First cover art by Brian Hitch

Premiere issue of the first Death's Head solo series, published by Marvel UK

$2.50 price variant

First solo title featuring Colossus, one-shot

1st appearance of Miss Locke, an aide of Arcade

1st appearance of Apollo

1st appearance of Midnighter

Profile of Shiv, Cindy Burman

Premiere issue of the science fiction series created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch

1st appearance of the second Engineer, a scientist who replaced her blood with liquid nanites

1st appearance of Jeroen Thornedike, the new Doctor with reality altering powers

Death of Jenny Sparks

Reincarnation of Jenny Sparks as Jenny Quantum, as a baby

1st appearance of Queen of Fables

1st appearance of Nick Fury bearing a likeness to Samuel L. Jackson

1st appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury is in Ultimate Team-Up #5

1st appearance of the Chitauri

1st team appearance and origin of the Ultimate Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm

First introduced in in Marvel Team-Up #9, a Fantastic Four team made multiple unofficial appearances in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) but it wasn't until this issue that an official continuity began

There is also a lengthy non-continuity sequence involving the Fantastic Four included in Ultimate Spider-Man Special (July 2002)

✅ Nick's Picks: as far as The Maker goes, his first appearance is difficult to pin down but the official intro of the Ultimate Fantastic Four is a solid choice

CHARACTER SEARCH: THE MAKER for more keys related to the character

Debut of the Iron Spider Suit, engineered by Stark Industries

Variant cover art by Brian Hitch

1st appearance of Dr Faiza Hussain, later becomes Excalibur

Captain Britain joins MI:13

Spitfire joins MI:13

[January 2022 - Faiza rumored for Blade / September 2022 - an inside source strongly believes this character has already been cast and is attempting to secure confirmation]

Third printing

1st appearance of a Doctor Strange Skrull who binds Earth's magic to an enchanted chain

1st cameo appearance of the New Defenders, later becomes the Fantastic Force: The Hooded Man(later revealed to be Old Man Logan), Lightwave (a Herald of Galactus), Psionics (daughter of Lightwave), Natalie X, Alex Ultron (version 16.0) and Hulk Jr.

Black Knight joins MI:13

Faiza Hussain joins MI:13

Faiza Hussain claims the sword Excalibur

Blade joins MI 13

1st appearance Plokta, creator of the Mindless Ones

1st appearance of the Marquis of Death

1st appearance of Clyde Wynchman as the Marquis of Death

First Blade and Black Knight appearance in the same panel - no official introduction

Blade joins MI 13 in issue #5

Battle of Deadpool vs Moon Knight part 2

Ultimate Reed Richards' face is disfigured by Johnny Storm which becomes a physical differentiation of the Maker separating him from the mainstream Marvel Universe version of Mr. Fantastic

✅ Nick's Picks: here's a rumor we were told yesterday from the same source who told us there would be a Hawkeye Disney+ series - the MCU Fantastic Four movie will reintroduce Mr. Fantastic from the 20th Century Fantastic Four movie BUT...as The Maker - the source STRESSED that this was simply OVERHEARD and by no means a strong speculative pick

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

Variant cover art by Brian Hitch

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

Remastered edition

1st team appearance of the Justice League's children from the future

1st appearance of Hunter Prince, son of Wonder Woman and The Darkness

1st appearance of Cruise and Green Lanterns, Jenny and Jason Allen, children of Barry Allen and Jessica Cruz

1st appearance of Cube, son of Cyborg and unnamed mother

1st appearance of Serenity, daughter of Aquaman and Mera

1st appearance of Sovereign, an alternate reality Hippolyta

Origin of Hawkman

1st appearance of Idamm

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

1st cover appearance of Gold Lantern

Connecting cover with Legion of Super-Heroes Millennium #2

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

1st cover appearance of Monster Boy

Connecting cover with Legion of Super-Heroes Millennium #1

1st cameo appearance of the Lord Beyond the Void

Possible final page cameo of Yara Flor as a child

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

1st appearance of Dr. Nightmare

Variant cover art by Bryan Hitch

Variant cover art by Brian Hitch

1st full appearance of Meridius

1st cameo appearance of Bedlam

1st appearance of Archer Lyle, an ally of the Brocks

1st appearance of Carson, an agent of the Life Foundation

1st appearance of Carson as Spearhead

2nd cameo appearance of Bedlam, revealed to be Meridius

Debut of new Venom emblem

⚠ Debatable First: Bedlam makes a cameo appearance in Venom #1 on one page. There is debate regarding Bedlam's appearance in this issue as the character appears on one splash page - a single image illustrated across two pages (tap cover and swipe to view both appearances)

1st team appearance of the Kings In Black: Tyro, Finnegan, Wilde

1st full appearance of Bedlam, a symbiote weapon of Meridius

Debut of Warstar Symbiote suit

Identity of Bedlam revealed

First mention of a seventh Venom, cameo in FCBD 2022 Spider-Man/Venom #1 as a pair of disembodied eyes

1st full appearance of Sleeper Agent, the Sleeper symbiote with a new host

Possible appearance of a seventh Venom, cameo in FCBD 2022 Spider-Man/Venom #1 as a pair of disembodied eyes, mentioned in Venom #10

One-shot that introduces a conflict uniting the present-day Avengers, the prehistoric Avengers 1,000,000 BC and the future Avengers Forever

Variant cover art by Mark Brooks