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Previews #370
Diamond ⋅ 2019
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Previews #370
 
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Preview of Something Is Killing The Children #1

Interior images of panels from issue #1

Cover art for the retailer order form is the cover from Something Is Killing The Children #1

Preceded the sale of the premiere issue by two months

Bubblegun #2
1:30 ⋅ Aspen ⋅ 2013
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Bubblegun #2
 
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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Avengers Academy #6
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011
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Avengers Academy #6
 
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Variant cover art by Mike McKone featuring Reptil

New Age #1
Fantagraphics ⋅ 1985
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New Age #1
 
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First full color image of all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on back cover advertisement

Red Sonja #13
Variant ⋅ Dynamite ⋅ 2014
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Red Sonja #13
 
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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Scarce, reorder variant

Iron Man #127
Marvel ⋅ 1979
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Iron Man #127
 
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"Demon in a Bottle" part 8

In the final panels of this issue, the Avengers' butler Jarvis quits after witnessing a drunken outburst from Tony Stark

In real life, prior to the publication of this issue, veteran writer Dave Cockrum had tendered his resignation in a scathing letter to upper management that is printed as if the words were penned by Jarvis

Cockrum's grievances aren't fully aligned with Jarvis's which confused readers and was later explained in the fan mail column of Iron Man #130

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Diablo #1
DC ⋅ 2012
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Diablo #1
 
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Premiere issue of a five-part limited series based on the video game

Roger Wilco #1
Malibu ⋅ 1992
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Roger Wilco #1
 
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1st appearance of Roger Wilco in comics

Three-issue limited series inspired by the Space Quest computer game

Roger Wilco has no known connection to the character introduced in Daredevil #33 (1944)

A Stranger's Tale #3
Vineyard Press ⋅ 2000
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A Stranger's Tale #3
 
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Three-issue anthology series, that was initially thought to have ended with issue #2 until nearly a decade later when copies of issue #3 began to surface

Cover art by Adam Hughes

Uncanny X-Men #54
Marvel ⋅ 1969
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Uncanny X-Men #54
 
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1st appearance and origin of Alex Summers, later becomes Havok in X-Men #56

1st appearance of the Living Pharaoh, later becomes the Living Monolith

Origin of Angel

Timely Comics: The Ultimates #1
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Timely Comics: The Ultimates #1
 
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Reprint of The Ultimates #1 - #3

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