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April 29, 2021

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Nottingham #1
2nd Print ⋅ Mad Cave ⋅ 2021
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Nottingham #1
 
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Second printing cover art by Shane Connery Volk

Black Widow #6
Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Black Widow #6
 
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1st appearance of Lucy Nguyen, a protégé of Natasha who she names Marigold

Silk #2
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Silk #2
 
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Variant cover art by Rose Besch

Paper Girls #1
Image ⋅ 2015
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Paper Girls #1
 
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A group of girls get caught in-between two factions of time-travelers at war with one another

Once Our Land #1
Scout ⋅ 2016
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Once Our Land #1
 
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Two-part limited series set in 1830s Germany about two humans fighting to survive against creatures that wiped out humanity

Uncanny X-Men #161
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Uncanny X-Men #161
 
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Origin of Magneto

Thor #129
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Thor #129
 
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1st appearance of Ares, Greek god of war, in Marvel continuity

1st appearance of Hermes (Mercury), messenger god

1st appearance of Hera, the wife of Zeus

1st appearance of Dionysius, god of wine

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1st cameo appearance of Artemis (Diana), goddess of hunters

1st cameo appearance of Hephaestus (Vulcan), weapons-maker of the gods

1st appearance of Harokin, a deceased Asgardian adversary to Thor

1st appearance of Tana Nile, a Rigellian colonizer in disguise

All-New Wolverine #1
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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All-New Wolverine #1
 
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Debut of X-23 as Wolverine in classic costume

BRZRKR #1
Non-Key
3rd Print ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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BRZRKR #1
 
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Third printing, foil edition

Marvels, The #1
1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Marvels, The #1
 
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Variant cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Something Is Killing the Children #1
8th Print ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021
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Something Is Killing the Children #1
 
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Surprise incentive variant

For every 2 copies of BRZRKR #2 ordered, the comic shop is eligible to receive 1 copy of Something Is Killing The Children #1 8th printing

Customers can obtain a free copy of this variant by purchasing BRZRKR #2, showing proof of purchase of BRZRKR #1 (receipt or actual comic) and the special offer insert that was shipped with BRZRKR #1 foil edition

Robin #1
Non-Key
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021
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Robin #1
 
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Variant cover art by Riccardo Federici featuring Flatline

Captain America: Steve Rogers #1
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Captain America: Steve Rogers #1
 
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Captain America revealed to be an agent of Hydra

Controversial storyline, created by Jewish-Americans Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, that aligned Steve Rogers to Hydra, a terrorist organization with ties to the Third Reich

Uncanny X-Men #256
Marvel ⋅ 1989
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Uncanny X-Men #256
 
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Debut of classic Psylocke costume

1st appearance of Kwannon, later becomes Revanche

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3
 
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1st appearance of Volcana

1st appearance of the second Titania, Mary McPherran

Uncanny X-Men #212
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Uncanny X-Men #212
 
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First battle of Wolverine versus Sabretooth

📖 Reading Order: Mutant Massacre Part 6

Invincible Iron Man #7
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Invincible Iron Man #7
 
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1st cameo appearance of Riri Williams, later becomes Ironheart

1st appearance of Tomoe, an Inhuman who manipulates machinery through technopathy

[December 2020 - an Ironheart series is confirmed for Disney+ with Dominique Thorne cast as Riri Williams who will be introduced in Black Panther II]

Something Is Killing the Children #1
BOOM! ⋅ 2019
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Something Is Killing the Children #1
 
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1st appearance of Erica Slaughter

1st appearance of James, a boy who witnessed the death of his classmates

1st appearance of an Oscuratype, a monster

Copies ordered by retailers: 33,648

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[April 2021 - inside sources tell Key Collector Comics that Something Is Killing The Children is in development for a TV series / February 2023 - writers have been hired to adapt for Netflix]

Amazing Spider-Man #4
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Amazing Spider-Man #4
 
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1st full appearance of Silk, a Korean-American girl who was bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker

[April 2021 - live-action Amazon TV series in the works / November 2022 - Lord & Miller (Into The Spider-Verse) will executive produce and Amy Kang (The Walking Dead) is the showrunner. Series titled Silk: Spider Society will be based on characters created by Dan Slott and be the first of more series based on characters in the Spider-Man universe]

📖 Spider-Verse Reading Order: read The Amazing Spider-Man #4 and #5

Avengers Spotlight #31
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Avengers Spotlight #31
 
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1st appearance of Xenophobic Man, a former border patrol agent who developed a deadly hatred against anyone wanting to cross into the US

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