Bob Wiacek

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1st appearance of the Blonde Phantom since the Golden Age, in a flashback - Louise Grant, the alter ego of Blonde Phantom appeared in She-Hulk #2 (1989)
The Blonde Phantom returns in the Modern Age as a superhero in All-Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009)
Newsstand
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1st appearance of the Blonde Phantom since the Golden Age, in a flashback - Louise Grant, the alter ego of Blonde Phantom appeared in She-Hulk #2 (1989)
The Blonde Phantom returns in the Modern Age as a superhero in All-Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009)
Marvel Feb 1990

New Mutants #86

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1st cameo appearance of Cable - Rob Liefeld confirms this is not a teaser but an in-story appearance
1st cameo appearance of Stryfe
1st cameo team appearance of the Mutant Liberation Front
Marvel Mar 1990

New Mutants #87

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1st full appearance of Cable
1st full team appearance of the Mutant Liberation Front: Stryfe, Wildside, Reaper, Fourarm, Thumbelina, Strobe, Tempo, Zero
Marvel Mar 1990

New Mutants #87

Mark Jewelers
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1st full appearance of Cable
4-page interior Mark Jewelers advertisement, printed on paper stock and bound into the centerfold
Distributed to stores near military bases or on-site
Approximately only 5% of the print run included these advertisements
Marvel May 1990

X-Men Annual #14

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1st appearance of Gambit
⚠️ Debatable Firsts: this issue is often cited as a cameo of Gambit which would imply that the appearance is brief although he appears in 15 panels throughout the book with at least 10 instances of dialogue
This includes a full page-and-a-half interaction with Storm where she addresses him by name and refers to him as a thief (see images by tapping cover and swiping left)
Later Gambit appears in his classic suit and then again in an X-Men uniform
This issue went on sale June 19th whereas X-Men #266 went on sale July 10th
Uncanny X-Men #266 was written as if it were to be published prior to the annual
CGC recognizes this issue as a cameo appearance of Gambit and Uncanny X-Men #266 as his first full appearance

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