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1st full appearance of Venom

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Cover art by Todd McFarlane featuring The Lizard

📖 Inferno Crossover: next, read Fantastic Four #323

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1st appearance of Dragon King, a man of vast scientific and mystic knowledge

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1st appearance and origin of Star-Lord in standard comic book format

See: Marvel Preview Magazine #4 for earliest appearance

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1st cameo appearance of Sabra

1st cameo appearance of Collective Man

1st cameo appearance of Arabian Knight

1st cameo team appearance of the Soviet Super Soldiers

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Marvel Wiki incorrectly cites this issue as the first appearance of Ursa Major

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell featuring The Black Cat

Independent ⋅ 2019
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Daniel Warren Johnson creates and independently publishes an unofficial entry in the Star Wars universe of stories

Marvel ⋅ 1983
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1st appearance of Puck, a superb fighter with no mutant powers

1st appearance of Marrina, wife of Namor

1st appearance of Tundra, a member of the Great Beasts

1st appearance of Madison Jeffries

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1st cameo appearance of Wild Child

1st cameo team appearance of Gamma Flight, a team training to rise the ranks through Beta Flight to Alpha Flight

Marvel ⋅ 1984
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1st appearance and origin of Beta Ray Bill's hammer, Stormbreaker

Glow ⋅ Chaos! Comics ⋅ 2000
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Glow-in-the-dark cover, limited to 6,666 copies

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1st appearance of Victoria October, a bio-weapons expert

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Tie-in to 'The Killing Joke'

Zatanna has a vision that Barbara will be paralyzed by the Joker but knowing she can't do anything to change it, she takes the girls out for a night of fun and dancing

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1st appearance of Havok in costume

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1st appearance of the Princess of Pittsburgh

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Classic cover art by John Romita Sr. featuring Medusa, an Inhuman Royal and wife of Black Bolt

Thoughts & Images ⋅ 1985
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3rd appearance and second cover appearance of Usagi Yojimbo

Marvel ⋅ 1976
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1st appearance of Ajak, a member of the sub-group known as the Polar Eternals

1st appearance of Arishem the Judge, a Celestial

The Celestials sink the Kingdom of Lemuria and as a result, Atlantis is also sunk

[July 2022 - Marvel recently trademarked the title Celestials: End of Time]

Marvel ⋅ 1977
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1st full appearance and cover of Sabretooth, a mutant who becomes the primary nemesis of Wolverine

[December 2023 - set photos from Deadpool 3 confirm Sabretooth from the original X-Men film will appear]

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Four-issue crossover

Issues #1 and #3 published by DC

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