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1st cover appearance of Amethyst

Continued from a 16-page preview that was inserted in Legion of Super-Heroes #298

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1st appearance of Nemesis, Thomas Tresser, a spy and master of disguise

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First interior art by Jim Lee at Marvel Comics, specifically the character profile for 'Eel'

⚠ Misconception: Jim Lee's first published artwork for is considered to be Alpha Flight #51, an issue he illustrated in full, but Lee contributed one panel of art for Marvel published prior to Alpha Flight #51

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Amanda Conner featuring Harley Quinn and Power Girl

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Third printing, printed in the interior copyright notes toward the bottom of the first page

Gilberton ⋅ 1943

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comic Code Authority

Reason: Wertham felt these comics were preventing children from reading the actual novels

HRN stands for Highest Re-order issue Number on back cover - the lower the number the earlier the printing. Generally a first printing will have an HRN that matches the issue number on the front

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40-page conclusion of the Battlewave storyline

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First meeting and team-up of Johnny Blaze and Jack Russell

First battle of Ghost Rider vs Werewolf By Night

The cover indicates this is when Ghost Rider meets Werewolf By Night but an interior editor's note clarifies 'Ghost Rider briefly met the Werewolf in Marvel Premiere #28'

In this issue, Ghost Rider and the Werewolf interact throughout in human and monster form as opposed to Marvel Premiere #28 where Ghost Rider attacks the Werewolf but there is no mutual interaction, verbal or physical (tap cover and swipe to view panels)

Omnibus ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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736-page, hardcover collection of the following:

Tomb of Dracula Magazine #1 - #6 (1979 series)

Frankenstein #7 - #9 (1973 series)

Dracula Lives Magazine #1 - #13 (1983)

Original retail price: $99.99

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1st appearance of Richard Parker and Mary Parker, the parents of Peter Parker

This issue reveals that the Red Skull orchestrated the deaths of Peter Parker's parents in a plane crash

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