Characters That Debuted In 2018  

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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

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1st appearance of Night Pilot

1st appearance of Singularity Jane

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1st appearance of the Signal, the new moniker of Duke Thomas who first appeared in Batman #21 (2013)

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1st appearance of the Sun King, the avatar of Ra

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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

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

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1st appearance of Kesh Cur, an Ungaran serial killer

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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

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1st appearance of The Truth

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1st appearance of The Silencer

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1st appearance of Neo Joker, Marian Drews

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1st appearance of Guppy

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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

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1st appearance of Della Duck in a U.S. comic, as an adult

Della was previously depicted in the Duck Family Tree illustration and in-story as a child in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #295

1st team appearance of the Vedomi, a collective of artificial intelligence from across the universe

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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

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

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1st appearance of the Gentle Man, an immortal warrior protecting humanity from an evil horde in the Realm

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1st full appearance and origin of Trinary, a mutant from India who has the ability to communicate with machinery

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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

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1st appearance of Omnipotentis

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,659

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1st appearance of Voyager, Valerie Vector

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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

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1st appearance of Liseth Vok as Red Tide

1st cameo appearance of Skulldigger, seen on a TV screen

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1st appearance of the Challenger

Immortal Hulk tie-in

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1st appearance of Amka Aliyak, an Inuit girl who later becomes Snowguard

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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

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First reference to the Hulk as The Immortal Hulk

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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

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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

Includes a previously unpublished Curt Swan illustrated story

Milestone issue #1,000

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1st cameo appearance of Normie Osborn as Goblin Childe

Marvel Rising #0

Marvel 2018 Vol. 1
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1st appearance of Ember Quade, later becomes Emulator

First meeting of Squirrel Girl and Kamala Khan

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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

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1st appearance of Gravezord

1st appearance of the 13th Doctor

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

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1st appearance of Old Woman Hawkeye, Kate Bishop

Origin of Venom Symbiote

1st appearance of L3-37

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

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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

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1st cameo appearance of Sleeper, the infant symbiote spawn of Venom

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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

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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

[September 2024 - the latest Venom trailer revealed Knull to be a villain in the film]

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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

Marvel 2018 Vol. 1
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Variant cover art by Stacey Lee

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1st appearance of Dark Starhawk

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1st cameo team appearance of the Ultraviolet Lantern Corps

Sinestro recruits John Stewart into the Ultraviolet Corps

Introduction of the Still Force

Introduction of the Totality

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1st appearance of Amka Aliyak as Snowguard

Aliyak makes a cameo in Champions #19 (2018)

Bloodstrike #23

Image 2018 Vol. 3
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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

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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

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1st appearance of The Kill, an immortal who serves the Infinite Woman

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1st team appearance of the Shadow Riders, beings that are summoned to protect humanity from Arcanes

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