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Nintendo ⋅ 1989

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First unprofessionally published artwork by J. Scott Campbell

At 15 years old, JSC submitted the winning concept to Nintendo Power Magazine's 'Invent the Ultimate Video Game' contest

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1st appearance of Bluntman and Chronic in comic books

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1st team appearance of the Black Dragon and the Black Dragon's Death Squad: Rock of the Buddha, Fist of Fire, Soulstriker and Storm Sword

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1st appearance of Shadow Thief, rumored to be thousands of years old

1st appearance of Blackbyrd, a private investigator

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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1st appearance of many Marvel doppelgangers, the most famous of which being the Spider-Man Doppelganger

Variant ⋅ Archie ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin cover art by Adam Hughes limited to 500 copies

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1st unofficial team appearance of The Protectors: Silk, Kamala Khan, Shang-Chi, Agent Jake Oh, Jimmy Woo and Amadeus Cho

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1st official team appearance of The Protectors: Silk, Ms Marvel (Khan), Shang-Chi, Agent Jake Oh, Jimmy Woo and Hulk (Cho)

GameStop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Greg Horn

Gamestop Power-Up exclusive

GameStop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Greg Horn

Gamestop Power-Up exclusive

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Marvel ⋅ 2006

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First mention of Carol's cat as Chewie

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Nick Dragotta

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Variant sketch cover art by Andrea Mutti

Convention exclusive limited to 100 copies

Image ⋅ 2014

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Copies ordered by retailers: 11,934 copies

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1st partial team appearance of the Titans of Tomorrow

1st cameo appearance of Tim Drake as Batman, Conner Kent as Superman and Aguagirl as Aquawoman

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1st appearance of Hellinger, creator of Deathlok and the father of Death Locket

2nd Print ⋅ Absolute Comics Group ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin second printing cover art by Jamie Tyndall

'Naughty Edition'

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Spider-Man visits London

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1st appearance of Sera, a former Angel of Heven and Angela's lover

1st appearance of Laussa, the infant daughter of Odin and Freyja

Key Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Ed McGuinness (1:10)

1st cover appearance of Red She-Hulk

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Ed McGuinness

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Ed McGuinness

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Cover art by Neal Adams

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1st appearance of the Queen of Angels

1st team appearance of the Angels of Heven

Connecting cover with Original Sin #5.2

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One-shot, origin of Skeletor

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1st appearance of Death Locket aka Rebecca Ryker, a teenage version of Deathlok

1st appearance of Kid Briton, an alternate reality version of Captain Briton

1st appearance of Cullen Bloodstone, brother of Elsa

1st appearance of Anachronism, a boy whose soul had been merged with the spirit of a Celtic warlord

1st appearance of Nara, an Atlantean

1st appearance of Apex, a bio-engineered superhuman

Death of Mettle

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Reintroduction of Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal who first appeared in Krazy Comics #1 (1942)

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1st cameo appearance of Infernal

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1st appearance of Hala the Accuser

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1st team appearance of The Outlaws: Red Hood, Arsenal and Starfire

1st appearance of Essence, a mysterious woman who has a past with Jason Todd

1st cameo appearance of Ducra, mentor to Jason Todd

1st appearance of Crux (human form), a man who can turn into a monster as a result of genetic engineering

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1st team appearance of the Goddesses of Thunder, Thor's future granddaughters: Atli, Ellisiv and Frigg

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Dave Johnson

Marvel ⋅ 2018

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1st cameo appearance of Good Night, in shadows

1st appearance of Groffon the Regurger, a planet-destroying Celestial

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1st appearance of Finnigan Sinister, an Irish hitman

1st appearance of Dexter Ramone, a mercenary and partner of Finnigan Sinister

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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1st team appearance of All-Mother, a triumvirate of goddesses: Gaea, Fryja and Idunn

Ulik becomes Tanarus, believed for a short time to be a reborn Thor

SLG ⋅ 2008

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Low print run, final issue

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First solo story featuring Howard the Duck

1st appearance of Garko the Man-frog

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Mahmud Asrar

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Kamome Shirahama

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1st appearance of Doctor Angst, a criminal magician sent to assassinate presidential candidate, Howard the Duck

1st team appearance of The Band of the Bland: The Black Hole, Sitting Bullseye, Tillie the Hun and The Spanker

BOOM! ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Vicki Scott featuring Snoopy as Ace

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The first of two issues that features independent artists and characters including art with character bios

Limited to 4,000 copies

A green variant cover exists limited to 50 copies, sales data unknown

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Early cover art by Eastman and Laird featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Limited print run of 4,000 copies

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Marvel ⋅ 2015

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1st team appearance of the Legion of Howards, a Multiverse team of Howard the Ducks: Robo-Duck, Thor Duck, Sister Howard the Duck, Ever-lovin' blue-eyed Howard the Duck (Ben Grimm) and Dr. Strange Duck

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The first mini-series featuring a character spun-off from the Sonic the Hedgehog Universe

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