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September 16 2021

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Black Knight #1
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Black Knight #1
 
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Key Facts

First solo series featuring Black Knight, Dane Whitman

West Coast Avengers #7
Marvel ⋅ 2019
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West Coast Avengers #7
 
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1st appearance of Jeff the Land Shark, the pet of Gwenpool

Copies ordered by retailers: 14,439

Iron Man #12
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Iron Man #12
 
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Variant cover art by Rahzzah

Miles Morales 10th anniversary variant

Last Flight Out #1
Non-Key
Dark Horse ⋅ 2021
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Last Flight Out #1
 
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Key Facts

With just twenty-four hours left until the last transport ark leaves an uninhabitable Earth, its designer's estranged daughter goes missing leaving him to try to make amends with her before the end of the world

Thor #134
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Thor #134
 
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Key Facts

1st appearance of the High Evolutionary, a geneticist obsessed with evolutionary experimentation

1st appearance of Man-Beast, a wolf modified by the High Evolutionary

1st appearance of Fafnir, a dragon from the realm of Nastrond

Introduction of Wundagore Mountain

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[May 2023 - James Gunn tweeted in response to a question regarding the fate of the High Evolutionary that he is imprisoned on Knowhere]

Thor #225
Marvel ⋅ 1974
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Thor #225
 
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1st appearance of Firelord, a Nova Centurion named Pyreus Kril before Galactus claimed him as a Herald

Marvel Value Stamp

Fantastic Four #35
Non-Key
1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Fantastic Four #35
 
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Variant cover art by Jack Kirby

Hidden Gem edition

Grendel: War Child #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1992
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Grendel: War Child #1
 
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Dark Horse begins publishing Grendel

Grendel #1
Comico ⋅ 1986
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Grendel #1
 
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1st appearance of the second Grendel, Christine Spar

Batman #112
Non-Key
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021
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Batman #112
 
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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Cover art inspired by the NES Castlevania game packaging (1986)

Miracleman #1
Eclipse ⋅ 1985
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Miracleman #1
 
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Reintroduction of Marvelman, a 1950s British superhero renamed Miracleman for legal purposes

Red Room #4
Non-Key
1:10 ⋅ Fantagraphics ⋅ 2021
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Red Room #4
 
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Variant cover art by Jim Rugg

Cover art inspired by Spawn #1 (1992)

Matrix: Comic Book Preview
Recalled ⋅ Warner Brothers ⋅ 1999
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Matrix: Comic Book Preview
 
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16-page promotional comic intended to be a giveaway at The Matrix movie premiere but recalled for excessive violence and supposedly destroyed

Hawkeye #1
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Hawkeye #1
 
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First solo series featuring Kate Bishop

1st appearance of Ramone Watts aka Alloy, later gains powers in West Coast Avengers #9

Ultimate Fantastic Four #22
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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Ultimate Fantastic Four #22
 
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1st full appearance of Marvel Zombies

[November 2021 - Marvel teases a standalone Marvel Zombies animated project]

Multiple first appearances of heroes-turned-zombies

Marvel Zombies #1
Marvel ⋅ 2006
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Marvel Zombies #1
 
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of Marvel Zombies written by Robert Kirkman, writer of The Walking Dead

Marvel Zombies were introduced in Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 - #23

Hawkeye #1
Marvel ⋅ 1983
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Hawkeye #1
 
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Origin of Hawkeye and Mockingbird, how they met

Young Avengers #1
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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Young Avengers #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Young Avengers: Kate Bishop, Patriot, Asgardian aka Wiccan, Hulkling, and Iron Lad, who is later revealed to be a young variant of Kang

[October 2022 - Wiccan aka Billy Kaplan, son of Scarlet Witch are rumored to appear in the Agatha TV series]

Amazing Spider-Man #257
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Amazing Spider-Man #257
 
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1st appearance of Ned Leeds as the third Hobgoblin, brainwashed by Roderick Kingsley

2nd appearance of the Puma

[February 2021 - an image released by Sony looks to tease Ned Leeds with a Hobgoblin hood which could indicate what's to come as the Spider-Verse expands]

White #3
Black Mask ⋅ 2021
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White #3
 
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Key Facts

Limited to 2,500 copies

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