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Variant ⋅ Fantagraphics ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Ed Piskor featuring Kanye West, limited to 1,000 copies

Cover art inspired by the Marvel anniversary borders

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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Variant sketch cover art by Artgerm

Variant ⋅ Aspen ⋅ 2010

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Variant black and white sketch cover art by Joe Benitez

Variant ⋅ Aspen ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Joe Benitez

Blue Rainbow exclusive limited to 1,000 copies

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Cover appearance of a Punisher/Ghost Rider character, reminiscent of Cosmic Ghost Rider

Design ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant design cover art by Jamie McKelvie

Dark Horse ⋅ 2001

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Battle of Darth Maul vs Darth Vader

Variant ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2001

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Variant photo cover

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli

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1st appearance of Azrael, a mysterious winged man

Cameo in Tales of the Teen Titans #51, encased in ice

Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Mike Vasquez limited to 500 copies

Cover homage of a 1986 special issue of previously unseen artwork, published by Metropolis Comics

Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Mike Vasquez limited to 10 copies

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1st appearance of Indigo aka Braniac 8

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Debut of the Wonder Woman costume with two Ws on her corset

A preview of this issue and Wonder Woman's new logo appeared in DC Comics Presents #41

1st appearance of Silver Swan

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1st full appearance and origin of Vox Supreme, a Super-Inhuman who merged with the Supreme Intelligence

Prior to merging, Vox Supreme was known only as Vox and first appeared in Death of the Inhumans #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Eduardo Petrovich

'Venom Island' variant

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Bondage cover

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1st appearance of Billie Morales as a baby, the sister of Miles Morales

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Comic book adaptation of the Sega Saturn game

Initially set for a three-issue miniseries that extended to six-issues

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Variant cover art by Artie Rosen

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1st full appearance of Quoi, the son of Mantis as an adult

Many databases cite Fantastic Four #325 but it is scarcely even a cameo of the character

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Trade paperback adaptation of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1st appearance of Darth Maul

1st appearance of Mace Windu

1st appearance of Sabe

1st appearance of Depa Billaba

1st appearance of Plo Koon

1st cameo appearance of Mas Amedda

The trade paperback went on sale the same day as Star Wars: Episode I -The Phantom Menace #1 with issues #2 through #4 published each week thereafter

📖 Reading Order: next read Age of Republic - Obi-Wan Kenobi

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1st appearance of Kade Kilgore, Black Bishop of the 8th Inner Circle Hellfire Club, later renamed Homines Verendi

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Five-issue limited series set in 17th century Japan featuring one Marvel character per issue: Punisher

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Five-issue limited series set in 17th century Japan featuring one Marvel character per issue: Deadpool

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1st appearance of Beetlejuice in standard comic books

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Images of the Hulk in the upper-left logo box create a flip-book beginning with this issue and ending with issue #300

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1st appearance of Chance, a former gambler turned criminal

Cameo of the Foreigner, voice only

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006

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Reprint of Avengers #195, first cameo appearance of Taskmaster

Packaged with the 2005 Marvel Legends Taskmaster action figure from the M.O.D.O.K. series

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1st full team appearance of the Secret Six

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1980

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1st cover appearance of Elektra not on a comic book, preceded her first full appearance in Daredevil #168 by a month

Action Figure ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant action figure cover art by John Tyler Christopher

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Debut of Punisher/Iron Man armor

Cover art inspired by The Avengers #4 (1964)

Acetate ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2019

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Blood dripping, acetate cover

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1st appearance and origin of Joe Christmas, an orphaned boy taken in by Klaus

48-page one-shot of 25 stories, inspired by an Advent calendar, presented in "widescreen" format

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First ongoing series featuring Vigilante

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Includes an 8-page story titled 'Nada' written by Ray Nelson which served as the inspiration for John Carpenter's 1988 film, 'They Live'

Street Enterprises ⋅ 1983

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Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, front, side and rear view plus crouching stance

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Origin of Doctor Doom - his educational years, facial disfigurement and procurement of the Doctor Doom armor

Controversial issue where Johnny Storm confronts an individual who is defacing racial equality posters with racist propaganda

Multiple, uncensored panels clearly display an extremely offensive racist word and phrase

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Variant cover art by Natali Sanders

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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Heroes Hotline ⋅ 1983

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Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, front and back view of the suit

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1st team appearance of The Suicide Squad: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Lok, Chaos Kitten, Jog, Deadly Six, Osita, T.N.Teen, Thylacine, Aerie, Scale & Fin, Wink

Store Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin cover art by Clayton Crain

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1st appearance of 'Last Stand' Spider-Man, an older version of Spider-Man from an alternate reality where he is on the run from the NYPD after killing Kraven

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Comic book adaptation of the movie, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to Planet of the Apes

1st appearance of the Planet of the Apes in a U.S. comic

Manga adaptations of the original film were published in Japan prior to the publication of this issue

Centerfold poster included

Shogakukan Asia ⋅ 2019

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Debut of Fortnite in comic books

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Almighty Publishing Company ⋅ 1971

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1st appearance of Cherry Poptart, a parody of Archie characters intended for an adult audience

Variant ⋅ Heavy Metal ⋅ 2015

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Concept art by Jack Kirby for a movie called "Lord of Light" that was never made

In 1980, a CIA operative used the "Lord of Light" concept art and screenplay to convince the Iranian government that he was a film maker, working on a sci-fi movie called "Argo"

This resulted in the successful rescue of six Americans who escaped Iran, disguised as the film crew, an event that was later dramatized in the critically-acclaimed 2012 film, "Argo"

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2015

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Cover art by Jack Kirby featuring concept art for the unmade film, "Lord of Light"

Kirby's art would later be used as a prop in the CIA rescue mission of six Americans who escaped Iran in 1980 by posing as the film crew of a fake movie called "Argo"

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