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Saga #1

Diamond Exclusive Limited: 500
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Variant cover art by Fiona Staples
Given away at the Diamond Retailer Summit 2012
Marvel Jan 1979

Uncanny X-Men #117

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1st appearance of the Shadow King, Amahl Farouk, a powerful psychic
Origin of Professor X concerning a difficult psychic battle against Amahl Farouk which was the inspiration to create the X-Men
Professor X recalls his first encounter with Storm
Marvel Jan 1999

A-Next #4

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1st appearance of the American Dream in costume
1st appearance of Coal Tiger, T'Chaka, Black Panther's son in the MC2 Universe
1st team appearance of the Dream Team: Freebooter, Crimson Curse, Bluestreak
DC Jun 1946

Batman #35

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Debut of the first official Catwoman costume that would become iconic to her character
Selina Kyle's hair is blonde in this issue
Batman and Robin fight the mechanical T-Rex that would later decorate the Batcave for decades
Marvel Nov 2001 Vol 2

Elektra #3

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Recalled issue due to several shadowy panels of Elektra without clothes
The recalled issue can only be identified by looking toward the end of the book where Elektra is talking to a man in a cowboy hat
Marvel Feb 1999

J2 #5

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1st appearance of Wild Thing (Rina Logan), Wolverine and Elektra's daughter in an alternate universe
1st appearance of Wolverine (James Howlett), Wolverine and Elektra's son
Valiant Dec 2017 Vol 3

Quantum and Woody #1

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Variant cover art by Clayton Henry
"The Most Variant Cover Of All Time"
Featuring: chromium, lenticular, embossed, die-cut, foil, iridescent ink, extra hero sticker, hand-numbered
Valiant Oct 2015 Vol 2

Rai #11

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1st appearance of Sai, a female who formerly served as Rai
1st appearance of Reiko, son of Sai and Aboto who both served as Rai
Chaos! Comics Nov 1996

Lady Death IV: The Crucible #1

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Silver foil standard edition
1st appearance of Brock, an Asgardian blacksmith
1st appearance of Grimmir aka Grim aka Grimnir, an Asgardian thief and friend of Brock
1st appearance of Vex, daughter of Genocide and Antigone
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One-shot story that introduced the non-canon use of established characters in an alternate reality that later becomes the Elseworlds imprint
A Victorian era Batman hunts down the serial killer, Jack the Ripper
Marvel Jul 1983

Daredevil #196

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First meeting and team-up of Daredevil and Wolverine
1st appearance of Lord Dark Wind, a scientist who invented the process of adamantium bonding to bone
There are 5 types of adamantium in the mainstream Marvel universe:
Proto - Captain America's shield is made of this kind
Primary - the kind that's bonded to Wolverine's skeleton
Secondary - an adamantium/steel alloy
Beta - a version of True adamantium that changes on a molecular level when grafted to bone
Adamantine - an adamantium/gold alloy
Marvel May 2012 Vol 2

Venom #17

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Eddie Brock becomes Toxin
1st team appearance of the Savage Six: Toxin, Megatak, Human Fly, Death Adder, Jack O'Lantern, Crime-Master
United Plankton Pictures Feb 2011

SpongeBob Comics #1

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1st full appearance of Spongebob Squarepants in standard U.S. comics
Previously appeared in Cine-Manga, Mad Magazine and other non-standard comic formats
Cameo appearance in Marvel Comics Presents #3 (2007 series)
A five-page preview of this issue is printed in The Simpsons #174
Fantagraphics Jul 1987

Usagi Yojimbo #1

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First solo series featuring Usagi Yojimbo
[July 2020 - an animated series based in the Yojimbo Universe has been announced for Netflix with the plot centered on a descendant of Miyamoto Usagi]
DC Nov 1960

Superman #141

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1st appearance and death of Lyla Lerrol, a ryptonian love of Superman
Origin of Superman retold
Superman returns to Krypton
Marvel Feb 1986

Thor #364

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Thor is transformed into a frog in the previous issue and spends this entire issue as an amphibian
In Thor #365, he lifts Mjolnir and becomes a frog version of Thor
1st appearance of Puddlegulp, Simon Walterson, a frog who later wields a hammer named Frogjolnir as Throg
⚠ Misconception: sources cite this as the first appearance of Throg. Thor is transformed into a frog in #363 and wields a sliver of Mjolnir as a frog version of Thor in #365. Simon Walterson does not appear as 'Throg' until Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1 (2009)
DC Aug 2016 Vol 5

Flash #1

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1st appearance of August Heart and origin of Godspeed - in Flash Rebirth #1 (2016), Godspeed is foreshadowed in one panel but his identity is not revealed as August Heart does not receive powers until this issue
Partial cover appearance of Godspeed
1st team appearance of Black Hole, a terrorist organization with intentions to exploit the Speed Force

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