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1st appearance of Spot, a villain who has the power to teleport

[February 2021 - Spot rumored villain for Spider-Verse 2 / June 2022 - confirmed to appear in Spider-Verse 2, voiced by Jason Schwartzman]

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1st full appearance of Jonathan Ohnn, becomes Spot in the next issue

1st and only appearance of Timothy Quail as the Hermit

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1st cameo appearance of Jonathan Ohnn, later becomes Spot

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Thunderbolts are revealed to be the Masters of Evil led by Baron Helmut Zemo as Citizen V

Meteorite revealed to be Moonstone

Atlas revealed to be Goliath

Mach-1 revealed to be Beetle

Techno revealed to be Fixer

Songbird revealed to be Screaming Mimi

1st cameo appearance of Hallie Takahama, later becomes Jolt

1st appearance of Dallas Riordan

Image ⋅ 1995

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1st appearance and origin of Cy-Gor, a cyborg primate

[June 2022 - Gen-Lock creator will bring an adult-animated series of McFarlane Toys ‘Raw10’ to Netflix - toyline includes Cy-Gor]

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1st appearance of One-Punch Man in a standard U.S. comic book

1st published My Hero Academia comic in standard size

My Hero Academia first appeared in the Japanese magazine Shonen Jump Weekly 7/14/2014

FCBD 2016 Double Feature: One Punch Man / My Hero Academia

[April 2020 - Sony has plans to develop a live-action One Punch Man movie with Justin Lin to direct]

[August 2021 - My Hero Academia secures a director for a live-action adaptation / December 2022 - the show will be produced for Netflix]

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2nd appearance and first cover of Spot

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1st team appearance of The Thunderbolts: Citizen V (formerly Baron Zemo), Atlas (formerly Goliath), Mach-1 (formerly Beetle), Songbird (formerly Screaming Mimi), Meteorite (formerly Moonstone II), Techno (formerly Fixer)

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2007

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Dynamite begins publishing The Boys, issues #1 - #6 published by WildStorm

1st team appearance of Payback: Tek-Knight, Stormfront, Swatto, Mind-Droid

1st appearance of The Legend, a parody of Stan Lee

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1st team appearance of The Ghostbusters in U.S. comic books

Adapted from the cartoon series

[August 2024 - Netflix has ordered a Ghostbusters animated series from Sony Pictures Animation]

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First comic book series based on the Duke Nukem video game

[June 2022 - the creators of Cobra Kai have signed on to a Duke Nukem movie]

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Premiere issue of a 5 part series about immortal soldiers from ancient times living in the 21st century as mercenaries

Adapted for a Netflix movie, premiered July 2020 with a sequel in the works starring Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman and Henry Golding

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Milestone issue

Cover art featuring Spot

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1st appearance of Spider-Zero

1st appearance of Spider-Monster and Lord Spider

1st appearance of fan-created spider personas: Spider-Requiem, V and The Spinster

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Iconic cover art by Todd McFarlane

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1st appearance of Miles Morales, Spider-Man from an alternate reality

Distributed in a polybag

Diamond Comics Distributors estimates 65,000 copies of the first printing were shipped

[May 2023 - Sony Spider-Verse producer Amy Pascal tells Variety a live-action Miles Morales movie is in the works]

WildStorm ⋅ 2006

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1st partial team appearance of The Seven: Homelander (1st), Starlight (1st), Black Noir (1st), Queen Maeve (1st), A-Train

1st cameo team appearance of Teenage Kix, in photos

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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First solo titled series featuring Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan

1st appearance of Zoe Zimmer

1st appearance of Nakia Bahadir aka Kiki

Origin of Ms. Marvel, specifically the development of her powers

WildStorm ⋅ 2006

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1st appearance of Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys, a CIA team that polices a reckless superhero community

1st appearance of Hughie Campbell, recruited to The Boys after the death of his girlfriend

1st appearance of A-Train, a member of the Seven

Adapted for a TV series on Amazon

[May 2024 - The Boys has been renewed for a fifth and final season / July 2024 - Vought Rising will be the third live-action series spun-off from The Boys starring Soldier Boy and Stormfront]

Grim #1

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3rd Print ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Third printing

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