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Limited ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Comic shops were able to order quantities of this variant based on the lowest ordered DC comic book that was on FOC (Final Order Cutoff) during the same week as Batman #2

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Sanford Greene

Cover art celebrating Juneteenth

Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st full team appearance of Gamma Flight: Puck, Absorbing Man, Doc Sasquatch, Titania and Charlene McGownan

1st appearance of Stockpile, a Gamma Mutate

Reintroduction of Skaar

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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1st appearance of Gravity

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Dormammu consumes Ego the Living Planet and takes on his planetary form

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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Origin of Vanth Dreadstar

Book Three of the Metamorphosis Odyssey

Eclipse ⋅ 1981

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1st appearance and origin of Syzygy Darklock

Book Two of the Metamorphosis Odyssey, 52-pages

Book One runs as serialized chapters throughout Epic Illustrated magazine

2nd Print ⋅ Tiny Onion Studios ⋅ 2020

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Second printing

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Origin of Erica Slaughter

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One-shot celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog's introduction Sega Genesis video game introduction, released June 23, 1991

This issue went on-sale June 23, 2021

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Retailer preview

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2009

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Copies ordered by retailers: 11,308

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2010

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Copies ordered by retailers: 10,358

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Cover art featuring Enchantress, Black Cat, Medusa, Satana

Copies ordered by retailers: 8,275

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994

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DC Universe logo

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Issue #2 of a six-issue limited series

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1st appearance of Laurel Kent, a descendant of Superman

Hidden message in a boat explosion panel reads: HOLY COW! DIG THE FIREWORKS!

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Variant cover art by Noah Sult, limited to 450 copies

Store exclusive

Preview ⋅ 3H ⋅ 2002

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Obtained at the Official Transformers Collectors Convention in 2003

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First team-up of Generation 1 Transformers and Maximals (Beast Wars)

Resurrection of Optimus Primal

2nd Print ⋅ 3H ⋅ 2003

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Second printing

Optimus Primal alternate color

Convention Exclusive ⋅ 3H ⋅ 2003

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Florida Extravaganza, FX Convention 2004 exclusive

Red foil title text and convention logo

Value unknown

Variant ⋅ 3H ⋅ 2004

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Variant cover art by Dan Khanna featuring Arcee, limited to 500 copies

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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 Press ⋅ 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

Store Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Francesco Francavilla

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Store Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Carla Cohen

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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

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