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October 1 2020

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #22

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #22
 
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1st appearance of Duke

1st appearance of Roadblock

Avengers #36

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Moon Knight becomes the Fist of the Phoenix

Cover art featuring the Black Panther with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played the Black Panther

Secret Invasion #1

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Secret Invasion #1
 
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Story arc in which the shape-shifting race of aliens, The Skrulls, have invaded Earth and are impersonating key figures in the Marvel Universe

Canto #1

IDW ⋅ 2019

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Canto #1
 
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Canto's people have had their hearts replaced by clocks and now he must go on a journey to retrieve the heart of the girl he loves

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,318, many of which were damaged

[Deadline reports Jada and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios have optioned the rights to Canto for an animated feature]

Uncanny X-Men #283

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Uncanny X-Men #283
 
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1st full appearance of Bishop, a time-traveling mutant who can absorb and redistribute energy

1st appearance of the Gamemaster, a powerful mutant telepath

Marvel Team-Up #95

Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Marvel Team-Up #95
 
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1st appearance of Bobbi Morse as Mockingbird

Hidden Message: interior panel of a vehicle in an airport parking lot with a vanity plate that reads FUQ

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1

DC ⋅ 1992

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Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1
 
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1st appearance of Victor Zsasz, a serial killer who carves a tally mark in his skin for every victim he claims

1st appearance of Jeremiah Arkham, later becomes the second Black Mask

Peacemaker #1

DC ⋅ 1988

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Peacemaker #1
 
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1st appearance of Wolfgang Schmidt, the Peacemaker's father

1st team appearance of Project Peacemaker, a task force assembled to monitor Peacemaker

Blue Beetle #3

DC ⋅ 2006

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Blue Beetle #3
 
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1st cameo appearance of La Dama, Amparo Cardenas

Reintroduction of Peacemaker, new character design with t-shirt and baseball bat

Ms. Marvel #12

Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Ms. Marvel #12
 
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1st appearance of Red Dagger, a Pakistani vigilante

Booster Gold #1

DC ⋅ 1986

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Booster Gold #1
 
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1st appearance of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Skeets, the robot sidekick of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Blackguard

1st appearance of Trixie Collins, later becomes Goldstar

1st cameo appearance of Mindancer

[January 2023 - a Booster Gold TV series about a "loser from the future" who returns to the past to pretend to be a superhero is planned for HBO Max]

House of Secrets #92

DC ⋅ 1971

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House of Secrets #92
 
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1st appearance of the Swamp Thing, Alex Olsen

[January 2023 - a Swamp Thing horror film is in development at DC Studios]

Autumnal #1
Non-Key

Vault ⋅ 2020

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Autumnal #1
 
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Against the haunting backdrop of autumn, a woman and her daughter flee a difficult life in Chicago for the quaint and possibly pernicious town of Comfort Notch, New Hampshire

Conan the Barbarian #1

Marvel ⋅ 1970

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Conan the Barbarian #1
 
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1st appearance of Conan the Barbarian

1st cameo appearance of King Kull

Savage Avengers #12

Secret Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Savage Avengers #12
 
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Secret variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5

Marvel ⋅ 2001

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

Any difference in Nick Fury's appearance or demeanor are not apparent in this issue similar to the Ultimate Fantastic Four's appearance in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #9

Marvel seems to have committed to the depiction of Nick Fury as a younger, black, James Bond type operative in Ultimate X-Men #9

It wasn't until Ultimates #2 when Fury was unmistakably imagined as Samuel L. Jackson, published 6 years prior to Jackson's MCU debut in Iron Man (2008)

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.

Hawkman #1

DC ⋅ 1964

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Hawkman #1
 
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First solo titled series featuring Hawkman

Iron Man #17

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Iron Man #17
 
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1st appearance of Madame Masque, previously introduced as Whitney Frost

The Boys #24

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2008

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The Boys #24
 
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1st team appearance of G-Wiz: Airburst, Buzz Cut, Dime-Bag, Discharge, Dude with No Name, Jetlag, Pinwheel

1st cameo team appearance of G-Men: Five-Oh, Groundhawk, Critter, The Devine

1st cameo team appearance of G-Force: Cold Snap, Europo, Luckless, Flamer, Stacker, Puss-Puss

G-Men and G-Force previously seen in photographs in The Boys #23

Cover art inspired by the film 'Animal House'

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