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Kitchen Sink Press ⋅ 1996

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1st appearance of Iris Shaw, a woman who was killed while pregnant and resurrected as the Crow

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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1st cameo appearance of Ellie Camacho, daughter of Deadpool

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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1st full appearance of Ellie Comacho, Deadpool's daughter

Variant ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2011

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Variant blue sketch cover art by Alex Ross

Limited retailer exclusive

Last Gasp ⋅ 1994

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Adaptation of the Skulheadface movie starring Gwar

SDCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Variant cover art by Jae Lee

San Diego Comic Con 2000 exclusive

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One-shot issue, 25th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise

Image ⋅ 1993

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1st appearance of Vindicator, the brother of Violator

Origin of Hell, the different levels explained

Written by Alan Moore

Pin-up by Frank Miller

Cover art inspired by Spider-Man #1 (1990)

Image ⋅ 2000

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1st appearance of Urizen, a demon older than time

Image ⋅ 2000

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1st appearance of Ab and Zab, freelance demons with the ability to open gates in between realms

Image ⋅ 1994

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1st full appearance of the Phlebiac Brothers: Vacillator (1st), Vaporizer (1st), Vandalizer (1st), Vindicator - brothers of the Violator

1st appearance of the Admonisher, a hitman hired to kill Clown

Written by Alan Moore

Ashcan ⋅ Antarctic ⋅ 1994

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12-page ashcan preview

Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2019

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Parody comic of politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Marc Spector assumes the moniker of Mr. Knight

1st appearance of Ryan Trent, later becomes the second Black Spectre

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: some collectors consider Secret Avengers #19 the introduction of the Mr. Knight persona but it is only the debut of a similar costume design and not an identity

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1st team appearance of a new Spirits of Vengeance: Ghost Rider(Johnny Blaze), Daimon Helstrom, Satana, and Blade

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Adaptation of the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Published by DC in 1989, two years later Marvel began publishing the comic book series, Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book

Cheerios mail-away promotion

SDCC ⋅ 88 MPH Studios ⋅ 2004

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San Diego Comic Con 2004 exclusive

Ashcan edition, 12-pages black & white

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1st team appearance of the Alpha Lanterns: Boodikka, Chaselon, Green Man, Kraken and Varix

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1st appearance of Pink Goblin

3rd Print ⋅ ONI ⋅ 2015

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Variant third printing cover art by Julieta Locas

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Reprint of Giant Size X-Men #1

2nd team appearance of the New Mutants, in a back-up story featuring Kitty Pryde celebrating her birthday

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Debut of new Squirrel Girl costume

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1st appearance of Steven Universe, the son of a Crystal Gem guardian and a human

Halloween Spoooktacular published between the pilot episode of Steven Universe (May 2013) and the first episode of the first season (November 2013)

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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Origin of Black Widow, specifically the brainwashing and training she and 27 other orphaned girls endured after being recruited to The Red Room Academy for the Black Widow Ops Program

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by Todd McFarlane

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Death of Time Trapper

Death of Mordru

1st appearance of The Black Witch, formerly The White Witch

Duo Damsel renamed Duplicate Damsel

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First mention of Starheart, the sentient embodiment of the Green Flame of the lantern

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1st appearance of Sodam Yat as Ion

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1st appearance of Kinetix, controls telekinetic magic

1st appearance of Gates, creates teleportation disks

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Retitled ‘Legion of Super-Heroes'

Continues numbering from 'Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'

Superboy leaves the Legion of Super-Heroes

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First solo series featuring Steven Universe

Convention Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Xiao Tong Kong

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Officially retitled 'Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'

Continues numbering from 'Superboy'

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1st appearance of the Infinite Man, has the ability to summon any creature from any era

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1st appearance of Sodam Yat, later introduced as Ion, prophesied to be the Ultimate Green Lantern

1st team appearance of the Children of the White Lobe, prophesied to contribute to the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps

1st appearance of Qull of the Five Inversions, a demon who foreshadowed the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps to Abin Sur

1st appearance of T:D:H:D, the Mad God

Written by Alan Moore in 1986, the prophecy of Qull was the foundation of the Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night storylines, written by Geoff Johns 20 years later

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Origin of Black Widow continued

1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Adi Granov

'White Suit' variant

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Origin continued

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Death of Ivan Petrovich

Origin of Black Widow concluded

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Solo story touring the Fortress of Solitude

Image ⋅ 2017

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Copies ordered by retailers: 15,400

DC ⋅ 2001

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Harley Quinn pitches an idea for a TV show that would feature Harley, Poison Ivy and Catwoman

The team-up of the three characters is imagined as Harley explains her idea but does not actually occur

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Variant second printing cover art by Harvey Tolibao

Wraparound cover depicting Psylocke battling The Hand

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Cover art inspired by the Nirvana album 'Nevermind'

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Fuse, Ramone’s brother, says that he thinks she is going to use the codename Alloy

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Origin of Stature

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First solo series featuring Sam Wilson as Captain America

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Doctor Octopus begins transferring his mind to the body of Peter Parker, later Doc Ock becomes The Superior Spider-Man

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1st appearance of Godwulf

Final issue

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Steve McNiven

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