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Endgame Character 1st Cover Appearances of characters appearing in Avengers: Endgame, according to IMBD ⭐In some cases, the MCU version of the character will be the featured 🚨Key Issue Alerts🔥Hot Keys❓The Spec Deck🎞Optioned Indies❄Cool Keys💲Dollar Bin Diving🔮 Future Keys

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Incredible Hulk #1

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Incredible Hulk #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of the Hulk

1st appearance of Betty Ross

1st appearance of Rick Jones

1st appearance of General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

Journey Into Mystery #83

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Journey Into Mystery #83
 
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1st appearance and origin of Thor

Introduction of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir

1st team appearance of the Kronans, a race of rock-like aliens

1st appearance of Donald Blake, the human host of Thor

Amazing Fantasy #15

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Amazing Fantasy #15
 
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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Man

1st appearance and death of Uncle Ben

1st appearance of Aunt May

1st appearance of Flash Thompson

1st appearance of Liz Allan, later marries Harry Osborn

💰 In Sept. 2021, a 9.6 sale of $3.6 million surpassed the previous record in this grade of $1.1 million from 2011

Tales of Suspense #39

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Tales of Suspense #39
 
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1st appearance of Iron Man

Debut of Iron Man's 'Model 1' armor

1st appearance of Wong-Chu, a Viet Cong warlord and Iron Man's first enemy

Tales to Astonish #44

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Tales to Astonish #44
 
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1st appearance and origin of the Wasp

Tales of Suspense #45

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Tales of Suspense #45
 
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1st appearance of Virginia "Pepper" Potts, later becomes Rescue

1st appearance of Happy Hogan, later becomes Freak

1st appearance of Jack Frost, later becomes Blizzard

Avengers, The #4

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Avengers, The #4
 
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Captain America joins the Avengers

1st cover appearance of Captain America on an official Marvel Comics cover, previously Timely, then Atlas

1st appearance of Captain America in the Silver Age

1st cameo appearance of Baron Heinrich Zemo

Death of Bucky, in a flashback

Uncanny X-Men #4

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Uncanny X-Men #4
 
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1st team appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants led by Magneto

1st appearance of Scarlet Witch

1st appearance of Quicksilver

1st appearance Mastermind, later becomes Jason Wyngarde

1st appearance of Toad

2nd appearance of Magneto

Although the Scarlet Witch's costume is colored green on the cover, it is red in the story

[December 2023 - a Brotherhood of Mutants projects is rumored to be in discussion for the MCU slate]

Tales of Suspense #57

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Tales of Suspense #57
 
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1st appearance and origin of Hawkeye

3rd appearance of Black Widow

Fantastic Four #52

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Fantastic Four #52
 
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1st appearance of the Black Panther, T'Challa, king of Wakanda

Avengers, The #62

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Avengers, The #62
 
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1st appearance of M'Baku, aka Man-Ape, the leader of the White Gorilla Cult

1st appearance of W'Kabi, the second-in-command to T'Challa

Amazing Adventures #1

Marvel ⋅ 1970

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Amazing Adventures #1
 
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1st cover appearance of the Black Widow wearing her classic black costume

First Black Widow solo story

1st appearance of Ivan Petrovich, the surrogate father of Natasha

Marvel Premiere #7

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Marvel Premiere #7
 
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1st cover appearance of Wong

Captain Marvel #26

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Captain Marvel #26
 
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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Thanos

Death appears alongside Thanos as an ally

Avengers, The #114

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Avengers, The #114
 
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1st cover appearance of Mantis

Mantis joins The Avengers

Swordsman rejoins The Avengers

Marvel Premiere #47

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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Marvel Premiere #47
 
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1st appearance and cover of Scott Lang as Ant-Man, in costume

1st appearance of Cassie Lang, daughter of Scott Lang, later becomes Stature and then Stinger

[January 2023 - Cassie Lang expected to appear in a Young Avengers project]

1st appearance of Darren Cross, later becomes Yellowjacket

Iron Man #125

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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Iron Man #125
 
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1st cover appearance of James Rhodes

3rd appearance of Ant-Man in costume

"Demon in a Bottle" part 6

Incredible Hulk #271

Marvel ⋅ 1982

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Incredible Hulk #271
 
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2nd appearance and first cover of Rocket Raccoon, formerly Rocky Raccoon in Marvel Preview #7

1st appearance of Judson Jakes

1st appearance of Lylla, an otter and the love interest of Rocket

1st appearance of Wal Rus

1st appearance of Blackjack O'Hare

Avengers, The #260

Marvel ⋅ 1985

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Avengers, The #260
 
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1st cover appearance of Nebula

Origin of Nebula, the granddaughter of Thanos

Captain America #362

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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Captain America #362
 
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1st cover and full appearance of Crossbones

A-Next #12

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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A-Next #12
 
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1st appearance of Hope Pym as Red Queen

1st appearance of Big Man, Henry Pym Jr.

1st team appearance of The Revengers: Big Man, Ion Man, Killerwatt, Magneta, Red Queen and Sabreclaw

Captain America #6

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Captain America #6
 
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1st cover appearance of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier

Drax the Destroyer #1

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Drax the Destroyer #1
 
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Reintroduction of Drax, design of character as he later appears in the MCU

1st appearance of Cammi Benally

📖 Annihilation Reading Order: read Drax the Destroyer #1 - #4, then Annihilation Prologue #1

New Avengers #27

Marvel ⋅ 2007

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New Avengers #27
 
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1st appearance of the second Ronin, later revealed to be Clint Barton

Black Panther #1

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Black Panther #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Shuri as the Black Panther

Shuri does not fully appear in the interior pages until Black Panther #5 (2009) but she does appear as Black Panther in cameo in an alternate reality in Black Panther Annual #1 (2008)

Invincible Iron Man #10

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Invincible Iron Man #10
 
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1st cover appearance of Rescue armor

Variant second printing cover art by Salvador Larroca

Avenging Spider-Man #9

Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Avenging Spider-Man #9
 
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1st appearance of Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel

Carol doesn't officially accept the codename until Captain Marvel #1 2012

All-New, All-Different Avengers #9

Marvel ⋅ 2016

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All-New, All-Different Avengers #9
 
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1st cover and second appearance of the Wasp, Nadia Pym

⚠ Misconception: cited by some as Nadia's first appearance but she first appears in an original story in Free Comic Book Day 2016: Civil War II

Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
 
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1st and only partial cover appearance of the Ancient One (as she appears in the MCU)

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

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