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Cover art featuring The Old Witch

Interior biography of Ray Bradbury and story adaptation of The Black Ferris

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Biography of Pope John Paul II

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First meeting and team-up of Moon Knight and Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant virgin cover art by David Nakayama, limited to 1,000 copies

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1st appearance of Razer in comics, a Red Lantern

1:50 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Goni Montes

Image ⋅ 2006

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,990

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,798 (includes variants)

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Erik Larsen, created as an exclusive with the Jack Kirby museum

Blank ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014

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Blank sketch variant

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Variant cover art by Jim Cheung

IDW online exclusive

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1981

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Premiere issue of the industry hobbyist magazine that ran for 204 issues from 1981 thru 1992, published by Fantagraphics

The first 13 issues were magazine-sized before switching to standard comic book format

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1981

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Cover art by George Perez

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1986

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Cover art by George Perez

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1988

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Preview of Aliens #1 and creator interviews

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1989

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Cover art by Rick Veitch

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1st appearance of Recoil, long range patrol

1st appearance of Ambush, concealment specialist

1st appearance of Cool Breeze, reconnaissance specialist

Two-page biography of Scarlett with illustration by Adam Hughes

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1st appearance of Lifeline, a medic - character biography published first in The G.I. Joe Order of Battle #1

WonderCon ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Mike Mayhew

WonderCon exclusive

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison, one per store

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1st appearance of Paul, the husband of Mary Jane Watson

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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2nd appearance of Silk

Second printing, indicated in the upper right corner under the issue number

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,489

Mainline ⋅ 1954

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Cover art by Jack Kirby inspired by the Joseph Hirsch watercolor painting titled High Visibility Wrap (1944)

Mainline ⋅ 1954

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Cover art by Jack Kirby

Features stories by veterans of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps adapted into comics

Mainline ⋅ 1955

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Cover art by Jack Kirby

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Variant cover art by Will Meugniot

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1st appearance of Quick Kick, silent weapons specialist

1st appearance of Alpine, a mountaineer

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1st appearance of Carnivore, a werewolf enemy of Gunslinger Spawn

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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1st team appearance of the Knights of X: Captain Britain, Mordred, Kylun, Prestige, Bei the Blood Moon, Shogo Lee, Gambit, Rictor, Gloriana, Shatterstar

Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #121, the death of Gwen Stacy

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant virgin cover art by Jeehyung Lee

GameStop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Greg Horn

GameStop exclusive

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1st cameo appearance of new Turtles: Odyn, Uno, Moja, Yi

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Simon Bisley

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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2nd appearance of Dracula

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1st appearance of El Muerto, a luchador

1st cameo appearance of El Dorado

[September 2023 - Bad Bunny has dropped out of the El Muerto film but it is said to still be in development and recasting will begin soon]

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1st full appearance of El Dorado, an enemy of El Muerto

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1st appearance of Trinity, an entity born from a nuclear explosion

Image ⋅ 2005

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Image begins publishing Ant

Image ⋅ 2005

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Cover art featuring Ant and Spawn

Copies ordered by retailers: 8,903

Image ⋅ 2006

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Variant cover art by Mario Gully

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

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,312

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2007

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Final issue, although an issue #12 was published in 2021 when Erik Larsen purchased the Ant property

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,805 (cover A and B combined)

Warren ⋅ 1973

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1st appearance of Marvin the Dead-Thing, a swamp monster

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1st full appearance of Kly'bn, a Skrull god

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Adaptation of The Avengers British TV show (1961 - 1969)

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64-page oversized issue

Original story plus reprint of Kamandi #1 (1972)

Biography of Jack Kirby in a 4-page text article

Map of Earth in the time of Kamandi

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1st appearance of Vanee, an acolyte of Darth Vader

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1st appearance and origin of Princess Pantha, a jungle heroine

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1st cover appearance of Princess Pantha

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1979

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1st appearance of Cockroach, later becomes other variations of popular heroes

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