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1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Stephen Mooney

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1st appearance of Man-Wolf, the son of J. Jonah Jameson who discovered an amulet that turned him into a werewolf

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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1st cameo team appearance of The New Warriors: Nova, Night Thrasher, Namorita, Speedball, Firestar and Marvel Boy, later becomes Justice

1st cameo appearance of Night Thrasher

The character Marvel Boy shares no relation to other characters who also used the name Marvel Boy but he does share his real name, Vance Astrovik with the character known as Major Victory from Guardians of the Galaxy

Major Victory and Marvel Boy are the same person from two separate dimensions and exist in stories as mostly unrelated individuals

DC ⋅ 2007

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1st appearance of Ellie, a street girl that became a receptionist at Wayne Tech

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September 11th, 2001 tribute issue depicting various Marvel teams and characters working alongside emergency services as New York native, Spider-Man narrates the experience

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1st appearance of the Sentinels, machines invented to hunt mutants

1st appearance of Dr. Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels

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1st appearance Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta Jedi

1st appearance of Captain Rex

Copies ordered by retailers: 24,508

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1st team appearance of the Brood, an alien race

1st appearance of the Brood Queen

Image ⋅ 2018

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Six-part series by Mark Millar that is being produced for Netflix

An uber-genius cannot find contentment within his constant successes which leads him to pursue high-risk situations

[March 2020 - the writers of the Eternals movie are hired to write Prodigy for Netflix / Nov 2020 - moving forward with casting]

1:10 ⋅ Aftershock ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Joseph Linsner

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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First battle of Silver Surfer vs Thor

2nd appearance of Mephisto

Iconic cover art by John Buscema

First interior art by Sal Buscema, inks

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1st appearance and origin of Scorpion, Mac Gargan appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #19

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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)

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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 appearance of the new X-Men: Storm (1st), Nightcrawler (1st), Colossus (1st), Thunderbird (1st), Wolverine (3rd)

Many resources label this the 2nd full appearance of Wolverine and The Incredible Hulk #182 a second cameo

1st appearance of Illyana Rasputin as a child, later becomes Magik

Introduction of Krakoa, the Living Island

First use of the sound effect 'snikt' associated with Wolverine's claws

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1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter

2nd appearance of the Chameleon

First mention of Mary Jane Watson

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2016

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Synopsis: A planet full of vampires, a soldier from space, a girl named Weep, and one badass mech suit sent from a distant planet

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1st full appearance of Punchline

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1st cameo appearance of Lilandra, fully obscured by a spacesuit

1st appearance of the second Erik the Red, a warrior for the Shi'ar

First use of the name Polaris by Lorna Dane

Revealed that Colossus's first name is Peter

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1st appearance of Corona, a villain whose creation resulted in the SoHo flu being released in New York City

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