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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

1:50 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Miguel Mercado

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Second printing, blue footer

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by R. M. Guera

Hardcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

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1st appearance of Damian Wayne, son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul, as a baby

Initially an alternate reality story that was retconned into continuity by Grant Morrison

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1st appearance of Grace Alondra, the first hard of hearing Archie character, introduced in collaboration with the Children's Tumor Foundation (CFT) to create awareness for the genetic disorder NF2 which affects 1 in 25,000 births

ComicsPro ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Peach Momoko

2022 ComicsPro exclusive

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Reprint of G.I. Joe #2, distributed in Valor vs Venom action figure 3-pack with Kwinn, Scarlett and Snake-Eyes

Values reflect the entire pack with comic

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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1st full appearance of the Titan Hulk persona

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Whitman edition, blank UPC

ComicsPro ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Taurin Clarke

2022 ComicsPro exclusive

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1st full appearance of Captain America, Gwen Stacy - a previous version appeared in cameo in Gwen Stacy #1 (2020)

1st full appearance of Wolverine, Gwen Stacy

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