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1st appearance of Bobbi Morse as Mockingbird

Hidden Message: interior panel of a vehicle in an airport parking lot with a vanity plate that reads FUQ

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1st appearance and cover of White Fox, a shapeshifter from Korea

1st appearance of Guillotine, a French woman who wields a magical sword

Marvel ⋅ 1983
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1st appearance of Bombshell, Wendy Conrad

1st appearance of Oddball, a juggling-themed villain

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1st appearance of Prince Xizor, the Head of the Black Sun crime syndicate

1st cover appearance of Dash Rendar

Foil ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Variant cover art by Kaare Andrews

'Adamantium Foil' variant

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A modern take on George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm

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1st appearance of Death Locket aka Rebecca Ryker, a teenage version of Deathlok

1st appearance of Kid Briton, an alternate reality version of Captain Briton

1st appearance of Cullen Bloodstone, brother of Elsa

1st appearance of Anachronism, a boy whose soul had been merged with the spirit of a Celtic warlord

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1st appearance of Nara, an Atlantean

1st appearance of Apex, a bio-engineered superhuman

Death of Mettle

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1st appearance of Pavitr Prabhakar, the Spider-Man of India in a U.S. comic

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Despite the cover text, Moon Knight and Doctor Pym do not join the West Coast Avengers until issue #23

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Variant cover art by Steven Cummings

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Anniversary issue celebrating 30 years of Spider-Man

Interior gatefold poster of Spider-Man 2099 published one month before the August 1992 preview in The Amazing Spider-Man #365

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5-page preview of Spider-Man 2099, considered by some to be the first appearance but it is an excerpt from Spider-Man 2099 #1

30th Anniversary of Spider-Man (1962-1992)

Hologram cover

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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Man 2099

5-page preview in Amazing Spider-Man #365 and an advertisement in Web of Spider-Man #90

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: many sources cite Amazing Spider-Man #365 as the first appearance of Spider-Man 2099 despite text on the cover of the issue that refers to it as a five-page preview promoting Spider-Man 2099 #1

Prelude ⋅ Image ⋅ 1998
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8-page original prelude story introducing Battle Chasers, a fantasy property created by Joe Madureira

Battle Chasers spawned a video game launched in 2017

Sketchbook preview of characters that appear in the first issue of the limited series

[December 2021 - a live-action TV series in-development from the creators of John Wick]

Marvel ⋅ 2004
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1st cameo appearance of Phyla-Vell

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1st full appearance of Phyla-Vell, the cloned daughter of Mar-vell and Elysius

[December 2021 - Phyla-Vell confirmed by a Key Collector Comics source to appear in the MCU]

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1st appearance of Vigilante in costume

1st appearance of Lyla Michaels, later becomes Harbinger

1st appearance of Cheshire, Jade Nguyen, a deadly assassin

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1st full appearance of Mr. Negative

1st appearance of the second Jackpot

1st cameo appearance of Freak, prior to receiving powers

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1st appearance of Grant Wilson aka Ravager, Deathstroke's son, not in costume

2nd team appearance and origin of the New Teen Titans: Beast Boy, Cyborg, Kid Flash, Raven, Robin, Starfire and Wonder Girl

2nd appearance of Starfire

2nd appearance of Cyborg

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2nd appearance of Raven

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Variant cover art by Russell Dauterman

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