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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

Green Lanterns #35
DC ⋅ 2018
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Green Lanterns #35
 
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1st appearance of Night Pilot

1st appearance of Singularity Jane

Punisher #218
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Punisher #218
 
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1st cameo appearance of the Punisher War Machine armor

Legacy numbering based on #1 of the 1987 series continues with #218 thru #228

[Aug 2019 - Overheard at Boston Comic Con: Jon Bernthal's Punisher could return to the MCU in the Punisher War Machine armor]

Moon Knight #188
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Moon Knight #188
 
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1st appearance of the Sun King, the avatar of Ra

Batman and the Signal #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Batman and the Signal #1
 
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1st appearance of The Signal, the new moniker of Duke Thomas

Green Lanterns #34
DC ⋅ 2018
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Green Lanterns #34
 
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1st appearance of Kesh Cur, an Ungaran serial killer

Batman #38
DC ⋅ 2018
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Batman #38
 
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1st appearance and origin of Matthew Warner, a boy obsessed with Bruce Wayne to the point of having his own parents killed

Moon Knight #189
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Moon Knight #189
 
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1st appearance of The Truth

Silencer #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Silencer #1
 
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1st appearance of The Silencer

Batman: White Knight #3
DC ⋅ 2018
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Batman: White Knight #3
 
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1st appearance of Neo Joker, Marian Drews

Nightwing #35
DC ⋅ 2018
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Nightwing #35
 
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1st appearance of Guppy

The Walking Dead #176
Image ⋅ 2018
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The Walking Dead #176
 
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1st full appearance of Stephanie

1st appearance of Pamela Milton, governor of the Commonwealth

1st appearance of Elodie, Michonne's daughter

DuckTales #2
IDW ⋅ 2018
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DuckTales #2
 
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1st U.S. appearance of Della Duck, the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Damage #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Damage #1
 
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1st appearance of Damage, a young man who turns into a powerfully destructive creature for one hour each day

Cable #155
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Cable #155
 
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1st appearance of Metus, a techno-organic monster that has plagued Cable since his youth

This series ended soon after introducing an interesting character and with young Cable now an established character, Metus could become significant

Batman #39
DC ⋅ 2018
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Batman #39
 
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1st appearance of the Gentle Man, an immortal warrior protecting humanity from an evil horde in the Realm

The Walking Dead #177
Image ⋅ 2018
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The Walking Dead #177
 
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1st appearance of Mercer

1st appearance of Sebastian, the boy who shot Rick

Mercer appears in the final season of The Walking Dead

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #28
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #28
 
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1st appearance of Omnipotentis

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,659

Avengers #675
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Avengers #675
 
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1st appearance of Voyager, Valerie Vector

Avengers #676
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Avengers #676
 
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1st team appearance of the Lethal Legion: Mentacle, Metal Master, Captain Glory, Drall, the Blood Brothers, Ferene the Other

Lethal Legion vs the Black Order

2nd appearance of Voyager

Green Lanterns #38
DC ⋅ 2018
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Green Lanterns #38
 
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1st appearance of Liseth Vok as Red Tide

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #300
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #300
 
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1st team appearance of the Vedomi, a collective of artificial intelligence from across the universe

Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #2
Dark Horse ⋅ 2018
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Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #2
 
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1st cameo appearance of Skulldigger, seen on T.V.

Avengers #679
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Avengers #679
 
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1st appearance of the Challenger

Immortal Hulk tie-in

Champions #19
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Champions #19
 
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1st appearance of Amka Aliyak, an Inuit girl who later becomes Snowguard

All-New Wolverine #33
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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All-New Wolverine #33
 
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1st appearance of Old Woman Laura aka Queen Laura Kinney

1st appearance of Honey Badger as Wolverine

Alternate reality future story

Avengers #682
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Avengers #682
 
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First reference to the Hulk as The Immortal Hulk

Exiles #1
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Exiles #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Valkyrie, cover only, not in interior story

1st appearance of Khan, an older Kamala Khan

1st cameo appearance of the Time Eater, an alternate reality Kang occupying the corpse of Galactus

Marvel Rising #0
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Marvel Rising #0
 
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1st appearance of Ember Quade, later becomes Emulator

First meeting of Squirrel Girl and Kamala Khan

Doomsday Clock #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Doomsday Clock #1
 
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1st appearance of Mime and Marionette, inspired by Charlton's 'Punch & Jewelee'

1st appearance of the second Rorschach

1st cameo appearance of Clark Dreiberg, in a photograph

Go Go Power Rangers #9
BOOM! ⋅ 2018
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Go Go Power Rangers #9
 
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1st appearance of Gravezord

X-Men: Red #2
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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X-Men: Red #2
 
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1st full appearance and origin of Trinary, a mutant from India who has the ability to communicate with machinery

Free Comic Book Day 2018: Doctor Who
Titan ⋅ 2018
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Free Comic Book Day 2018: Doctor Who
 
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1st appearance of the 13th Doctor

First time in Doctor Who history that a female stepped into the role of Doctor Who

Old Man Hawkeye #5
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Old Man Hawkeye #5
 
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1st appearance of Old Woman Hawkeye, Kate Bishop

Origin of Venom Symbiote

Star Wars: Lando Double Or Nothing #1
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Star Wars: Lando Double Or Nothing #1
 
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1st appearance of L3-37

📖 Reading Order: read Lando: Double or Nothing #1 - #5, then Star Wars #15 (2015 series)

Immortal Men #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Immortal Men #1
 
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1st full team appearance of the Immortal Men: Caden Park, Ghost Fist, Reload, Stray and Timber

Full team preview appearance of this issue in 'Dark Nights: Metal' #6

1st appearance of the Infinite Woman

Venom #165
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #165
 
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1st cameo appearance of Sleeper, the infant symbiote spawn of Venom

Action Comics #1000
DC ⋅ 2018
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Action Comics #1000
 
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1st appearance of Rogol Zaar, a villain named after the doctor who saved Brian Michael Bendis's life after he contracted MRSA

Cover art by Jim Lee

Interior stories and art by various notable creators

Includes a previously unpublished Curt Swan illustrated story

Infinity Countdown #4
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Infinity Countdown #4
 
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1st appearance of Moondragon from an alternate reality

1st appearance of Captain Marvel, Phyla-Vell from an alternate reality

1st cameo appearance of Requiem, Gamora from an alternate reality

Venom #3
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #3
 
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1st full appearance of Knull,the creator of the Symbiote alien race

Knull's first cameo appearance is in Thor: God of Thunder #6

The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology

Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe

The Weeknd Presents Starboy #1
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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The Weeknd Presents Starboy #1
 
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Premiere issue of a series focused on a hero called 'Starboy,' inspired by the album of the same name by Canadian pop star, The Weeknd

In 2018, Eymun Talasazan sued The Weeknd for $5 million claiming an idea he presented to Marvel was stolen by the musician (result of case is unknown)

Marvel Rising: Alpha #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Marvel Rising: Alpha #1
 
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Variant cover art by Stacey Lee

Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk #2
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Infinity Countdown: Darkhawk #2
 
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1st appearance of Dark Starhawk

Champions #21
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Champions #21
 
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1st appearance of Amka Aliyak as Snowguard

Aliyak makes a cameo in Champions #19 (2018)

Bloodstrike #23
Image ⋅ 2018
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Bloodstrike #23
 
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1st cover appearance of The Pouch, created by Rob Liefeld in good humor for years of criticism that his characters were inundated with pouches

Amazing Spider-Man #799
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Amazing Spider-Man #799
 
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1st cameo appearance of Normie Osborn as Goblin Childe

Exiles #2
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Exiles #2
 
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1st full appearance of the new Valkyrie in story, appears on variant cover of Exiles #1

1st cameo appearance of Peggy Carter as Captain America

Justice League Dark #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Justice League Dark #1
 
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1st cameo appearance of the Upside Down Man

1st team appearance of the new Justice League Dark: Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Detective Chimp, Swamp Thing and Man-Bat

Moon Knight #195
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Moon Knight #195
 
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1st appearance of The Collective, a monstrous mass of human bodies merged to compose one creature

Immortal Men #2
DC ⋅ 2018
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Immortal Men #2
 
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1st appearance of The Kill, an immortal who serves the Infinite Woman

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