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October 29 2020

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Assassin's Creed #1

Ubisoft ⋅ 2007

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Assassin's Creed #1
 
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16-page promotional giveaway with preorder of video game

Included poster insert

[October 2020 - in-development for a live-action Netflix series]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2020

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1
 
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Variant cover art by Kevin Eastman

Moon Knight #1

Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Moon Knight #1
 
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First ongoing Moon Knight title series

Origin of Moon Knight

1st appearance of Bushman, a mercenary and arch-nemesis of Moon Knight

1st appearance of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon who Marc Spector serves as its avatar

Predator #1

Dark Horse ⋅ 1989

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Predator #1
 
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1st appearance of Predator in a standard comic book

Marvel acquired the rights to publish Alien and Predator comics from Dark Horse in 2020

[October 2024 - a secret Predator film directed by Dan Trachtenberg (Prey) is rumored to release prior to Predator: Badlands]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #1

Archie ⋅ 1988

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #1
 
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1st appearance of Krang

1st cameo appearance of Bebop and Rocksteady as animals, prior to being mutated

Comic book adaptation of the animated series

Debut of the Turtles' different colored masks in comic books

Werewolf By Night #32

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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Werewolf By Night #32
 
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1st appearance and origin of Moon Knight

Thundercats #1

Star Comics ⋅ 1985

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Thundercats #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Thundercats: Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, Wiley Kat, Wiley Kit and Snarf

1st appearance of Mumm-Ra

[March 2021 - Deadline reports director Adam Wingard (King Kong vs Godzilla) is set to direct Thundercats for Warner Bros.]

Gotham Academy #1

DC ⋅ 2014

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Gotham Academy #1
 
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1st appearance of Olive Silverlock, a junior detective

1st appearance of siblings, Kyle and Mia 'Maps' Mizoguchi

1st appearance of Professor Isla MacPherson

The Sandman #8

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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The Sandman #8
 
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1st appearance of Death, Dream’s sister

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7

Mirage ⋅ 1986

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7
 
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Origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, they discover that the ooze which caused their transformation was created by the Utroms, Krang's alien race

Michaelangelo #1

Mirage ⋅ 1985

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Michaelangelo #1
 
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One-shot, Christmas special featuring Michaelangelo

Marvel Comics Super Special #8

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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Marvel Comics Super Special #8
 
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Adaptation of the 1970s television show later reprinted in issues #1-#3 of the ongoing Marvel series

Yellow Spider-Man logo in upper-left corner identifies this edition as the first printing, magazine-sized publication

Released simultaneous to this edition is an oversized treasury edition with a red Spider-Man logo

Additionally, there is a nearly identical publication with Special Collector's Edition in the upper-left corner. This is a reproduction by a company named Modern Promotions (MP)

[October 2020 - Simon Kinberg (X-Men franchise) is set to develop a Battlestar Galactica movie while Dylan Clark (Planet of the Apes) develops the sci-fi classic television series]

Y: The Last Man #1

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2002

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Y: The Last Man #1
 
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Premiere issue of a series created by Brian K. Vaughn about the last man on a female populated Earth

Voltron #1

Modern ⋅ 1985

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Voltron #1
 
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1st appearance of Voltron in U.S. comics

[March 2022 - a live-action project announced for development from Rawson Thurber (Red Notice) / October 2024 - Henry Cavill cast in a lead role]

Phantom Starkiller #1
Non-Key

Variant ⋅ Scout ⋅ 2020

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Phantom Starkiller #1
 
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Secret VHS variant, limited to 400 copies

Batgirl #50

DC ⋅ 2020

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Batgirl #50
 
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1st appearance of Ryan Wilder, an in-story depiction of the CW Batgirl, not in costume

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1

IDW ⋅ 2020

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1
 
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1st appearance of Oroku Hiroto, the grandson of the Shredder

1st appearance of Casey Marie Jones, daughter of Casey and April

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird revisited an outline written in 1987 about the lone survivor of the four turtles, set 30 years in the future

Last Ronin #1 led to a reported print run of 130,000 copies, a massive number by modern and independent standards

Oversized comic, does not fit in conventional modern age bag and board

[April 2024 - Paramount to adapt a bloody, live-action film]

Werewolf By Night #1

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Werewolf By Night #1
 
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Variant cover art by Takashi Okazaki, creator of Afro Samurai

Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1
Non-Key

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1
 
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Variant cover art by BossLogic

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