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October 10 2019

 📆 Top 20 Keys October 3 Thru October 10 🎁 Please utilize the eBay links provided on the app at no additional cost to you

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Wolverine #1

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Wolverine #1
 
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Premiere issue of Wolverine's first ongoing solo series

Debut of black Wolverine costume

Uncanny X-Men #129

Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Uncanny X-Men #129
 
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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 1

1st appearance of Kitty Pryde

1st appearance of Emma Frost, the White Queen

1st cameo team appearance of The Hellfire Club, in shadows

[January 2024 - Kitty Pryde rumored for the X-Men MCU reboot according to a casting grid]

Marvel Boy #1

Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Marvel Boy #1
 
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1st appearance of Marvel Boy, Noh-Varr

1st appearance of Star Splendor, mother of Noh-Varr

1st appearance of Captain Glory, Noh-Varr's father, an alternate reality counterpart of the main Marvel Universe Captain Glory

1st cameo appearance of Exterminatrix

1st appearance of Doctor Midas

Amazing Fantasy #10

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Amazing Fantasy #10
 
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1st appearance and origin of Nina Price, Vampire by Night, niece of Jack Russell, Werewolf by Night

Copies ordered by retailers: 14,731

Earth X #1

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Earth X #1
 
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The first series in a trilogy set in a bleak, alternate Marvel Universe where everything that still lived had been mutated by Terrigen Mists (Earth-9997)

1st cameo appearance of Venom, May Parker

The Walking Dead #171

Image ⋅ 2017

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The Walking Dead #171
 
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1st appearance of the Princess of Pittsburgh

Doctor Strange #381

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Doctor Strange #381
 
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1st appearance of Bats, Doctor Strange's spectral dog, alive, becomes a ghost in #385

Donny Cates said Marvel has big plans for the character

Year of the Villain: The Joker #1

Thank You  ⋅ DC ⋅ 2019

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Year of the Villain: The Joker #1
 
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Variant cover art by Brian Bolland

‘Thank You’ exclusive given to retailers who provided affidavits declaring recalled copies of Superman #14 and Supergirl #33 were destroyed

Marvel Celebrates Stan Lee

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Marvel Celebrates Stan Lee
 
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One-shot exclusive given away at a special invite-only event hosted by Marvel on October 7, 2019 in New York City

Features photos and artist renderings of the company's longtime creator and ambassador along with stories from industry veterans celebrating Stan Lee's influence in comics

Uncanny X-Men #256

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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Uncanny X-Men #256
 
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Debut of classic Psylocke costume

1st appearance of Kwannon, later becomes Revanche

Marvel Spotlight #5

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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Marvel Spotlight #5
 
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1st appearance and origin of Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze

[January 2023 - rumor that a Ghost Rider project is in development, possibly a Halloween special - no info on which version of Ghost Rider will be used in the event that this is true]

Ghost Rider #28

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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Ghost Rider #28
 
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1st cameo team appearance of The Nine aka the Midnight Sons: Ghost Rider (Ketch), Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Blade, Hannibal King, Frank Drake, Sam Buchanan, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings

1st appearance of the Caretaker

1st appearance of Lilith, mother of demons

1st appearance of Meatmarket, offspring of Lilith

Marvel Spotlight #32

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Marvel Spotlight #32
 
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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew

1st appearance and death of Otto Vermis

[June 2021 - Issa Rae will voice Spider-Woman in Into The Spider-Verse 2 / May 2023 - an animated Spider-Woman movie is in development]

Amazing Spider-Man #4

Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Amazing Spider-Man #4
 
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1st full appearance of Silk, a Korean-American girl who was bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker

📖 Spider-Verse Reading Order: read The Amazing Spider-Man #4 and #5

Detective Comics #854

DC ⋅ 2009

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Detective Comics #854
 
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1st appearance of Alice aka Beth Kane, Batwoman's demented twin sister

1st appearance of Colonel Jacob Kane, Kate's father

Supernatural Thrillers #3

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Supernatural Thrillers #3
 
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1st appearance of James Allison aka Niord, a man who can recall many past lives

X-Men #17

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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X-Men #17
 
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1st appearance of Kwannon as Revanche

Immortal Hulk #12

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Immortal Hulk #12
 
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1st full appearance of The One Below All

Copies ordered by retailers: 41,331

Nova #1

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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Nova #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Nova, Richard Rider

1st appearance of Rhomann Dey, Corpsman of the Nova Corps

1st appearance of Robbie Rider, brother of Nova

[March 2022 - Deadline reports a Nova project is in development]

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