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- 1st published interior art in the comic book industry by Matt Baker, the first known black artist in comics
- Baker is credited as having illustrated the first graphic novel "It Rhymes With Lust"
- Baker's name is synonymous with the term "Good Girl Art" which referred to stimulating illustrations of women
- Baker defined the classic Phantom Lady imagery which caused him to be a target of Dr. Frederic Wertham, author of "Seduction of the Innocent"
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- 1st comic book produced in full by black creators including writers, artists and the publisher
- As quoted by editor Orrin C. Evans "every brush stroke and pen line in the drawings on these pages are by Negro artists"
- Inside back cover has an advertisement for #2 but it was never published due to vendor refusal
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- Reprint of "Judgement Day," a story about an astronaut who is revealed to be black in the final panel
- The self-regulating committee, the Comics Code Authority (CCA) ordered the final panel to be replaced but the decision was reversed after the creators threatened to inform the press
- Final issue in the series
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- One-shot educational comic book that told the Rosa Parks bus incident story to teach non-violent resistance in a politically-charged atmosphere
- Other stories include a brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi's independence protest
- Reprinted in Spanish and Arabic
- First print run was 250,000 and can be identified by the copper-coated staples
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- 1st appearance of Jackie Johnson, a member of Easy Company and one of the first non-stereotypical African-American characters in DC Comics
- 1st appearance of Wildman, the most prominent member of Easy Company (behind Sgt. Rock) who earned his nickname from his wild, sometimes reckless behavior in battle
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- Classic cover art by Neal Adams
- 1st appearance of Appa Ali Apsa
- Retitled Green Arrow/Green Lantern
- Issue considered to mark the end of the Silver Age in comics
- Introduction of relevant social themes in comics
- Green Lantern is confronted by an elderly black man who reprimands him for protecting the blue skins, orange skins and purple skins but not the black skins which was social commentary by Adams and O'Neill who were frustrated by the mostly inaccurate representation and lack of black people in comic books
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- 1st appearance and origin of Luke Cage, black superhero to headline a series in mainstream comics (see: Lobo #1 for first character and Ebon #1 for first independent superhero)
- 1st appearance of Diamondback
- 1st appearance of Comanche
- 1st appearance of Billy Bob Rackham and Dr. Noah Burnstein
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- 1st team appearance of the new X-Men: Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird and Wolverine
- 1st appearance of Storm, the world's first black female super-hero
- 2nd full appearance of Wolverine and the 1st time "snikt" is used to represent the sound of his claws popping
- 1st appearance of Nightcrawler
- 1st appearance of Thunderbird, John Proudstar
- 1st appearance of Colossus
- 1st cameo appearance of Illyana Rasputin, Colossus's sister who later becomes Magik
- 1st appearance of Krakoa, the Living Island
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- 1st appearance of Martha Washington, an African-American teenager on a heroic journey in a dystopian landscape
- Four-part limited, independent series that won critical acclaim and was one of the most successful independent series published
- Written by Frank Miller with art by Dave Gibbons
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- Won an Eisner award in 2018 for best limited series with stories focused on the lives of women living in Wakanda including the Dora Milaje, the elite security force who protect the Wakandan crown
- Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay with illustrations by Alitha Martinez and a back-up story by poet, Yona Harvey
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