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1st appearance of Primal Prime

Beast Wars back-up story

BotCon 2001 exclusive

Cover art inspired by Giant Size X-Men #1 (1975)

Convention Exclusive ⋅ 3H ⋅ 2001

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Variant cover art by Dan Khanna

BotCon 2001 exclusive

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BotCon 2002 exclusive

Later reprinted in Transformers Universe #2 (2004)

Beast Wars back-up story

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BotCon 2004 exclusive

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Origin of Magneto, specifically the first time a reference is made to having Jewish ancestry and his childhood spent in Auschwitz

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Warren Louw

Minimal trade dress

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1st full appearance of Artemis, goddess of the hunt

1st full appearance of Hephaestus, weapons-maker of the gods

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1st appearance of Supergirl, Lara Lane-Kent, the daughter of Lois and Clark in an alternate reality based on the video game of the same name

[June 2021 - the version of Supergirl in this issue is nearly identical to the actress playing the character in The Flash movie including her costume]

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Trish Forstner

Cover art inspired by the film 'Silence of the Lambs'

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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1st appearance of Athena, goddess of wisdom

In Thor #164, there is an error where Zeus refers to his wife Hera as Athena

Battle of Thor versus Zeus

Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Todd Nauck

Cast member edition given to employees of the Disneyland Avengers Campus along with a Welcome Kit

Store Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Chinh Potter, limited to 500 copies

Cover art inspired by the art of Banksy

Marvel ⋅ 2016

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1st appearance of a Hulk version of Loki and a Jotunheim (Frost Giant) version of Loki

Versions of these two Lokis appeared briefly in the Disney+ series

1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Mike Deodato

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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1st appearance of Venus in the Bronze Age, last appeared in 1952

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Prototype of the Fantastic Four

Written and illustrated by Jack Kirby who co-created the Fantastic Four with Stan Lee three years later

In this story, one of the characters returns from space with four distinct abilities: fire projection, ice projection, size manipulation, invisibility

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1st appearance of Multo (Ghost) aka Nestor Abuba, an ex-Philippine Special Forces turned G.I. Joe

1st appearance of Black Hat aka Olivia Baipaj, a computer hacking specialist

Antarctic ⋅ 1999

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Cover art by Brian O'Connell

Anthropomorphic, mature-themed stories

Image ⋅ 2014

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1st appearance of Terra as a baby, the daughter of Invincible and Atom Eve

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,642

DC ⋅ 1976

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First meeting of Joker and Scarecrow

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Francesco Francavilla

Store exclusive

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Carla Cohen

Store exclusive

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1st appearance of Defacer, an art terrorist

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Zenescope ⋅ 2005

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Variant virgin cover art Keu Cha, Limited to 100 copies

Chicago Convention 2008 exclusive, Jay Company edition

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1st full appearance and cover of White Tiger, Ava Ayala

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2nd appearance of Ravonna Renslayer

Marvel ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of Andromeda in Atlantean warrior battle gear

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Cover appearance of Loki disguised as Scarlet Witch

Funnypages Press ⋅ 2004

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Back cover art by Phil Noto

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Kris Anka

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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1st appearance of Namora since the Golden Age, briefly in a flashback

Engagement of Namor and Dorma

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Stephanie Hans

Women of Marvel variant

Retailers were eligible to order unlimited quantities of this variant if their order for the standard cover of Thor #6 exceeded the quantity ordered of Thor #3

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2007

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Variant cover art by Greg Land

Cover art inspired by Crime SuspenStories #22 (1954)

Dynamic Forces ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by Brandon Peterson, limited to 3,500 copies

Dynamic Forces edition

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Cover art by Ken Bald, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Valiant ⋅ 1990

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Issue #2 of a four-issue limited series

Comico ⋅ 1986

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1st appearance of the second Grendel, Christine Spar

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1st full appearance of Heartless

Melinda Zucco revealed to be Dick Grayson's sister

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Copies ordered by retailers: 5,820

Marvel ⋅ 1981

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Negative space cover

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring Doctor Octopus

Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring Doctor Doom

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Name first revealed to be Daken

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1st full cover appearance of Daken

Independent ⋅ 1987

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First published image of Tank Girl in a single-page, interior illustration

Atomtan was an independently-published, photocopied fanzine

Value unknown

Deadline ⋅ 1988

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2nd appearance of Tank Girl

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1st appearance of Pegasus

1st appearance of Cast Iron

1st appearance of Japandroid

1st appearance of Best Tiger

1st appearance of Le Brusier

Image ⋅ 2009

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1st appearance of Universa

Image ⋅ 2014

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Death of Elephant

Death of Black Samson

Death of Shapesmith

Death of Knockout

Death of Kid Thor

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1st appearance of Killcannon

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