First solo series featuring Black Knight, Dane Whitman

1st appearance of Daken, the son of Wolverine and Itsu

Daken is featured in half of this issue but is mostly disguised although his claws are shown and he is revealed to be the son of Logan

[April 2021 - Marvel launched a travel website at exploremadripoor.com. There are certain numbers that were found in scenes of The Falcon and Winter Soldier that could be entered into different interactive parts of the site. Two names that were viewable on the site were Daken and Mystique]

1st appearance and origin of Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes

[December 2021 - Gabriel Luna seems to be teasing a reprisal of his Ghost Rider role in response to a tweet from BossLogic]

1st appearance of Sword Master, previously appeared on the cover only

[July 2020 - a Marvel press release refers to Aero and Sword Master saying, ‘be on the lookout for more news about these beloved new heroes as they take their place in the greater Marvel Universe‘]

[October 2021 - Sword Master to likely to play a major role in the upcoming Iron Fist comic series as hinted at by what looks to be his broken sword in the promo art]

1st full and cover appearance of the third Blue Beetle, in costume

[December 2021 - Warner Bros. has elected to develop the live-action Blue Beetle project for movie theaters with a release date of August 2023, having previously announced it would debut on HBO Max]

Classic battle of Punisher vs Deadpool

1st appearance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in comic books

1st cameo appearance of Punchline

1st cameo appearance of The Designer

1st appearance of John Walker as Super-Patriot, later becomes U.S. Agent

1st team appearance of The Buckies: Lemar Hoskins, later becomes Battlestar, Hector Lenox and Jerome Johnson, later become Left-Winger and Right-Winger

Specialty border celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary (post-Atlas and Timely) since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1962

1st appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America

1st appearance of Gabby, a clone of X-23, later renamed Honey Badger, then Scout

Rhodey assumes the codename War Machine

Prior to this this issue, War Machine was the name of the armor

Rhodes first wears the armor in Iron Man #284 but refers to himself as Iron Man. Prior to #284, Stark wore the War Machine armor

[February 2021 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in Armor Wars]

First chronological appearance of Rogue

First battle of Rogue vs Ms. Marvel

This story was intended to be published in Ms. Marvel #25 (1979) but the title was abruptly cancelled with Ms. Marvel #23 - Rogue was introduced two years later in Avengers Annual #10

Story also references Ms. Marvel's unexplained pregnancy

1st appearance and origin of Lady Bullseye

[September 2021 - Lady Bullseye appearing in the Hit-Monkey Hulu series]

1st appearance of Devil Dinosaur

1st appearance of Moon Boy

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]

1st issue of three-issue miniseries where Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova face-off to own the codename Black Widow

First mention of the Red Room where orphaned girls were trained in the Black Widow Ops program

Yelena Belova identity revealed

Marc Spector assumes the moniker of Mr. Knight

⚠ Some collectors are gravitating to Secret Avengers #19 but the Mr. Knight persona was not introduced in that issue, just a similar suit

[November 2021 - based on the shot of a glove in the Moon Knight teaser, fans are speculating Mr. Knight will be featured in the TV series but Marc Spector appears mostly unhinged in what was shown to have developed this aspect of his persona]

1st team appearance of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's special forces: Okoye and Nakia

Nakia later becomes Malice

1st appearance of Zuri, an elder of Wakanda

[May 2021 - THR reported Okoye will appear in an origin spin-off series on Disney+]

1st appearance of Cletus Kasady, later becomes Carnage

1st full appearance of Cardiac, a doctor who vowed to find a cure for the ailment that caused the death of his brother

1st full appearance of Bossk, a bounty hunter

Multiple cameos of Bossk precede this first full appearance

[January 2021 - speculation that Bossk will appear in The Book of Boba Fett]

1st appearance of Firestorm, high school student Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein merged together after a nuclear accident

1st appearance of Danton Black, becomes Multiplex

First battle of Wolverine vs Deadpool

Premiere issue of a four-part limited series featuring Psylocke

Back-up story featuring Cable and his adopted daughter, Hope Summers - chapter two continues in Dark X-Men #1

1st appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government

2nd appearance and origin of Calvin Ellis, Superman of Earth-23

2nd appearance and origin of Harley Quinn, not in the mainstream universe

1st appearance of Bud and Lou in comics, Harley's pet hyenas

First ongoing Deadpool title series

Deadpool begins to take shape as a comedic character under the direction of writer Joe Kelly

1st appearance of Blind Al

1st appearance of Cannon Fodder

1st appearance of Leatherhead, a mutated alligator and enemy of the Turtles

Premiere issue of John Constantine's first ongoing titled series

1st appearance of Papa Midnite

[November 2020 - the latest rumor is that there is a Constantine sequel in the works. We've also heard Constantine may appear in Justice League Dark and/or Sandman]

1st appearance of Livewire based off of the animated series, later becomes part of DC continuity

Premiere issue of the first ongoing Punisher series

Squint first uses the alias Malak

Listings on eBay have labeled this issue as the first appearance of Darth Malak

According to writer John Jackson Miller (also the owner of comichron.com): Malak does not fall to the Dark Side in my comics series. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42, which also has Revan’s origin story

1st appearance of Vixen, the first black female member of the Justice League of America

[October 2020 - a unconfirmed project is rumored to be in the works for HBO Max]

1st appearance of Blackheart, son of Mephisto

Premiere issue of the new series that explores the Hulk's immortality

1st appearance of Jackie McGee, inspired by Jack McGee from The Hulk TV series

Circulation: 84,153

Cosmic Ghost Rider revealed to be Frank Castle in the far future

1st cameo appearance of Silver Surfer as the Fallen One

1st appearance of Gen, a rhinoceros bounty hunter

10-page Usagi Yojimbo story

1st appearance of the second Mr. Terrific, Michael Holt

1st appearance of Maika

First team-up of Power Man and Iron Fist

[July 2021 - ThatHashtagShow reports Marvel is looking to recast Iron Fist and Luke Cage for a Heroes For Hire project. This information should be considered a rumor until further details emerge]

Classic battle of Flash vs Professor Zoom

1st appearance of Abraham

1st appearance of Rosita

1st appearance of Eugene

1st appearance of Black Hammer

1st appearance of Lucy Weber, later becomes the second Black Hammer

1st appearance of Abraham Slam

1st appearance of Talky-Walky

1st appearance of Madame Dragonfly

1st appearance of Golden Gail

1st appearance of Colonel Weird

1st appearance of Anti-God

1st team appearance of Starlok and the Lightriders

Copies ordered by retailers: 19,775

[December 2019 - optioned for TV and film by Legendary with development well underway according to Jeff Lemire]

First interior art by Jim Lee, interior inks

Ongoing series created by Terry Moore about a dead girl out for revenge