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Includes Marvel Value Stamp #46 - Mysterio

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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2nd appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Image ⋅ 1997

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Scarce

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3rd appearance of Dream

1st appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Death of Matt Cable, becomes Matthew the Raven

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016

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Sequel to the 1987 vampire film

1st team appearance of the Blood Belles, a gang of female vampires

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Joelle Jones

Digital Webbing LLC ⋅ 2005

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One-shot based on the character BloodRayne, first introduced in the video game of the same name

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,572

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Ivan Reis

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Preview of Haunt

14-page San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive

Creative team included Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Ryan Ottley

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Final issue

1st full team appearance of New Genix

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Goni Montes featuring the original Megazord

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Johnny Blaze becomes king of hell

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Promotional comic co-published by Konami and given away at New York Comic Con to promote the video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil

Synopsis: Hellboy and Abe Sapien track down the head of the pirate Blackbeard

The title comes from Psalms 107:23

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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First solo Taskmaster miniseries

Debut of a new Taskmaster suit

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1st appearance of Truth, a demon

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1st appearance of Rien, the daughter of Wolverine

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,073

Dojinshi ⋅ 1998

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1st appearance of Afro Samurai, a self-published magazine

Appeared on the cover only but became a serialized feature in the January 1999 issue

Samuel L Jackson voiced Afro Samurai on the Spike TV series

Based on the real historical figure Yasuke, an African slave turned samurai who lived in Japan in the 16th century

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1st appearance of the Anti-Sonic, later renamed Scourge

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1st cover appearance of Scourge, formerly Evil/Anti-Sonic

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1st appearance of Meows Morales

1st full appearance of Spider-Guin, an anthropomorphic version of Gwen Stacy as a penguin

Spider-Guin aka Penguin Stacy makes a cameo in Spider-Gwen Annual #1 (2016)

Independent ⋅ 2009

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Mike Mignola 2009 sketchbook

Independent ⋅ 2011

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Mike Mignola 2011 sketchbook

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Natasha Irons becomes Steel

Ape Entertainment ⋅ 2011

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1st appearance of Black Dynamite in comics, inspired by the 2009 film

Big City Comics ⋅ 1990

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1st appearance of Brotherman, a hero committed to bringing justice to Big City

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1st appearance of Bloodwynd, later revealed to be Martian Manhunter in disguise but eventually becomes an original character

Cover art inspired by Justice League of America #1 (1960)

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1st full appearance and origin of Bloodwynd, a descendant of slaves who created the Blood Gem - previously appeared in Justice League America #61 but later revealed to be Martian Manhunter in disguise

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1st cameo appearance of Spider-Guin aka Penguin Stacy

1st appearance of Koala Kommander, a parody of Cobra Commander

First solo Spider-Gwen annual issue

1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Leonard Kirk featuring X-23, Laura Kinney and Gabby aka Honey Badger

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16-promotional comic produced by Custom Comics for the New York City Police Department

Coincided with the introduction of the 9-1-1 emergency phone number

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First crossover of Ghostbusters and Transformers

Dynamic Forces ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by JG Jones featuring Yelena Belova

Real name revealed in this issue, introduces herself as The Black Widow in Inhumans #5

Dynamic Forces edition

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16-page preview included in Wizard Magazine #90

1st partial cover appearance and sketch preview of Black Widow, Yelena Belova

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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1st appearance of Achebe, a brilliant but psychotic man who sold his soul to Mephisto

1st cameo appearance of White Wolf

1st cameo team appearance of the Hatut Zeraze

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One-shot collection of pin-ups showing Marvel heroes on vacation

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Marc Silvestri featuring Storm

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Joe Jusko featuring Rogue

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Adam Hughes featuring Namor and the Invisible Woman

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Tim and Greg Hildebrandt featuring Gambit and Rogue

In 2019 Marvel canceled a revival of the Marvel Swimsuit title for reasons unknown

DC ⋅ 1988

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1st appearance of Gregorio de la Vega, later becomes Extrano - DC's first openly gay character

1st appearance of Celia Windward, later becomes Jet

1st appearance of Takeo Yakata, later becomes RAM

1st appearance of Xiang Po, later becomes Gloss

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1st appearance of Tom Foster as the second Black Goliath

In the next issue, Tom drops 'black' from his codename and becomes Goliath

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First published appearance of Darkwing Duck in a comic magazine story

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Final issue of the 1991 Innovation series

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Jenny Frison

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Dale Keown

Four Color Grail edition

Variant ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Preview of the 2009 limited series 'Vampirella Second Coming'

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1st full appearance of War Toy, a mate created by Ultron who possessed the brain patterns of Mockingbird

2nd Print ⋅ Cartoon Books ⋅ 1991

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Second printing with lime-green title text

Preview ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2008

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First written work in the comic book industry by J.J. Abrams

San Diego Comic Con 2008 exclusive given away to promote the TV series Fringe

5-page preview with character bios, 12 pages total

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