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Debut of the Godbuster Armor

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Origin of Good Night continued

Blatant ⋅ 2008

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Graphic novel based on popular web comic

Adapted into a film starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson (2022)

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Fleer trading card mail-away issue that falls in-continuity between Wolverine #102 and #103

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1st appearance and death of the second Hobgoblin, Lefty Donovan

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4-page promotional giveaway included in the 2004 Sports Illustrated: Gold Plus Special Ryder Cup Preview

Features professional golfer Hal Sutton

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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1st appearance and death of Torpedo

1st appearance of Crime Wave

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Jana Schirmer

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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The Eternals vs the Cosmic Hulk robot

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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First solo series featuring Kate Bishop

1st appearance of Ramone Watts aka Alloy, later gains powers in West Coast Avengers #9

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Promotional comic created by Marvel in conjunction with Child Life Council for Children's Hospitals

Reported to have a print run of 250,000 copies

Includes a pin-up poster of Iron Man and Fing Fang Foom

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16-page promotional giveaway from Schering/Key pharmaceutical company

Issue addresses allergies in a story called 'Welcome To Ragweed USA'

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Stan Lee cover photo

20-page promotional booklet produced for San Diego Comic Con in 1993

Includes checklists, artwork, upcoming events and 5 blank pages intended for autographs

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 1995

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Ashcan edition, limited to 350 copies

Signed and numbered by Sam Kieth

Ashcan ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2004

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16-page ashcan retailer incentive

Adapted from the video game of the same name

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Copies ordered by retailers: 7,311

Image ⋅ 2012

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Copies ordered by retailers: 12,794

Toy Biz ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2003

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Promotional giveaway for the Toybiz Marvel Super Hero Squad line of toys

Exclusive comic for FYE (For Your Entertainment) chain of stores

Interior text are lyrics from the Spider-Man and Friends compact disc

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1st appearance of the Black Goblin, Harry Osborn

United Plankton Pictures ⋅ 2017

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1st appearance of Ms. Ravenmocker

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Promotional giveaway sponsored by Kellogg's Cinnamon Mini Buns

Characters adapted from an unreleased Wonder Woman cartoon series

One of four comics given away by Kellogg's

1st and only team appearance of the Star Riders

1st and only appearance of Purrsia

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First published written work and art in the comic book industry by Donny Cates while interning at Marvel

one-page prologue recap using stick figures

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976

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Cover pencils by Larry Lieber and John Romita Sr.

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Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976

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$0.30 price variant

Marvel ⋅ 2003

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Ant-Man, Scott Lang, joins The Avengers

In Avengers #57, Captain America offered Lang a spot on the team but he did not accept until this issue

1st appearance of Peggy Rae, ex-wife of Scott Lang

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1st appearance of the second Dryad

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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1st appearance of Anti-Metal, a variation of Vibranium

Origin of the Plunderer

Origin of Ka-Zar

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1st appearance of Willow, the DC version of the Avenger known as Mantis

Creator of Mantis, Steve Englehart continued to use the character across multiple publishers - under the name Willow in DC comics and Lorelei at Eclipse Comics

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Emanuela Lupacchino

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1st team appearance of Surf: Sharkskin, Eel and Undertow

1st appearance of Coal, Spike and String, Deviant henchmen

Image ⋅ 2016

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Final issue, series finale

Due to personal conflicts between the writer and artist, it has been communicated that this issue will never be reprinted in a collected volume or otherwise

Eclipse ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of Scorpio Rose

Originally created by Steve Englehart with a script initially intended for Madame Xanadu but a compensation dispute caused him to leave DC

Eclipse ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of Lorelai

Originally created as Mantis for The Avengers by Steve Englehart who carried the character to two other publishers before returning to Marvel

Also appeared in Justice League of America #142 as Willow

2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2007

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Second printing, yellow cover (first printing is pink/purple)

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Rhodey assumes the codename War Machine

Prior to this this issue, War Machine was the name of the armor

Rhodes first wears the armor in Iron Man #284 but refers to himself as Iron Man. Prior to #284, Stark wore the War Machine armor

Marvel ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of James Rhodes as Iron Man

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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1st appearance of Rhodey Rhodes in the War Machine armor but he still refers to himself as Iron Man

It isn't until West Coast Avengers #94 until the codename ‘War Machine’ is used

[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in an Armor Wars series on Disney+ / November 2022 - an inside source passed along an unconfirmed rumor that Armor Wars has been removed from Disney's production slate]

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Marvel Avengers X-Men 30 year celebratory issues with pin-ups and cover art by various artists

Hologram cover by Joe Madureira

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2nd appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury

See: The Ultimates v.1 #2 for Ultimate Nick Fury's first appearance resembling Samuel L. Jackson which preceded The Avengers movie by a decade

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16-page promotional giveaway included in the July/Aug 1994 issue of NFL Pro Action Magazine

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16-page promotional giveaway included in the Nov/Dec 1994 issue of NFL Pro Action Magazine

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Ron Lim

Cover art inspired by Tomb of Dracula #1 (1972)

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Variant cover art by Jennifer L. Meyer

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Rebirth of Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Walt Simonson

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Mike Del Mundo

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