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Hip Hop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Marco D'Alfonso

Cover art inspired by the album 'Rapper's Delight' by The Sugar Hill Gang

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1996

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Four-issue miniseries that conveys the history of the comic book genre through the lifespan of a central character

Considered one of Grant Morrison's most profound yet perplexing stories

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1996

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Morrison's criticism of the dark and somber superhero trend in the 1990s is layered into the subtext of the story

Morrison refers to this series along with The Invisibles and The Filth as a "hypersigil" trilogy, a term coined by Morrison that refers to a work of art with its own willpower to persist in delivering its meaning

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1996

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The story occurs on two planes of existence, fiction and reality where the creation attempts to convince the creator not to kill himself

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1996

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In 2000, the Charles Atlas corporation filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against DC Comics for the portrayal of Flex Mentallo being a parody of the real-life Italian bodybuilder

The lawsuit was eventually dismissed but series was out-of-print for over a decade and commanded a considerable amount on the secondary market

Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery has since been published in a hardcover deluxe edition collection and a trade paperback

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part three

Cameo appearances by multiple celebrities from the 1980s: Don Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Lionel Ritchie, Michael J Fox, Tina Turner and George Wendt

Stark battles S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Mandroids, exo-armor designed by Stark worn by national defense soldiers

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Reprint of X-Men #137, the final chapter of The Dark Phoenix Saga

Includes the 5-page original ending where Jean Grey survives

13-page interview with the creators who discuss why the ending was changed

Pin-up of the original splash page to X-Men #138

Wraparound cover art by John Byrne

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2nd appearance of The Mandarin

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976

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1st full appearance of Atlantiades, Aphrodite's son

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance and origin of Brute, a Neanderthal thawed from ice in the modern day

Former owner of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman, wanted to get back into publishing and established Atlas Comics with characters like The Brute to replicate the success Marvel had with the Hulk

Veteran artist Mike Sekowsky did not respect the unoriginality of Atlas's creative direction and expressed his feelings on the page with the word 'SHIT' vaguely hidden in the letters/numbers 5H17 on the side of an airplane

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of The Cougar, a stuntman turned superhero

Modeled after fictional television journalist Kolchak the Nightstalker

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1st appearance of Dethklok in a comic book

Crossover of The Goon and Dethklok, the death metal band that stars in Adult Swim's Metalocalypse

Co-written by Goon creator Eric Powell and Metalocalypse's Brendon Small

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of Devilina, sister of Satan

Modeled after Vampirella and Satana

Cover art by Alberto Pujolar later reused for Vampirella #111 (1983)

[August 2024 - A live-action film adaptation of Devilina is in development for Paramount Pictures with screenwriter Rebecca Webb (Black List)]

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Early appearance of The Goon

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Variant cover art by Mico Suayan

Gold edition - title colored with gold ink

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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After a long journey, six astronauts return to Earth to find the planet destroyed by biological warfare and inhabited by barbarians and vampires

Inspired by The Planet of the Apes

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Second ongoing She-Hulk solo series

The cover dialogue is a reference to the first She-Hulk series cancellation

Five years later, the final Sensational She-Hulk issue went on-sale and on the cover, she demands that readers hand over their X-Men books to be destroyed due to the cancellation of the series

Image ⋅ 2002

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A Season in Hell part 2

Image ⋅ 2014

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Copies ordered by retailers: 11,837

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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1st appearance of Tiger Man aka Tigerman

1st appearance of Kromag, a Cro-Magnon man from prehistoric France

Published under the Seaboard company

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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2nd appearance of Tiger Man, Lancaster Hill

1st appearance in a standard comic, previously appeared in Thrilling Adventure Stories #1 (February 1975)

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Alex Ross

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First issue published by Gemstone

Marvel ⋅ 2000

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1st appearance of Queen Divine Justice in costume

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2012

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Cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2005

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Cover art by Gabrielle Dell'Otto

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Jenny Frison

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2006

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

NYCC ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2018

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Variant virgin cover art by Derrick Chew

New York Comic Con 2018 exclusive

Limited to 250 copies

Exclusive ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Derrick Chew, limited to 500 copies

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2014

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1st appearance of John Shaft in a comic book

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1st appearance of Cut Throat, a pirate version of Spawn

16-page retailer incentive delivered with orders of Spawn #32 (1995)

Dark Horse ⋅ 1987

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First solo series featuring Concrete

Won 5 Eisner Awards including Best Continuing Series (1988/1989) and Best New Series

Dark Horse ⋅ 1992

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1st appearance of Timecop

Double foldout cover featuring Predator and RoboCop

First published artwork in comics by John Paul Leon, interior

1:250 ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 2019

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Variant glass cover art by Doug Braithwaite

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 2005

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16-page Ashcan edition

Image ⋅ 2005

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A drunken Texan travels the galaxy exterminating aliens as one of the last representatives of the once great Fear Agents

Cover art inspired by Weird Science-Fantasy #29 by Frank Frazetta

Copies ordered by retailers: 7,643

[June 2020 - pilot script is finished]

Kitchen Sink Press ⋅ 1997

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Crossover appearance by Maxx

Marvel ⋅ 1998

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1st team appearance of the Battleworld Avengers: Crusader, Bravado, Mustang, Firefly, Torrent

1st appearance of Crusader, Sharon Carter the daughter of Steve Rogers and Rogue

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Debut of the Green Door (retconned)

Al Ewing confirms the connection between Immortal Hulk #12 and this issue when Brian Banner is sent back to hell through the Green Door

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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3rd appearance of Tony Stark in the War Machine armor

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1st appearance of Zatara in the Silver Age

1st appearance of Allura, Mistress of Dark Elements and enemy of Zatanna

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Each year, giant robots come to Earth to bond with young cadets to defend the world from the Sharg

[August 2019 - Key Issue Alert exclusive: in development for Netflix / May 2021 - official announcement from BOOM!: Mech Cadets greenlit for a 3D animated series on Netflix / May 2023 - Mech Cadet to premiere August 10th]

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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1st full appearance and origin of Brother Voodoo becoming Doctor Voodoo after accepting an offer from the Ancient One to become Sorcerer Supreme

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1st appearance of Zim the Invader in a magazine comic story

Unconfirmed prototype of Zim in one panel in Squee #2

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1st appearance of Simon Dark, a vigilante in Gotham who is made from the stitched together bodies of 20 boys

Canadian Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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$1.00 Canadian price variant

Canadian Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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$0.75 Canadian price variant

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