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1st Appearances 2018
2018 Year In Review
The year grows old and the coin shows its age. As we reach the end of 2018, Key Collector Comics looks back on the significant keys released this year in a series of YouTube videos
DC & Marvel Key Issues 2018 is up right now so click the GLOBE in the upper-right corner to link to YouTube and subscribe. Remember, this is only part one. The final video will count down the most dynamic keys published in 2018
*** on January 1st, 2018 1st Appearances will be archived under ADDITIONAL and sorted by title. 2019 will be sorted by most recently added as opposed to chronologically, as it is now
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- 1st appearance of Neo Joker (Marian Drews)
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- 1st appearance of the Challenger
- Immortal Hulk Storyline: The Challenger references his ability to awaken The Hulk and in the final panels, green Gamma light appears
- *Jim Comics speculation that The Challenger will be a more sinister presence in the Marvel Universe in time ($12-15 value vs last week $4)
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- 1st appearance of Voyager (Valerie Vector)
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- 1st appearance of Ranger Slayer
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- 1st title attached to The Hulk as The Immortal Hulk
- The Challenger explains "rage" is raw-power and undying. In the final panel, The Hulk fully emerges from the ruins.
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- 1st full appearance of the new Valkyrie
- 2nd cover appearance of Valkyrie
- *first cover appearance is Exiles #1 but Valkyrie does not appear in-story
- *Thor 4: Love and Thunder will partially be about Valkyrie's search for a queen
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- 1st appearance of Gravezord
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- 1st appearance of Rogal 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- Includes a previously unpublished Curt Swan illustrated story
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- 1st full appearance of Knull, the symbiote god
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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
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- 1st appearance of Emulator (Ember Quade) in costume.
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- 1st team appearance of the Power Elite, antagonists to Captain America
- Wraparound cover by Alex Ross
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- Death of Thanos
- 1st full appearance of Requiem, later revealed to be Gamora
- 1st appearance of Flowa, the keeper of tomes in an Asgardian library
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- 1st appearance of Astronomica
- 1st appearance of Zora Vukovic, later becomes Victorious, the Herald of Dr. Doom
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- 1st full appearance of the Upside Down Man
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- 1st team appearance of an alternate Guardians of the Galaxy: Juggerduck, Howard the Duck in possession of the gem of Cyttorak, Iron Groot, Captain Marvel (Kamala Khan), Cable and Jubilee
- 1st cameo appearance of Punisher Thanos
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- 1st appearance of Weapon Hex (X-23/Scarlet Witch)
- 1st appearance of Ghost Panther (Ghost Rider/Black Panther)
- 1st appearance of Arachknight (Moon Knight/Spider-Man)
- 1st appearance of Iron Hammer (Iron Man/Thor)
- 1st appearance of Soldier Supreme (Captain America/Doctor Strange)
- 1st appearance of Wolverine/Emma Frost
- 1st appearance of Doop/Deadpool
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- Return of Wolverine: a five part limited series
- 1st full appearance of Persephone
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- 1st cameo appearance of Captain Mari-Ell, a Kree warrior and mother of Carol Danvers
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- Anniversary of Moon Knight's 200th issue
- 1st appearance of the False Truth, a corrupted version of the character The Truth
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- 1st appearance of Spider-Kid
- 1st appearance of Astro-Spider
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- Anniversary of the 700th issue of the Avengers
- 1st appearance of the Red Widow, a new version of the character
- 1st full team appearance of the Defenders of the Deep
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- 1st appearance of Big Angry
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- 1st appearance of X-Assassin, a clone of X-23
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