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Chaos! Comics ⋅ 1996
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1st appearance of Jade, a 4,000-year-old vampire sorceress

1st Purgatori solo story

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014
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Variant cover art by Mike Norton

Cover art inspired by The Walking Dead #1 (2003)

Limited to 1,000 copies - half distributed in the US, half distributed at a convention in Dubai

Image ⋅ 2011
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1st full appearance of Bludd

Image ⋅ 2017
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1st appearance of Soul Crusher, a villain whose name was inspired by Erik Larsen in a letter to Todd McFarlane that was expressing his turmoil about an unknown business dispute

Copies ordered by retailers: 15,778

Marvel ⋅ 1978
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1st appearance of The Hunter, Beilert Valance

[March 2022 - June solicitations for Bounty Hunters tease a more significant role for Valance as the secret weapon of Darth Vader]

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Scarce 3-D comic inspired by the 'Fright Night' movie franchise

5th Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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1st appearance of Dr. Frye and Del Frye

Variant virgin cover art by Alex Ross featuring Dr. Frye (1:25)

Fifth printing

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Variant cover art by Art Adams

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1st cameo appearance of the Candlemaker, in shadows, full appearance in Doom Patrol #57

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

First Amendment ⋅ 1994
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Biography of Kurt Cobain

First Amendment ⋅ 1994
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Biography of the band Pearl Jam

First Amendment ⋅ 1994
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Biography of the band Stone Temple Pilots

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Variant cover art by Jean Giraud Moebius

Hidden Gem edition

Image ⋅ 2006
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Origin of The Savage Dragon

Image ⋅ 2013
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Origin of Bludd, the vampire

Copies ordered by retailers: 15,081

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Variant cover art by Pyeong-Jun Park

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Variant cover art by Patrick Zircher

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Comic Odyssey Exclusive Cover art by Mico Suayan

Color Virgin Variant, limited to 2,000 copies

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Variant cover art by Chip Zdarsky

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2013
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Variant cover art celebrating the 2013 graduating class of Todd McFarlane's alma mater, Eastern Washington University (graduated 1984)

Todd McFarlane was a keynote speaker at the 2013 ceremony

EWU Grad Special was given to attendees of the post-graduation event 'An Evening with Todd McFarlane'

Limited to 400 copies

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2018
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Variant virgin cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Variant cover art by Cliff Chiang

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Variant second printing cover art by Jeffrey Veregge

Cover art inspired by the musical 'Hamilton'

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Variant cover art by Art Adams

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3-issue miniseries where Beta Ray Bill hunts down Galactus

Oversized issue includes a reprint of Thor #337

Battle of Beta Ray Bill vs Thor

Copies ordered by retailers: 21,265

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Oversized issue includes a reprint of Thor #338

Battle of Beta Ray Bill vs Silver Surfer

Copies ordered by retailers: 17,549

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Oversized issue includes a reprint of Thor #339

Battle of Beta Ray Bill vs Galactus

Copies ordered by retailers: 16,553

Digital Webbing LLC ⋅ 2004
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1st appearance of BloodRayne, a woman with vampire blood and a human heart

Inspired by the video game BloodRayne

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

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Variant cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994
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Variant cover with Zero Hour logo

Event ⋅ 1996
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1st appearance of Painkiller Jane

DC ⋅ 1994
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1st cameo appearance of Impulse

DC ⋅ 1994
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1st full appearance of Impulse, sidekick to Wally West

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1st appearance of Bart Allen as The Flash

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A story about two aliens who steal a spaceship and crash land on earth, inhabiting the closest bodies to the site - a fox and a skull

An animated series confirmed by Source Point Press with Billy Bob Thornton producing and voicing one of the characters

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1st appearance of Valeria, an expert swordswoman

Valeria solo series published Aug.2020

Marvel ⋅ 2010
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One-shot Psylocke, Rogue, Shadowcat, Storm, Rachel Summers and Emma Frost

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1st team appearance of Checkmate: Grace Guiness, Harvey Bullock, Harry Stein, Knight Two

Metropolis is misspelled on the cover

Marvel ⋅ 2017
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1st appearance of Joy Jones, later becomes Vendetta

1st team appearance of the Black Knife Cartel

Street Enterprises ⋅ 1976
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Preview appearance of Nova

Comic Reader is an amateur publication created by comic book enthusiasts often referred to as a fanzine

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975
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2nd appearance of Devilina

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Cover art by Jesse D'Orozco featuring Scarlett

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Variant cover art by Michael Cho

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Variant cover art by David Marquez

Deadpool photobomb cover

Cover art inspired by Incredible Hulk #340 (1988)

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1949 promotional comic educating readers about venereal disease, specifically syphilis

First published work for EC by Harvey Kurtzman, later became the publisher of MAD Magazine

Reprinted in 1977 and 1979

DC ⋅ 2004
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1st appearance of Manhunter, Kate Spencer

Death of Copperhead

🔮 DC Possibilities: If DC wants to bank on the success of strong female leads, Kate Spencer is a great choice and there is plenty of backstory in the Manhunter lore to play around with

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