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October 22 2020

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Something Is Killing the Children #11
Thank You  ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2020
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Something Is Killing the Children #11
 
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Variant virgin cover art by Werther Dell'Edera

'Thank you' variant, one per store

The Boys: Dear Becky #1
Variant ⋅ Dynamite ⋅ 2020
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The Boys: Dear Becky #1
 
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Variant cover art by Raf Grassetti

White background, limited to 3,000 copies

The Empty Man #1
BOOM! ⋅ 2014
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The Empty Man #1
 
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Six-part miniseries about a terrifying sickness called the Empty Man disease and the hysteria that follows

Adapted into a film

Icon #1
Milestone ⋅ 1993
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Icon #1
 
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1st appearance of Icon, an alien who crash-landed on earth and took the form of a black child

1st appearance of Rocket, the first teen mother depicted in DC Comics

First preview of Static, a 3-page sneak peek

Static #1
Milestone ⋅ 1993
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Static #1
 
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1st appearance of Static Shock, the first black superhero to star in his own cartoon series

1st appearance of Hotstreak, a villain with the power to control fire

[October 2020 - Warner Brothers and Michael B. Jordan to produce a Static Shock movie - status currently unknown / April 2023 - James Gunn replied to a tweet that DC has plans to incorporate Milestone characters in upcoming projects]

Amazing Spider-Man #25
Marvel ⋅ 1965
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Amazing Spider-Man #25
 
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1st appearance of Spencer Smythe and the Spider-Slayers

1st cameo appearance of Mary Jane Watson, face is obscured by a tree

⚠ Misconception: cited by some sources as the first appearance of Mary Jane but she does not appear in full until The Amazing Spider-Man #42

Wonder Woman Annual #4
DC ⋅ 2020
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Wonder Woman Annual #4
 
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Possible final page cameo of Yara Flor as a child

Hardware #1
Milestone ⋅ 1993
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Hardware #1
 
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1st appearance of Hardware, an inventor who created a battle suit to fight crime

Debut title published by Milestone Media, an imprint of DC founded by black artists and writers

Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1
 
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1st appearance of Demon Rider, possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance in the 1800s after her tribe was attacked by the US Army

1st appearance of Nina the Conjuror

1st team appearance of The Forgotten

Mercy Sparx #0
Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2008
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Mercy Sparx #0
 
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1st appearance of Mercy Sparx, a devil hired by Heaven to hunt down rogue angels

[October 2020 - acquired by MGM / April 2022 - screenwriter hired]

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

Captain America #312
Marvel ⋅ 1985
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Captain America #312
 
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1st appearance of Flag Smasher, Karl Morgenthau

Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, The #2
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, The #2
 
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1st cover appearance of Maestro

Phantom Starkiller #1
NYCC ⋅ Scout ⋅ 2020
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Phantom Starkiller #1
 
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Variant cover art by Michael Gilreath

New York Comic Con 2020 Scout webstore exclusive

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #110
1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2020
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #110
 
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Preview of The Last Ronin

Variant cover art by Ben Bates

Static Shock: New 52 #1
Milestone ⋅ 2011
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Static Shock: New 52 #1
 
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Premiere issue, reintroduction of Static Shock

War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1
Marvel ⋅ 2019
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War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1
 
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1st team appearance of the new Agents of Atlas, a superhero team of Asian descent: Shang Chi, Jimmy Woo, Amadeus Cho, Crescent, Io, Luna Snow, Aero, Silk, Sword Master and Wave

1st appearance of Luna Snow

[June 2023 - Jennie, a member of the Korean K-pop group Blackpink is rumored to be cast in the role of Luna Snow in an upcoming MCU project according to allkpop.com]

1st appearance of Crescent & Io

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1st appearance of Aero

1st appearance of Wave, a female Filipino superhero

1st cover appearance of Sword Master, not in the story

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