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- Squint first uses the alias Malak
- *listings on eBay have labeled this issue as the first appearance of Darth Malak
- According to writer John Jackson Miller (also the owner of comichron.com): Malak does not fall to the Dark Side in my comics series. He first appears under the name Squint in KOTOR #0. He first uses the alias Malak in #31. He takes the name Malak permanently in #42, which also has Revan’s origin story
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- Partial origin of Boba Fett, briefly appears in a flashback
- 1st mention of the Mandalorians
- 1st appearance of Fenn Shysa, a Mandalorian
- Misconception: many believe this to be Boba Fett on the cover but it is the Mandalorian, Fenn Shysa and it is mostly his origin that's told in the story
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- First interior art by Jim Lee at Marvel Comics
- Jim Lee provided an illustration for the 'Eel' character profile
- *Jim Lee's first published artwork for Marvel is widely considered to be Alpha Flight #51 which he fully illustrated but Lee contributed one panel of art for this issue prior to Alpha Flight
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- 1st appearance of Aliens (Xenomorphs) in original stories
- *some older CGC labels report Dark Horse Presents #24 as the first appearance of Aliens in comics but this issue preceded DHP #24 by 6 months
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- 1st cameo appearance of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian warrior
- 1st cameo appearance of Ezra Bridger
- 1st cameo appearance of Hera
- 1st appearance of Kanan Jarrus
- *cited as the first appearance of the characters listed but it is, by definition, a cameo appearance
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- 1st cameo appearance of Grail, daughter of Darkseid
- *cited by some sources as the first appearance of Grail but she is obscured by shadows in the final panel
- *the first FULL appearance of Grail happens in Free Comic Book Day 2015: Divergence #1
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- 1st cameo appearance of Damian Wayne (the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul) in shadows
- *this issue is often cited as Damian's first full appearance but aside from a panel showing his eyes, he is fully obscured by shadows
- *it should also be noted that the 1987 graphic novel 'Batman: Son of the Demon' introduced a child of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul but the story did not take place in the main DC story universe until Grant Morrison integrated portions of the graphic novel into the origin of Damian
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- 1st cover appearance of the War Machine armor, worn by Tony Stark
- *the War Machine armor seen on the cover of this issue debuts in Iron Man #281 - Stark is the original pilot of the armor and it isn't until Iron Man #284 when James Rhodes suits up yet refers to himself as Iron Man - the War Machine armor is not officially named until West Coast Avengers #94, published nearly a year after this issue
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- 1st cameo appearance of Jason Todd
- 2nd cameo appearance of Killer Croc
- *this issue is cited as the first full appearance of Killer Croc but there is no difference in his depiction as a gangster in a trenchoat and fedora as first seen in Detective Comics #523. In Detective Comics #524, he is revealed to have crocodile features
- *it should also be noted that this version of Jason Todd is not visually accurate to later versions and his origin is retconned in Batman #408
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- Gorr speaks from the shadows, unseen
- *listings on eBay claim that this is the second appearance of Gorr but it is not
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- 2nd appearance of Spider-Man's black costume
- *this issue is often cited as one of multiple first appearances of the black symbiote costume but according to solicitations from 1984, The Amazing Spider-Man #252 went on sale January 31 while Marvel Team-up #141 and The Spectacular Spider-Man #90 both went on sale February 14
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- 1st full appearance of Gambit
- *this issue is often cited as a cameo appearance of Gambit but there are multiple panels of the character including a full page with Gambit speaking to Storm and she addresses him by name
- *although the annual went on-sale first, the story in X-Men #266 was intended to be the first appearance of Gambit if not for the publishing irregularity of comic book annuals
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