First interior art by Mike Zeck, specifically, the interior cover

First cover art by Mike Zeck

First solo story featuring Jack of Hearts

1st appearance of Zaran the Weapons Master

1st appearance of Roderick Kingsley, later becomes the Hobgoblin

1st appearance of Madam Belladonna

1st appearance of Agent Syn, one of multiple agents working for Samisdat the terrorist, who use the moniker Agent Syn

1st appearance of Rufus Carter aka Super Midnight, an ally of Shang-Chi

1st appearance of Shadow Slasher, a skilled martial artis

1st appearance of Every-Man

1st appearance of Team America: Honcho, R.U. Reddy, Wolf

1st appearance of Vermin

1st appearance of the second Baron Zemo in classic costume, previously appeared in Captain America #168 as The Phoenix

[September 2022 - rumored for Thunderbolts]

Identity of Baron Zemo revealed

Jack Monroe becomes Nomad

Death of The Patriot

Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, front and back view of the suit

Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, front, side and rear view plus crouching stance

Death of Torpedo

1st cameo appearance of Oblivion, the physical manifestation of the death of a universe

Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume with spider logo colored red

The design of this costume is courtesy of a Marvel fan from Norridge, Illinois, Randy Schueller

Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, paid Schueller $220 for ownership of the costume design which debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 with a white logo instead of the red spider emblem from the original design (tap cover and swipe for interior images)

1st cameo appearance of the Beyonder as a white light and a voice

First line-wide crossover event series

[February 2021 - Laurence Fishburne will voice the Beyonder in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series / July 2022 - Avengers: Secret Wars will conclude Marvel Studios' Phase 6]

There is an abundance of the error edition where Galactus appears blue/white, possibly an even greater amount than that of the standard purple-colored Galactus

$1.00 Canadian Price Variant

Second printing, black Spider-Man mask in corner box

Cover art by Mike Zeck

1st full appearance and cover of Zartan

1st appearance of Deep Six

1st appearance of Mutt & Junkyard

1st team appearance of the Dreadnoks: Ripper, Torch, Buzzer, Cutter

1st appearance of Volcana

1st appearance of the second Titania, Mary McPherran

Second printing, identified by the square price box, different than the M-shaped price box of the first printing

Cover art by Mike Zeck

Cover art by Mike Zeck

1st cameo appearance of the second Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter

Death of the Wasp

1st full appearance of Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter

[August 2022 - rumored to appear in Madame Web]

First battle She-Hulk vs Titania

"Secret Wars" part 8

Origin of the black symbiote costume that later bonds with Eddie Brock to become Venom

2nd appearance of Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MARK JEWELERS 9.2 sold for $820 [$280 in 2020] +193%

1st appearance of a H.I.S.S. [High Speed Sentry] driver though they are operating helicopters in this issue

Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

$1.00 Canadian price variant

Double cover printing error

Identifiable by checking to see if there are two covers

"Secret Wars" part 9 - Battle vs Galactus

"Secret Wars" part 10

"Secret Wars" part 11

She-Hulk joins The Fantastic Four, chronologically

1st full appearance of Oblivion

1st appearance of Xomat and Tomax, identical twins and high-ranking officers in Cobra

1st appearance of Flint, a warrant officer

1st appearance of Footloose, infantry trooper

1st appearance of Shipwreck, a sailor

1st appearance of Barbecue, a firefighter

1st appearance of Keel-Haul

1st appearance of Lampreys

Debut of classic Snake-Eyes suit, cover only

Snake-Eyes is first seen in the classic suit in G.I. Joe: A Real America Hero #45

First solo series featuring the Punisher

1st appearance of Scrap-Iron, an anti-armor specialist (Cobra)

Newsstand edition, indicated by the barcode

$1.50 Canadian Price Variant

First Punisher limited series part 2