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King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #1
 
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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee

Haha #1
Image ⋅ 2021
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Haha #1
 
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Anthology series featuring clowns in standalone stories per issue, written by Maxwell Prince, writer of Ice Cream Man

Star Wars: Darth Vader #5
Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Star Wars: Darth Vader #5
 
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1st appearance of Aiolin Astarte, a woman engineered by Cylo to replace Darth Vader

1st appearance of Morit Astarte, the twin brother of Aiolin

1st appearance of Karbin, a Mon Calamari commander during The Clone Wars

1st appearance of Tulon Voidgazer, a research and development specialist for Doctor Cylo

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📖 Reading Order: read Star Wars #6 (2015)

Fantastic Four #94
Marvel ⋅ 1970
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Fantastic Four #94
 
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1st appearance of Agatha Harkness, Franklin Richards’ nanny and a mentor to Scarlet Witch

1st appearance of Ebony, Agatha's cat who turns into a demon-like creature

First mention of the name Franklin Richards

[October 2021 - Agatha will be featured in her own Disney+ series]

Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan #6
Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan #6
 
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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

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8
Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8
 
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1st appearance of The Assessor, a ghoulish villain who physically tortured Miles

Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
 
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1st appearance of Cortland Kasady, an ancestor of Carnage who is later resurrected by Knull and named Plague

Astonishing X-Men #6
Marvel ⋅ 2004
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Astonishing X-Men #6
 
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First mention of S.W.O.R.D., Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Department, a division of S.H.I.E.L.D.

1st full appearance of Abigail Brand

Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1
 
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First solo limited series featuring Deadpool

1st appearance of Slayback

Marvel Spotlight #28
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Marvel Spotlight #28
 
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First solo Moon Knight story

Multiple personalities including Jake Lockley and Steven Grant are revealed

1st appearance of Marlene Alraune, a long-term love interest of Marc Spector

1st appearance of Bertrand Crawley, an informant

Spider-Gwen II #24
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Spider-Gwen II #24
 
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1st appearance of Gwen Stacy as Gwenom

Mighty Avengers #1
Marvel ⋅ 2013
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Mighty Avengers #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Mighty Avengers: Luke Cage, Spider-Man (Octavius), Spectrum and Spider-Hero

1st appearance of Blade as Spider-Hero

Monica Rambeau becomes Spectrum, formerly Photon, Pulsar and the second Ms. Marvel

Punisher #13
Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Punisher #13
 
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Topical reference involving the Punisher’s emblem being used by the police and the character's in-story response to the controversy

[January 2024 - the Punisher hunting corrupt cops who assimilate his emblem is a rumored subplot for the Daredevil series]

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16
 
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1st appearance of Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau later becomes Photon, then Spectrum

West Coast Avengers #56
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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West Coast Avengers #56
 
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1st cover appearance of Dark Scarlet, Wanda Maximoff in a new costume with evil persona

Scarlet Witch first appears in this form in the previous issue, West Coast Avengers #55

Amazing Spider-Man #57
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Amazing Spider-Man #57
 
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Variant cover art by Marco Mastrazzo

Future State: Teen Titans #1
DC ⋅ 2021
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Future State: Teen Titans #1
 
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1st appearance of Red X in the mainstream DC universe

1st appearance of Cybeast, the result of Beast Boy and Cyborg merged into one

1st appearance of the Future State Teen Titans: Nightwing, Raven, Crush, Jakeem Thunder, Bunker, Starfire, Red X, Red Arrow

Red X appeared in the comic Teen Titans Go #23 (2005) but it was revealed to be a robot

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1st appearance of Bratgirl, Totally Tubular, Gorilla Gregg and Johnny Chupacabra

1st cameo team appearance of Teen Titans Academy: Brick, Alinta, Stitch, Matt Price, Megabat

The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1
 
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First solo series featuring Vision and Scarlet Witch

1st appearance of Samhain, the physical embodiment of Halloween

Star Wars: Darth Vader #9
Non-Key
1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Star Wars: Darth Vader #9
 
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Variant design cover art by Raffaelle Ienco

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18
 
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1st full appearance of a Miles Morales clone

Memorial page honoring accomplished Marvel inker, Joe Sinnott

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