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Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Origin of Marc Spector, as a boy, the first time he was approached by Khonshu and the first time he encountered his Steven Grant persona

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1st appearance of Ryan Wilder, an in-story depiction of the CW Batgirl, not in costume

Charlton ⋅ 1967
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1st appearance of The Question, an investigative journalist

âš  Buyer Beware: there is reprint from 1977 from Modern Comics that can be identified by the Modern logo in the upper left corner

🔮 DC Possibilities: Warner Bros. would be wise to not put all their chips on major superheroes and utilize time-tested characters like The Question who has potential for a visually unique noir story. Recent sales indicate this is an undervalued book with a character created by Steve Ditko in 1967

Marvel ⋅ 1982
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1st appearance of the second Scarlet Scarab, the son of the first who appeared in Invaders #23

Marvel ⋅ 1969
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First professionally published cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith

Origin of Beast, back-up story concludes

Image ⋅ 2021
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1st appearance of Clementine, a character originally introduced in Telltale's The Walking Dead video game (2012)

Anthology of stories including Rick Grimes 2000, the continuation of a story from The Walking Dead #75

Five-issue limited series celebrating Skybound's 10 year anniversary

Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Origin of Marc Spector aka Moon Knight, details of his childhood

1st appearance of Elias Spector

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Variant cover art by Rod Reis

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1st full appearance of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian

1st full appearance of Ezra Bridger

1st full appearance of Hera Syndulla

📖 Reading Order: next read Kanan The Last Padawan #12

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1st full appearance of Superman Subject One, an alien orphan raised by the American government as a supersoldier

Marvel ⋅ 2012
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Final issue

Copies ordered by retailers: 21,185

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1st appearance of Xesh, a human Force Hound

1st appearance of Trill, a female Force Hound

1st appearance of Kora Ryo

1st appearance of Rori Fenn

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1st appearance of Tem Madog

Preceding issue #1 is an issue #0 that acts as a primer for the series with character sketches, bios and other information

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,797

[April 2023 - at Star Wars Celebration, it was revealed James Mangold's Star Wars movie will be a Jedi origin story]

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