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Manga adaptation of Greg Rucka's Guardians of the Whills

Origin of Baze and Chirrut

1st appearance of Master Arkoff, a Wookie Jedi Master

1st appearance of Lily Tora-Asi, a Jedi Knight

1st full appearance of Stellan Gios

1st cameo appearance of Leerin Fionn and Nima

Dark Horse ⋅ 2018

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Three-issue limited series about a comic book artist during World War 2, who creates a series featuring a Nazi-fighting superheroine known as Oursonette

Originally published as a short prose story in the Globe and Mail newspaper celebration of Canada's 150th birthday

[March 2022 - Margaret Atwood's War Bears optioned for an animated television series]

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1st team appearance of the Great Lake Avengers: Big Bertha, Dinah Soar, Doorman, Flatman and Mr. Immortal

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1st appearance of Harper Row as Bluebird, an electronics expert and member of the Bat Family

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Introduction of Venom, the drug used by Bane to achieve superhuman strength

Prelude to Knightfall begins with the Venom four-issue story arc

📖Knightfall Reading Order: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 - #20, then Sword of Azrael #1

DC ⋅ 1974

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First mention of Arkham Hospital, later renamed Arkham Asylum

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1st full appearance of the Beyonder in his ongoing human form with dark, curly hair

[February 2022 - Marvel Studios released character designs for the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series which has Lawrence Fishburne in the role of the Beyonder]

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Introduction of the Iceberg Lounge, the Penguin's nightclub

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2006

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Story about an American Civil War set in the future

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,705

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1st full appearance of Marchion Ro, leader of the Nihil

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1st appearance of Thomas Elliot, later revealed to be Hush

[March 2022 - the Batman movie tie-in website rataalada.com posted an image of a riddle that rewards puzzle-solvers with a video of Thomas Wayne's mayoral campaign ad which briefly splashes the word HUSH! across the screen]

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1st full team appearance of The Court of Owls

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1st full appearance of the Foreigner, a mercenary and the ex-husband of Silver Sable - it is later revealed the Foreigner had impersonated Lieutenant Kris Keating in Spectacular Spider-Man #113 (April 1986) and The Amazing Spider-Man #276 (May 1986)

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Nine-issue series that follows Wiccan (Billy) and Speed (Tommy) search for the Scarlet Witch who had been missing since the events of House of M

[March 2022 - rumor that unannounced MCU projects could borrow heavily from this story arc]

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1st appearance of The Talon, William Cobb, an assassin for the Court of Owls and the great-grandfather of Dick Grayson

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Obtained by mailing in a coupon found in Wizard Magazine #94

Original 15-page story with four pages of character sketches

Preview sketch of Darth Maul

1st appearance of Anakin Skywalker, later becomes Darth Vader

1st appearance of Jar Jar Binks

1st appearance of Qui-Gon Jinn

1st appearance of Padme

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1st appearance of Hush, Tommy Elliot in costume

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1st full appearance of the Grand Inquisitor, a top-ranking Jedi Hunter under the leadership of Darth Vader

1st team appearance of the Inquisitorius, agents of the Dark Side that hunt Jedi: Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Seventh Sister, Eighth Brother, Ninth Sister

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by David Nakayama featuring Ren

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Animation variant

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