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100 Modern Keys
🗝 The Top 100 Comics From The Modern Age 💎 Thank you for utilizing the eBay links when making ANY purchase and contributing to the continued develpoment of Key Collector Comics
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- 1st team appearance of the Renegades (Harbinger Resistance Group)
- 1st appearance of Sting (Peter Stanchek)
- 1st appearance of Zephyr (Faith Herbert)
- 1st appearance of Torque, Flamingo and Kris
- 1st team appearance of the Eggbreakers
- Issue is incomplete if missing the Mail-Away Coupon (interior) for Harbinger #0 pink cover variant
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- 1st appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government
- [March 2021 -rumor that Omega Red will appear in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - this has yet to be confirmed. Omega Red was previously rumored for Black Widow back in February 2020]
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- 1st full appearance of Carnage, one of a race of extraterrestrial parasites known as the Symbiotes
- Carnage is the offspring of Venom
- [Carnage will make his on-screen debut in Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson]
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- 1st appearance of Spawn
- 1st appearance of Sam & Twitch
- 1st appearance of Malebolgia
- Pin-up of Pitt
- Sellers typically attach a ratio to Spawn Newsstands such as 1:25 meaning there is 1 Newsstand copy for every 25 Direct copies, but there is no way to validate the accuracy of these numbers
- [February 2021 - Todd McFarlane is launching the Spawn Universe in June beginning with a one-shot that will lead into 4 new titles: King Spawn, The Gunslinger, Scorched and more]
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- 1st cover appearance of the War Machine armor, worn by Tony Stark
- The War Machine armor debuts in Iron Man #281 with Tony Stark is the original pilot
- In Iron Man #284, James Rhodes suits up in the armor but refers to himself as Iron Man
- The armor and Rhodes use of the codename War Machine is not official until West Coast Avengers #94
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- 1st full appearance and origin of Bloodshot
- 1st appearance and origin of the second Rai
- Critical issue that connected stories within the Valiant Universe
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- 1st full appearance of Doomsday, mostly obscured by a containment suit with one arm bound behind his back as he wreaks havoc across the countryside
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- 1st appearance and origin of Bane
- 📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Batman #484
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- Death of Superman
- Death of Doomsday
- Every page of this issue is a full or double-splash page
- 6 million issues sold
- Distributed in a black polybag emblazoned with a bloody Superman logo - inside of the bag was a black armband and an obituary
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- First solo series featuring Venom
- 1st cameo appearance of General Orwell Taylor
- Red holofoil cover
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- 1st appearance of Angela
- Angela was later brought into the Marvel Universe as Thor's half sister
- 1st appearance of Medieval Spawn
- 1st appearance of Cogliostro
- Cover homage of Wonder Woman #72
- [November 2020 - Thor Love and Thunder is looking to cast a strong supporting female character in her 20s-30s being referred to by code name Artemisia]
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- 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]
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- Bane breaks Batman's back
- Knightfall Part Eleven
- 📖 Knightfall Reading Order: next Detective Comics #664
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- 1st appearance of Harley Quinn in a standard comic
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- 1st full appearance of Impulse, sidekick to Wally West
- [March 2021 - Jordan Fisher is cast as Impulse in the CW's Flash]
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- 1st appearance of Ben Reilly as Scarlet Spider
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- 1st team appearance of The Thunderbolts: Citizen V (formerly Baron Zemo), Atlas (formerly Goliath), Mach-1 (formerly Beetle), Songbird (formerly Screaming Mimi), Meteorite (formerly Moonstone II) and Techno (formerly Fixer)
- [February 2019 - 🚨 KEY COLLECTOR COMICS EXCLUSIVE - a Thunderbolts series is in development]
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- 1st appearance of Spider-Girl, Mayday Parker, the child of Peter and Mary Jane in an alternate universe
- 1st cameo team appearance of A-Next: Jubilee, Longshot, J2, Thunderstrike, Jolt
- 1st cameo appearance of J2, Zane Yama, son of the original Juggernaut
- Copies ordered by retailers: 29,193
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- 1st appearance of Terry McGinnis in a comic book
- It is important to be aware of the differences between several editions of this book that exist
- Direct Edition - as seen in the image with DIRECT EDITION printed in the UPC box
- Newsstand Edition - UPC box in the lower-left corner, dated March 1999 with an original retail price of $1.99
- Promotional Edition - 'FREE Special Origin Issue' printed below the DC logo with a white rectangle in the lower-left corner intended for stores to stamp their logo. Dated June 1999 with a Jell-O advertisement on the back cover
- Six Flags Promotional Edition - displays a Six Flags amusement park logo printed in the white rectangle. Dated October 1999 with a PlayStation advertisement on the back cover
- Third Printing Promotional Edition - dated July 2000 with a Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker DVD advertisement on the back cover
- [November 2020 - it is rumored that Warner Bros. is interested in Timothée Chalamet for the role of Terry McGinnis for a Batman Beyond project. There is also speculation that Michael Keaton will reprise his role as an elder Bruce Wayne mentoring Terry McGinnis]
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- 1st appearance of Cassandra Cain, later becomes Batgirl, Orphan II and the Black Bat
- 1st appearance of David Cain, Orphan not in costume