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Captain America: The First Avenger Movie

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Captain America Comics #1

Marvel ⋅ 1941

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Captain America Comics #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Captain America

1st appearance of James Buchanan Barnes aka Bucky, later becomes the Winter Soldier

1st appearance of the Red Skull, George Maxon, an agent of the true Red Skull

1st appearance of Doctor Reinstein aka Doctor Erskine, the inventor of the Super Soldier serum

1st appearance of Hurricane, later becomes Makkari

1st appearance of Tuk the Cave Boy, first offspring of the Inhumans

Introduction of Project Rebirth, the Super Soldier Program that eventually expanded into Weapon Plus

💰 In April 2022, a 9.4 sold for $3,120,000 (San Francisco Pedigree)

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Captain America portrayed by Chris Evans, Bucky Barnes portrayed by Sebastian Stan, Red Skull portrayed by Hugo Weaving, Doctor Erskine portrayed by Stanley Tucci

Captain America Comics #2

Marvel ⋅ 1941

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Captain America Comics #2
 
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2nd appearance of Captain America

2nd appearance of Bucky Barnes

Debut of Captain America's disc shield

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1

Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1
 
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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury

1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)

In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color

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Dum Dum Dugan portrayed by Neal McDonough, Gabe Jones portrayed by Derek Luke

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

Strange Tales #135

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Strange Tales #135
 
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1st team appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D

1st team appearance of Hydra

Nick Fury becomes an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Daredevil #13

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Daredevil #13
 
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1st appearance of Anti-Metal, a variation of Vibranium

Origin of the Plunderer

Origin of Ka-Zar

Tales of Suspense #77

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Tales of Suspense #77
 
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1st appearance of Peggy Carter

1st full appearance of Ultimo, a robot weapon created to destroy anything it encounters

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Peggy Carter portrayed by Hayley Atwell

Tales of Suspense #79

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Tales of Suspense #79
 
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Introduction of the Cosmic Cube

Fantastic Four #53

Marvel ⋅ 1966

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Fantastic Four #53
 
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1st appearance and origin of Klaw

2nd appearance and origin of the Black Panther

1st appearance of T'Chaka, Black Panther's father

First mention of Wakandan Vibranium metal

Iron Man #28

Marvel ⋅ 1970

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Iron Man #28
 
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1st appearance of Howard Stark, father of Tony Stark

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Howard Stark portrayed by Dominic Cooper

Captain America #208

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Captain America #208
 
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1st cameo appearance of Arnim Zola

âš  Misconception: cited by many sources as the first appearance of Armin Zola but it is similar to what is widely considered the first cameo appearance of Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #180 in that he appears on the final page

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Arnim Zola portrayed by Toby Jones

Captain America #209

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Captain America #209
 
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1st full appearance and origin of Arnim Zola, a mad geneticist - cameo in #208

1st appearance of Doughboy and Primus, henchmen created by Arnim Zola

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Arnim Zola portrayed by Toby Jones

Avengers Annual #7

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Avengers Annual #7
 
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Death of Warlock

Death of Pip the Troll

Death of Gamora

1st appearance of all six Infinity Gems: Soul, Time, Space, Mind, Reality, Power

First battle of Thanos and Warlock

Ultimates #2

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Ultimates #2
 
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1st appearance of Nick Fury bearing a likeness to Samuel L. Jackson

1st appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury is in Ultimate Team-Up #5

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Nick Fury portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson

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