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A crew of wildfire firefighters abandon their duties and hunt for riches under cover of smoke and ash

[August 2022 - optioned by UCP for a TV series]

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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1st appearance of Man-Bull

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1st appearance of Jack of Hearts in a standard comic book, previously appeared in Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu

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1st appearance of Ove, son of Namor

1st appearance of Brigid Thorsdottir, the daughter of Thor from an alternate reality

Max ⋅ 2002

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1st appearance of the Hood, Parker Robbins

1st appearance of John King, the cousin of Parker Robbins

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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1st appearance of Delirium, one of The Endless, formerly Delight before she went insane

[December 2022 - Neil Gaiman hints at Delirium appearing in Sandman season 2]

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1st appearance of Bloodsport

1st appearance of Maggie Sawyer, DC's first openly gay female character

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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First ongoing solo series featuring Wonder Man in Hollywood

1st appearance of Neal Saroyan, Wonder Man’s agent

[February 2025 - Ed Harris will portray Neal Saroyan in the Wonder Man series]

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Death, Dream’s sister

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1st team appearance of the Great Lake Avengers: Big Bertha, Dinah Soar, Doorman, Flatman and Mr. Immortal

Marvel ⋅ 2003

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Neil Gaiman's first written work for Marvel Comics

Multi-award winning limited series that places classic Marvel heroes in the 17th century

The collected edition of this series has a dedication from Gaiman that reads 'To Todd (McFarlane), for making it necessary' referencing a 10 year legal dispute over profits and character ownership

1st appearance of Peter Parquagh, becomes The Spider in the 1602 alternate reality in Marvel 1602: New World #4

[July 2022 - a 1602 Universe will be featured in What If...? Season 2]

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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First ongoing solo Punisher series

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Chaos ensues after eight billion genies grant everyone in the world one wish

[June 2022 - Amazon secures rights for a movie and other potential projects / March 2024 - Seth Rogen’s Point Grey will adapt for film with Rodney Rothman (Into the Spider-Verse) writing the screenplay]

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1st appearance of Richard Fisk as The Rose, the Kingpin's son previously appeared as the Schemer

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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]

Dark Horse ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Predator in a standard comic book

Marvel acquired the rights to publish Alien and Predator comics from Dark Horse in 2020

[October 2024 - a secret Predator film directed by Dan Trachtenberg (Prey) is rumored to release prior to Predator: Badlands]

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A collection of masks transforms a young man into different beasts and monsters

[August 2022 - in development for an adult animated series by Latin American studio Ánima (Aztec Batman)]

1:50 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Seb McKinnon

Acetate ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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C2e2 store exclusive, limited to 750 copies

Unauthorized edition, augmented with an acetate cover - authorized publication without acetate cover originally went on sale September 2021

Unauthorized by Marvel but recognized by CGC and graded with the Universal (standard) blue label

Controversial due to accusations that exhibitors were given preferential opportunity to purchase unlimited copies ahead of general admission C2e2 convention attendees

According to Terapeak, ungraded copies on eBay have sold for $250 - $350

Original retail price for unauthorized edition: $85 for a majority of sales then increased to $100 as inventory dwindled

C2E2 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant virgin cover art by Rahzzah

C2e2 exclusive

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