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Iconic cover art by Jack Kirby
Classic battle of Silver Surfer vs Galactus
3rd appearance of Silver Surfer
2nd appearance of Galactus
1st appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot, an ally of the Fantastic Four
Introduction of the Ultimate Nullifier, a weapon created by the Watchers
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Iconic cover art by Jack Kirby
Classic battle of Silver Surfer vs Galactus
3rd appearance of Silver Surfer
2nd appearance of Galactus
1st appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot, an ally of the Fantastic Four
Introduction of the Ultimate Nullifier, a weapon created by the Watchers
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A disgraced producer enters a downward spiral on a quest to save his film career
Copies ordered by retailers: 7,546
[Feburary 2020 - Taika Waititi and Jude Law signed on for a film adaptation of this series - 🚨 Key Issue Alert sent February 15, 2020]
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A disgraced producer enters a downward spiral on a quest to save his film career
Copies ordered by retailers: 7,546
[Feburary 2020 - Taika Waititi and Jude Law signed on for a film adaptation of this series - 🚨 Key Issue Alert sent February 15, 2020]
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Death of the first Union Jack, suffered a heart attack
Death of Baron Blood, decapitated by Captain America
1st appearance of the third Union Jack, Joseph Chapman
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Death of the first Union Jack, suffered a heart attack
Death of Baron Blood, decapitated by Captain America
1st appearance of the third Union Jack, Joseph Chapman
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First solo Wolverine title
1st cameo appearance of Yukio
First use of the phrase, 'I'm the best there is at what I do'
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First solo Wolverine title
1st cameo appearance of Yukio
First use of the phrase, 'I'm the best there is at what I do'
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Reference to the destruction of the DC Universe by the Black Winter, an entity that appears to those who are doomed as an enemy that was initially destined to destroy them
Cates alludes to the Black Winter taking on the form of Darkseid writing: they will see the stone-faced avatar of their one true end...For them, their omega. The one who is
Cates alludes to Darkseid's stone-like face, his Omega Beams and Tom King's run on Mr. Miracle with the line "Darkseid Is..."
Preview of Strange Academy
The Strange Academy preview is not the first appearances of the characters. It is an excerpt of the first issue meant to promote the title. If it were an original story, then it would be considered a first appearance
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Reference to the destruction of the DC Universe by the Black Winter, an entity that appears to those who are doomed as an enemy that was initially destined to destroy them
Cates alludes to the Black Winter taking on the form of Darkseid writing: they will see the stone-faced avatar of their one true end...For them, their omega. The one who is
Cates alludes to Darkseid's stone-like face, his Omega Beams and Tom King's run on Mr. Miracle with the line "Darkseid Is..."
Preview of Strange Academy
The Strange Academy preview is not the first appearances of the characters. It is an excerpt of the first issue meant to promote the title. If it were an original story, then it would be considered a first appearance
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Three-issue limited series published by DC
This is the first Masters of the Universe title published by a major comic book company
Earlier He-Man related comics were distributed with action figures and were more closely related to children's picture books
Between July/August 1982, there were 16 issues that went on sale with a 14-page preview
Five were published on July 13, 1982:
Firestorm #6, DC Comics Presents #51, Arak #15, Justice League of America #208, Wonder Woman #29
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Three-issue limited series published by DC
This is the first Masters of the Universe title published by a major comic book company
Earlier He-Man related comics were distributed with action figures and were more closely related to children's picture books
Between July/August 1982, there were 16 issues that went on sale with a 14-page preview
Five were published on July 13, 1982:
Firestorm #6, DC Comics Presents #51, Arak #15, Justice League of America #208, Wonder Woman #29
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1st appearance of Shriek, a mutant ally of Carnage
Shriek appears in Venom II
Introduction of Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane
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1st appearance of Shriek, a mutant ally of Carnage
Shriek appears in Venom II
Introduction of Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane
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1st appearance of Madame Web
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Second ongoing She-Hulk solo series
The cover dialogue is a reference to the first She-Hulk series cancellation
Five years later, the final Sensational She-Hulk issue went on-sale and on the cover, she demands that readers hand over their X-Men books to be destroyed due to the cancellation of the series
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Second ongoing She-Hulk solo series
The cover dialogue is a reference to the first She-Hulk series cancellation
Five years later, the final Sensational She-Hulk issue went on-sale and on the cover, she demands that readers hand over their X-Men books to be destroyed due to the cancellation of the series
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1st appearance and origin of She-Hulk, the cousin of Bruce Banner
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1st appearance and origin of She-Hulk, the cousin of Bruce Banner
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1st team appearance of The Gloom, aliens who sacrificed their physical form and uploaded their consciousness into warrior avatars to seek justice for their ravaged race
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1st team appearance of The Gloom, aliens who sacrificed their physical form and uploaded their consciousness into warrior avatars to seek justice for their ravaged race
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Variant cover art by Chris Brunner
Cover inspired by the film 'Do The Right Thing'
The second printing cover to this issue has nearly an identical cover to the one shown in the image but is considerably less valuable
The less valuable second printing cover has a white Image logo in the lower left corner and a blue back cover
The more valuable 1:10 variant has a light blue Image logo in the lower left corner and a yellow back cover
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Variant cover art by Chris Brunner
Cover inspired by the film 'Do The Right Thing'
The second printing cover to this issue has nearly an identical cover to the one shown in the image but is considerably less valuable
The less valuable second printing cover has a white Image logo in the lower left corner and a blue back cover
The more valuable 1:10 variant has a light blue Image logo in the lower left corner and a yellow back cover
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1st appearance of Sideways, received his powers passing through a rift in the Dark Dimension
1st cameo appearance of Tempus Fuginaut, protector against the Dark Multiverse
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1st appearance of Sideways, received his powers passing through a rift in the Dark Dimension
1st cameo appearance of Tempus Fuginaut, protector against the Dark Multiverse
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First modern ongoing solo title featuring Doc Savage
Adapted from the novel 'The Man of Bronze' by Lester Dent
[February 2020 - Sony developing a TV series]
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First modern ongoing solo title featuring Doc Savage
Adapted from the novel 'The Man of Bronze' by Lester Dent
[February 2020 - Sony developing a TV series]
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1st appearance of Isaiah Bradley, becomes Captain America after receiving an injection of the Super Soldier serum developed by Project Rebirth
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1st appearance of Isaiah Bradley, becomes Captain America after receiving an injection of the Super Soldier serum developed by Project Rebirth
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1st full appearance of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote
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1st full appearance of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote
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1st cover appearance of the Red Hulk, General 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Death of Abomination, initially suspected to have been shot to death by the Hulk but later revealed to be murdered by the Red Hulk
1st team appearance of a new Winter Guard roster: Red Guardian, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar
⚠️ Debatable Firsts: the interior story is about a murder perpetrated by, who is believed to be the Hulk, Bruce Banner. Doc Samson as an investigator is piecing together what occurred and the panels depict a recreation of events from his point-of-view with the belief that it is Bruce Banner, the green Hulk who is the killer
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1st cover appearance of the Red Hulk, General 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Death of Abomination, initially suspected to have been shot to death by the Hulk but later revealed to be murdered by the Red Hulk
1st team appearance of a new Winter Guard roster: Red Guardian, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar
⚠️ Debatable Firsts: the interior story is about a murder perpetrated by, who is believed to be the Hulk, Bruce Banner. Doc Samson as an investigator is piecing together what occurred and the panels depict a recreation of events from his point-of-view with the belief that it is Bruce Banner, the green Hulk who is the killer
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1st full appearance of The Batman Who Laughs
Part of the Dark Multiverse, The Batman Who Laughs is an alternate version of Batman depicted as a hybrid of the Joker & Batman
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1st full appearance of The Batman Who Laughs
Part of the Dark Multiverse, The Batman Who Laughs is an alternate version of Batman depicted as a hybrid of the Joker & Batman
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A sci-fi author's impossibly keen intuition is evident by the highly capable characters created in his books which may actually hold the key to saving reality or destroying it
[Key Collector EXCLUSIVE February 13, 2020 - in development for TV with writer and director attached / August 2022 - officially announced as optioned by Netflix with Idris Alba to star]
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A sci-fi author's impossibly keen intuition is evident by the highly capable characters created in his books which may actually hold the key to saving reality or destroying it
[Key Collector EXCLUSIVE February 13, 2020 - in development for TV with writer and director attached / August 2022 - officially announced as optioned by Netflix with Idris Alba to star]
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1st cameo appearance of Punchline
1st cameo appearance of the Designer
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1st cameo appearance of Punchline
1st cameo appearance of the Designer
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