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1st appearance Braincells, the advanced offshoot of Brainiac

1st appearance of Honest Mary

1st appearance of Andrej Trojan

Reintroduction of the Manhattan Guardian and Shilo Norman, Mister Miracle

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1st cameo team appearance of the Time Luchadores, Golden Gods of Creon and the Five Empires

1st appearance of Jon Kent as Superman, chronologically in order of actual published dates

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1st full appearance of Yara Flor, the Brazilian Wonder Woman

Yara Flor cameos in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 first, then Generations: Shattered #1 - all three comics including Future State Wonder Woman #1 were released on the same day

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1st team appearance of the Valkyries: Jane Foster, Hildegarde, Dani Moonster, Runa

1st appearance of Runa, a Valkyrie

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1st full appearance of Peacekeeper-01

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1st appearance of Darcy, an ally of Tim Drake

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1st full team appearance of the Justice League Future State: Superman (Jon Kent), Batman (Tim Fox), Wonder Woman (Yara Flor), Green Lantern (Jo Mullein), Aquawoman (Andy Curry), Flash (Multiverse)

1st team appearance of Future State Hyperclan: A-Mortal, Armek, Fluxus, Primaid, Tronix, Zenturion, ZuM

1st cameo appearance of the Crow King, Merlin

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1st appearance of Swamp Thing Supreme

1st cameo appearance of Woodrue Wilson, the Undying Man

1st cameo appearance of the Obsidian Sun

1st appearance of Indigo, Vruk, Calla and Heather, allies of Swamp Thing

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1st cameo appearance of Bougan

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1st appearance of Red X in the mainstream DC universe

1st appearance of Cybeast, the result of Beast Boy and Cyborg merged into one

1st appearance of the Future State Teen Titans: Nightwing, Raven, Crush, Jakeem Thunder, Bunker, Starfire, Red X, Red Arrow

Red X appeared in the comic Teen Titans Go #23 (2005) but it was revealed to be a robot

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1st appearance of Bratgirl, Totally Tubular, Gorilla Gregg and Johnny Chupacabra

1st cameo team appearance of Teen Titans Academy: Brick, Alinta, Stitch, Matt Price, Megabat

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st cover appearance of Runa

Variant cover art by Phil Noto

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1st appearance of Black Racer, Tanda, a female avatar of death

1st appearance of a new Mongul

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1st appearance of Siren, an android introduced in the back-up story 'Gotham City Sirens'

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1st appearance of Wen Delphis, leader of the Sixth Kin

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1st cameo appearance of Gold Beetle, a female Blue Beetle/Booster Gold mash-up

1st appearance of Bolt, a speedster with prosthetic limbs

1st team appearance of the Justice Squad: Talon as Batman, Bolt as the Flash, Fisherman as Aquaman, Clayface as Martian Manhunter, Hypnotic Woman as Wonder Woman, Conner Kent as Superman

Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st appearance of Alice, a possible sidekick in the making for Elektra as Daredevil

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1st appearance of Legacy House, a criminal underworld auction society specializing in superhero artifacts

X-Men #17

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Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st appearance of Urr

Luna #1

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BOOM! ⋅ 2021

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A woman learns the truth about the Family of the Sun - blood rituals, drugs and sex while she is forced to confront the dark secrets behind her dreams

Intended for mature readers

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1st cameo appearance of Vernestra Rwoh

1st appearance of a Nihil member

1st cameo team appearance of the Drengir

1st appearance of Ceret and Terec, Jedi twins

Dynamite ⋅ 2021

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Introduction of multiple Sonjas across alternate dimensions

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1st appearance of Lula Talisola, a Jedi Padawan

1st appearance of Zeen and Krix

1st appearance of Torban aka Buckets of Blood, a Jedi Master

1st appearance of Qort, a Jedi Padawan

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1st appearance of Farzala Tarabal, a Jedi Knight

1st cameo appearance of Marchion Ro, the Eye of the Nihil

Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st appearance of Taegukgi, a Korean superhero

1st partial team appearance of Tiger Division

Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st appearance of Toby Robson, a human boy

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1st appearance of Corleque, an admiral in the Imperial Navy

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1st appearance of Theand'r Ban-El, a Kryptonian/Tamarian hybrid relative of Superman

1st appearance of Alura-El

1st appearance of Khan-El

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1st full appearance of North Force

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Tiffany Fox appearance as Jace Fox' s sidekick

1st appearance of additional Batman spin-off characters including a version of Batman's daughter

Stories in this series were solicited as alternate reality or possible futures therefore it is unclear if these are in the mainstream continuity

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1st full appearance of Gold Beetle, a female Blue Beetle/Booster Gold mash-up

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1st appearance of Rowan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and son of Jon Kent

1st appearance of Ronan Kent, a Blue Lantern and daughter of Jon Kent

1st appearance of the Red King

1st appearance of Brandon Kent

Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st appearance of Bulldog, a hands-on bruiser

Image ⋅ 2021

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1st cameo appearance of Plague Spawn in story, previously appeared on the variant cover of Spawn #313

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1st appearance of Simon Saint, creator of the Magistrate force

1st appearance of Sean Mahoney, the identity of Peacekeeper-01 from Future State

Death of Bane

Nubia becomes the new Wonder Woman

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3rd cameo team appearance of Titans Academy students

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1st full appearance of Marchion Ro, leader of the Nihil

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1st appearance Swamp Thing, Levi Kamei, the first Indian lead character to headline a DC title

1st appearance of the Pale Wanderer, a ghoul

1st appearance of Jacob Kamei, the brother of Levi, later becomes Hedera

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1st full appearance of the Drengir, a sentient species of plant-life

1st cameo appearance of Imri Cantaros

2nd cameo appearance of Vernestra Rwoh

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1st cameo appearance of Miracle Molly

1st cameo appearance of Master Wyze

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1st appearance and cover of Wight Witch, an assassin in the employ of Simon Saint

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1st appearance of Brutus, a cosmic-powered threat from Naomi's homeworld

New roster Justice League: Superman, Batman, Black Adam, Hawkgirl, Naomi, Hippolyta, Black Canary, Green Arrow, Aquaman

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1st appearance of Melinda Zucco, the new mayor of Bludhaven

1st appearance of Bite-Wing, Dickโ€™s puppy

1st appearance of Shelton Lyle, later revealed to be Heartless

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1st appearance of Jacks Chopra, the daughter of Dane Whitman who later becomes a Black Knight in issue #5

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1st appearance of Kevin, Harley's new best friend

Debut of new Harley Quinn costume

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1st cameo appearance of Flatline, on a TV monitor

1st appearance of Master Dusk

1st appearance of Hue Vile

1st appearance of Deb Donovan

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First mention of the League of Lazarus

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1st full appearance of the Teen Titans Academy

1st full appearance of Stitch

1st full appearance of Brick Pettirosso

1st full appearance of Matt Price, possibly related to Darkseid

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1st appearance of Saya Ishii, the daughter of Silvermane

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1st appearance of the Harrower, a zealot with goals to wipe out humanity

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1st appearance of Ameyra Khalan, Thanagarian captain of the United Planets Brigade

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1st appearance of the Gardener

1st appearance of The Instigator, a martial artist and terrorist

1st appearance of Madame Midas, the richest woman on Earth

1st appearance of Kid Kawaii, an robot mercenary

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1st appearance of Brainstorm, a telekinetic

1st appearance of Razorline, a monster alien

For the Ghost-Maker backup story's multiple first appearances, writer James Tynion drew inspiration from the Batman story that introduced Harley Quinn in print, 'Almost Got 'Im'

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1st appearance of Bren Waters, the teenage host of Toxin

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1st full appearance of Grummgar, a mercenary

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1st appearance of Vengeance, daughter of Bane

1st team appearance of the Sampson family, inspired by the family from Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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1st cameo appearance of Heartless

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