1st team appearance of the Power Lords in comics

Characters based on the 1983 Revell action figure toy line

1st appearance of Shockwave

1st cameo appearance of the Dinobots

1st team appearance of the Sectaurs

4 in. x 6.25 in. mini-comics packaged with Sectaurs action figures

9 figures were released in the first wave of toys, each with a separate comic book story

1st appearance of Sectaurs in a standard size comic book, previously appeared in mini-comics packaged with action figures

Comic book adaptation of the 1987 movie about a corrupt corporation's cyborg police force that battles criminal drug lords

[September 2020 - MGM developing a screenplay in hopes it will be greenlit]

Cover layout by Brian Bolland with finishes by Mark Texeira

Marvel approved Bolland's rough layout for the issue but the finished cover did not arrive in time for printing

Using Bolland's layout sketch, Mark Texeira provided a finished cover that went to print, shortly thereafter, Marvel issued Bolland's finished artwork as a wraparound cover only (see variant) with an explanation of what occurred, printed on the inside

Five-page preview of Ghost Rider #1 (1990) introducing Danny Ketch as the new Ghost Rider

Debut of Johnny Blaze's hellfire shotgun

First glow-in-the-dark comic cover

1st appearance of Brother Visara, a Deviant ruler of Lemuria overthrown by Brother Tode

1st appearance of Dark Angel and Tzabaoth, the twin children of Deviant leader Kro and Thena

1st appearance of Suicide, a villain given regenerative powers by Mephisto

First solo title featuring the Midnight Sons

✅ Nick’s Picks: a dollar bin pickup that has $10 - $15 potential if Midnight Sons happens in live action

1st appearance of Union, an alien member of the Stormwatch team

First solo series featuring Sabretooth

Painted cover art by Mark Texeira featuring Lynn Michaels as the new Punisher, briefly

Cover art by Mark Texeira featuring Pantha

1st team appearance of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's special forces: Okoye and Nakia

Nakia later becomes Malice

1st appearance of Zuri, an elder of Wakanda

Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

2nd appearance of Okoye

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

1st full appearance of the White Wolf, an adoptee of Wakanda

1st full team appearance of the Hatut Zeraze, a team operating under White Wolf

[July 2022 - an action figure of Hatut Zeraze in the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever wave is not branded with the Marvel Studios logo therefore it is highly unlikely the character will appear in an upcoming film]

Ten years after Ghost Rider volume 2 was cancelled, ceators Ivan Velez and Mark Texeira return to finish the fifth and final chapter of the open-ended story arc

Variant cover art by Mark Texeira

Variant cover art by Mark Texeira