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1st appearance Braincells, the advanced offshoot of Brainiac

1st appearance of Honest Mary

1st appearance of Andrej Trojan

Reintroduction of the Manhattan Guardian and Shilo Norman, Mister Miracle

1st cameo team appearance of the Time Luchadores, Golden Gods of Creon and the Five Empires

1st appearance of Jon Kent as Superman, chronologically in order of actual published dates

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Thunderbolts are revealed to be the Masters of Evil led by Baron Helmut Zemo as Citizen V

Meteorite revealed to be Moonstone

Atlas revealed to be Goliath

Mach-1 revealed to be Beetle

Techno revealed to be Fixer

Songbird revealed to be Screaming Mimi

1st cameo appearance of Hallie Takahama, later becomes Jolt

1st appearance of Dallas Riordan

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Second printing, gold cover

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Lee Bermejo

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Cover art by Jerry Robinson featuring the Joker

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1998

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Reprint of Action Comics #1 distributed in 1998 by the US Post Office commemorating 50 years of Superman

Scarce issue, sealed with a book of Superman stamps

Revolutionary Comics ⋅ 1993

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Biography of musician Kate Bush

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1983

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Magazine-sized, anthology of stories

First printing: orange title text, yellow brick wall

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1st appearance of Lockdown, a bounty hunter

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Different from the gatefold cover: Wolverine is depicted with only one set of claws engaged as his left hand would have the appearance of skewering the head of Captain America occupying the corner box

There is also a Newsstand/UPC version with only one set of claws

Preview of Omega Red in a pin-up by Jim Lee, 'Things To Come'

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