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1st appearance of Frankie Raye as the second Nova, becomes a Herald of Galactus

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1st team appearance of the new Teen Titans: Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire

1st appearance of Raven

1st appearance of Cyborg

1st appearance of Starfire

Beast Boy becomes Changeling

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1st appearance of Spintress, a Spider-Princess

1st appearance of Bishop Octopus and Queen Mysteria

1st full cover appearance of Sun-Spider, partially seen on Spider-Verse #6

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Standalone issue bridging Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish to Iron Man #1 and Sub-Mariner #1

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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

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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1st full appearance of the Titan Hulk persona

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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1st partial team appearance and origin of The Eternals and The Deviants

1st appearance of Ikaris

1st appearance of Kro and Brother Tode, Deviants and enemies of The Eternals

1st appearance of Margo Damian

Marvel ⋅ 2000

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1st appearance of the Sentry

1st appearance of The Void, the dark aspect of The Sentry

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1st appearance of Hallow's Eve

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1st appearance of Deathstroke the Terminator

1st appearance and death of Ravager, son of Deathstroke - appears in issue #1, not in costume

1st appearance of Wintergreen, Deathstroke's mentor

1st cameo appearance of Trigon, as demonic eyes

🔮 DC Possibilities: Yet another character who could hold his own as an anti-hero in a standalone project and a few extra years on Joe Manganiello would do well for Deathstroke

[September 2024 - James Gunn’s DCU is developing a Bane and Deathstroke super-villain team-up film based on a script by Matthew Orton]

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Wolverine's claws are revealed to be made of bone after Magneto removed the adamantium from his body in X-Men #25 (1993)

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1st appearance of Hypno-Hustler

[December 2022 - Donald Glover reported to be cast in a Sony Spider-Man film that will be written by Myles Murphy, son of Eddie Murphy and focus on the character Hypno-Hustler]

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1st cameo appearance of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian warrior

1st cameo appearance of Ezra Bridger

1st cameo appearance of Hera Syndulla

1st appearance of Kanan Jarrus

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: CGC labels Kanan #1 the first appearance of the above listed characters without distinction of cameo or full. View additional images of the single panel appearance

📖 Reading Order: next read Kanan The Last Padawan #2, then read Darth Vader #1 (2017 series)

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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1st appearance and origin of Nova, Richard Rider

1st appearance of Rhomann Dey, Corpsman of the Nova Corps

1st appearance of Robbie Rider, brother of Nova

[March 2022 - Deadline reports a Nova project is in development]

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1st appearance of the Prowler, Hobie Brown

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1st appearance of Quasar, formerly Marvel Man

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Adrian Gutierrez

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Dan Mora

Bad Idea ⋅ 2022

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Story of a thief who escapes from hell and is pursued by demons

Multiple choice ending that gives the reader the option of which story to follow in later publications

Bad Idea describes this story as potentially infinite and endless in its diverging narrative

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