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1st appearance of the second Dryad

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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1st appearance of Anti-Metal, a variation of Vibranium

Origin of the Plunderer

Origin of Ka-Zar

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1st appearance of Willow, the DC version of the Avenger known as Mantis

Creator of Mantis, Steve Englehart continued to use the character across multiple publishers - under the name Willow in DC comics and Lorelei at Eclipse Comics

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Emanuela Lupacchino

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1st team appearance of Surf: Sharkskin, Eel and Undertow

1st appearance of Coal, Spike and String, Deviant henchmen

Image ⋅ 2016

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Final issue, series finale

Due to personal conflicts between the writer and artist, it has been communicated that this issue will never be reprinted in a collected volume or otherwise

Eclipse ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of Scorpio Rose

Originally created by Steve Englehart with a script initially intended for Madame Xanadu but a compensation dispute caused him to leave DC

Eclipse ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of Lorelai

Originally created as Mantis for The Avengers by Steve Englehart who carried the character to two other publishers before returning to Marvel

Also appeared in Justice League of America #142 as Willow

2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2007

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Second printing, yellow cover (first printing is pink/purple)

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Rhodey assumes the codename War Machine

Prior to this this issue, War Machine was the name of the armor

Rhodes first wears the armor in Iron Man #284 but refers to himself as Iron Man. Prior to #284, Stark wore the War Machine armor

[February 2021 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in Armor Wars]

Marvel ⋅ 1983

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1st appearance of James Rhodes as Iron Man

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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1st appearance of Rhodey Rhodes in the War Machine armor but he still refers to himself as Iron Man

It isn't until West Coast Avengers #94 until the codename ‘War Machine’ is used

[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in an Armor Wars series on Disney+ / November 2022 - an inside source passed along an unconfirmed rumor that Armor Wars has been removed from Disney's production slate]

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Marvel Avengers X-Men 30 year celebratory issues with pin-ups and cover art by various artists

Hologram cover by Joe Madureira

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2nd appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury

See: The Ultimates v.1 #2 for Ultimate Nick Fury's first appearance resembling Samuel L. Jackson which preceded The Avengers movie by a decade

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16-page promotional giveaway included in the July/Aug 1994 issue of NFL Pro Action Magazine

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16-page promotional giveaway included in the Nov/Dec 1994 issue of NFL Pro Action Magazine

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Ron Lim

Cover art inspired by Tomb of Dracula #1 (1972)

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Variant cover art by Jennifer L. Meyer

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Rebirth of Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Walt Simonson

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Mike Del Mundo

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Cover art by Humberto Ramos featuring Mary Jane

Variant ⋅ Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2008

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Variant cover art by Scott Hampton

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The story of Laurie Strode's descent into drugs and depression that led to her faking her own death and changing her identity which is discovered in the H2O film

Final issue of a three-part series that was never completed

Tap cover and swipe to view the cover art to the issue #3

Variant ⋅ Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2008

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Variant cover art by Peter Fielding

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Cover art by Terry Dodson

Cover art inspired by Superman #38 (1946)

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1st cameo appearance of Charnn

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,172

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,311

Marvel ⋅ 1967

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1st appearance of Zom, an extradimensional monster

Image ⋅ 1998

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One-shot that features character biographies from Spawn and Eclipse, a defunct publisher whose properties were purchased by McFarlane in 1996

Cover art by Todd McFarlane

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1st appearance of Teen Lantern out of costume in-story, previously appeared out of costume on the cover only

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1st cover appearance of Mantis

Mantis joins The Avengers

Swordsman rejoins The Avengers

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2nd appearance of Nebula

Marvel ⋅ 2018

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1st full appearance of Peggy Carter as Captain America

Cover art inspired by X-Men #268

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Joe Quesada

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant sketch cover art by Joe Quesada

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Origin of She-Ra

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Origin of She-Ra

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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Preview of Acts of Vengeance

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One-shot, origin of He-Man

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Tomm Coker

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Steve Dillon

ESPN IN For The National Championship variant

Archie ⋅ 1995

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1st appearance of Scrappy-Doo in-story, previously appeared in advertisements for the animated TV series

Archie begins publishing Scooby-Doo stories

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994

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DC Universe logo

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Battle of Wolverine versus Deadpool

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,245

Image ⋅ 1993

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1st appearance of Backlash, an expert hand-to-hand combatant

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Variant cover art by Chris Allan

Hot Topic exclusive limited to 1,000 copies

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