughter of Wolverine

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,073

Dojinshi ⋅ 1998
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1st appearance of Afro Samurai, a self-published magazine

Appeared on the cover only but became a serialized feature in the January 1999 issue

Samuel L Jackson voiced Afro Samurai on the Spike TV series

Based on the real historical figure Yasuke, an African slave turned samurai who lived in Japan in the 16th century

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