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The Boys #1
WildStorm ⋅ 2006
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The Boys #1
 
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1st appearance of Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys, a CIA team that polices a reckless superhero community

1st appearance of Hughie Campbell, recruited to The Boys after the death of his girlfriend

1st appearance of A-Train, a member of the Seven

Adapted for a TV series on Amazon

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

[April 2021 - live-action Amazon TV series in the works / November 2022 - Lord & Miller (Into The Spider-Verse) will executive produce and Amy Kang (The Walking Dead) is the showrunner. Series titled Silk: Spider Society will be based on characters created by Dan Slott and be the first of more series based on characters in the Spider-Man universe]

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

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

Marvel Spotlight #1
Marvel ⋅ 1971
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Marvel Spotlight #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of the second Red Wolf, John Wakeley, a force for peace in the Old West

Marvel Team-Up #95
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Marvel Team-Up #95
 
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1st appearance of Bobbi Morse as Mockingbird

Hidden Message: interior panel of a vehicle in an airport parking lot with a vanity plate that reads FUQ

Spider-Gwen II #24
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Spider-Gwen II #24
 
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1st appearance of Gwen Stacy as Gwenom

Strange Academy #1
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Strange Academy #1
 
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1st appearance of Emily Bright, a girl who has been aware of her magical powers since birth

1st appearance of Doyle Dormammu, the illegitimate son of Dormammu

1st appearance of Shaylee Moonpeddle

1st appearance of German Aguilar

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1st appearance of Zoe Laveau

1st appearance of Alvi and Iric Brorson, sons of Asgardian, Bror

1st appearance of Guslaug, a Frost Giant

1st appearance of Toth, a crystal warrior

1st appearance of Calvin Morse and Dessy

The Strange Academy preview was featured in multiple issues but the first four titles that went on sale with the preview on January 29th, 2020 were Thor #2, Ravencroft #1, Doctor Strange #2, Avengers #30

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51
IDW ⋅ 2015
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51
 
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1st appearance of Jennika, later becomes the first female Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in story continuity

Black Panther #1
Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Black Panther #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Shuri as the Black Panther

Shuri does not fully appear in the interior pages until Black Panther #5 (2009) but she does appear as Black Panther in cameo in an alternate reality in Black Panther Annual #1 (2008)

Web of Spider-Man #118
Marvel ⋅ 1994
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Web of Spider-Man #118
 
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1st appearance of Ben Reilly as Scarlet Spider, introduced as a clone in The Amazing Spider-Man #149 (1975)

There is a notation on some CGC graded slabs that notate a 'Marvel Direct Marketing' that does not appear to have an affect on value

New Mutants Annual #2
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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New Mutants Annual #2
 
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1st appearance and origin of Betsy Braddock in U.S. comics, renamed Psylocke by Mojo

1st appearance of Meggan in U.S. comics

Iron Man #128
Marvel ⋅ 1979
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Iron Man #128
 
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Iconic cover art by Bob Layton

"Demon in a Bottle" part 9

Amazing Spider-Man #298
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #298
 
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1st cameo appearance of Venom, creeping over Eddie Brock's hands

First cover art by Todd McFarlane on the Amazing Spider-Man title

1st team appearance of the Life Foundation led by Carlton Drake

1st appearance of Carlton Drake who discovered there were five symbiote seeds that could be extracted from the Venom symbiote

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

Incredible Hulk #234
Marvel ⋅ 1979
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Incredible Hulk #234
 
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1st appearance of Quasar, formerly Marvel Man

Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1
DC ⋅ 1993
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Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1
 
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1st appearance, cover and origin of Bane

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #484

Thanos #13
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Thanos #13
 
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1st appearance of Cosmic Ghost Rider, who was once the Punisher until he became a Herald of Galactus

1st appearance of King Thanos

Black Lightning #1
DC ⋅ 1977
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Black Lightning #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Black Lightning

1st appearance of Tobias Whale

First solo title featuring a black hero at DC

Marvel Graphic Novel #4
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Marvel Graphic Novel #4
 
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1st team appearance of New Mutants: Cannonball (1st), Psyche (1st), Wolfsbane (1st), Sunspot (1st), Karma

Psyche aka Dani Moonstar later becomes Mirage

1st appearance of the White Rook, a member of the Hellfire Club

Marvel Super-Heroes #8
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Marvel Super-Heroes #8
 
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1st appearance of Squirrel Girl

Uncanny X-Men #142
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Uncanny X-Men #142
 
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"Days of Future Past" part 2

Death of Wolverine, Colossus and Storm in an alternate reality

Retitled from ‘X-Men’ to ‘Uncanny X-Men’ - officially, in the indicia copyright section

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Uncanny X-Men #134
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Uncanny X-Men #134
 
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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 6

Jean Grey becomes the Dark Phoenix

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