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December 16 2020

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Star Wars: X-Wing - Rogue Squadron #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1995
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Star Wars: X-Wing - Rogue Squadron #1
 
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Wedge Antilles is a combat-hardened X-Wing pilot, one of the only fliers to survive the missions against both Death Stars

Ms. Marvel #13
Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Ms. Marvel #13
 
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1st appearance of Kamran, an Inhuman

Wyrd #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2019
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Wyrd #1
 
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Four-part limited series about an seemingly invincible, immortal detective who investigates supernatural cases

[December 2020 - FX is producing WYRD based off of the comic book series with The Americans star Matthew Rhys in the lead (Deadline)]

Iron Man #225
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Iron Man #225
 
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Part one of the Armor Wars story arc that runs through #231

Tony Stark examines the battlesuit technology of a criminal named The Force to discover that it is top secret, Stark circuitry that powers the armor

Rhodes and Stark investigate who stole the tech and discover a villain named Spymaster was the culprit who sold it to Justin Hammer

Stark wears the Silver Centurion armor while battling Stilt Man and the Controller

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[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will return as War Machine for an Armor Wars series coming to Disney+]

Secret Invasion #1
Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Secret Invasion #1
 
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Story arc in which the shape-shifting race of aliens, The Skrulls, have invaded Earth and are impersonating key figures in the Marvel Universe

Sunfire and Big Hero 6 #1
Marvel ⋅ 1998
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Sunfire and Big Hero 6 #1
 
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1st team appearance of Big Hero 6: Baymax, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Manbot, Silver Samurai, Sunfire and Hiro Takachicho

Vote Loki #1
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Vote Loki #1
 
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Cover art by Tradd Moore

Star Wars #5
Marvel ⋅ 1977
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Star Wars #5
 
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1st appearance of Wedge Antilles, brief, unnamed

Invincible Iron Man #1
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Invincible Iron Man #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Riri Williams as Ironheart, in costume

[December 2020 - an Ironheart series is confirmed for Disney+ with Dominique Thorne cast as Riri Williams]

📈 +178% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Thor #372
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Thor #372
 
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1st cameo team appearance of the Time Variance Authority, named and explained - one panel of the TVA headquarters exterior and one interior depicting monitors of the timeline

Thor #136
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Thor #136
 
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1st appearance of Sif as she is depicted going forward which is visually different than Sif from Journey Into Mystery #102 (1964)

1st appearance of the Lurking Unknown, a Fear Lord

Master of Kung Fu #29
Marvel ⋅ 1975
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Master of Kung Fu #29
 
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1st appearance of Razor-Fist, a villain whose forearms are swords

Thor: God of Thunder #2
Marvel ⋅ 2013
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Thor: God of Thunder #2
 
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1st appearance of Gorr, the God Butcher

1st appearance of the Necrosword, the first symbiote created by Knull

Star Wars #40
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Star Wars #40
 
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Partial reprint of Marvel Super Special Magazine #16

Part two of The Empire Strikes Back movie adaptation that ran through issue #44

1st team appearance of Rogue Squadron in a standard U.S. comic book

In Star Wars #52 (October 2018), the official canon origin story is told of how the Rogue Squadron was named to honor the team of Rebels known as Rogue One. This occurred during the the attack on the Mako-Ta Space Docks which would fall on the timeline before Star Wars #39 (September 1980)

Invincible Iron Man #9
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Invincible Iron Man #9
 
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1st full appearance of Riri Williams, suits up in prototype armor

Justice Society of America #1
DC ⋅ 2007
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Justice Society of America #1
 
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1st appearance of Cyclone, Maxine Hunkel, previously Red Tornado

1st appearance of Liberty Belle

1st cameo appearance of Tomcat the son of Wildcat, Ted Grant

1st cover appearance of Citizen Steel, Nathan Heywood, on the cover only

Captain America #180
Marvel ⋅ 1974
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Captain America #180
 
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1st appearance and origin of Steve Rogers as Nomad

1st appearance of Hugh Jones, president of Roxxon

Madame Hydra becomes Viper

Death of the first Viper

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First mention of the oil conglomerate, Roxxon

[May 2023 - a Roxxon poster seen on set of Captain America 4]

Star Wars #43
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Star Wars #43
 
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1st appearance of Lando Calrissian in a standard U.S. comic book

2nd appearance of Boba Fett in a standard U.S. comic book

1st appearance of Lobot in a standard U.S. comic book

[Donald Glover and his brother Stephen are writing the Lando Disney+ series]

Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic - Mace Windu #5
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic - Mace Windu #5
 
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1st cameo appearance of Ahsoka Tano in a canon (official) story, one panel

Solid Blood #17
Image ⋅ 2020
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Solid Blood #17
 
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Death of Michonne in an alternate dimension

Unsolicited issue surprise-shipped to comic shops without explanation of plot or continuation of series

This book is from an alternate dimension having previously published 16 issues before the 17th went on sale in our dimension

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