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X-Men #1
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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X-Men #1
 
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1st team appearance of the X-Men Gold (team): Storm, Archangel, Colossus, Iceman and Jean Grey

1st team appearance of the X-Men Blue (team): Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Psylocke and Beast

1st team appearance of The Acolytes: Fabian Cortez, Annie-Marie Cortez, Chrome, Nance Winters, Delgado

Best-selling comic of all-time with sales of 8.1 million copies

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Interior pin-up by Jim Lee, 'A Villains Gallery'

Youngblood #1
Image ⋅ 1992
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Youngblood #1
 
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First comic book published by Image

1st appearance of Shaft

1st appearance of Chapel

1st appearance of Badrock

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1st appearance of Vogue, Link and Diehard

Superman: The Wedding Album #1
DC ⋅ 1996
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Superman: The Wedding Album #1
 
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Marriage of Superman and Lois Lane

Interior art depicts a number of past Superman creators attending the wedding which is officiated by Jerry Siegel

Zombie Tales #1
BOOM! ⋅ 2005
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Zombie Tales #1
 
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First comic book published by Boom Studios

One-shot featuring six zombie stories written by Mark Waid and Keith Giffen

Betty #190
Archie ⋅ 2011
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Betty #190
 
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Final comic to bear the Comics Code Authority logo

Archie was the last publisher to stop submitting books to the CCA following the lead of DC and Marvel

The Comics Code symbol had been in continuous use on Newsstand comics since its inception in 1954

Deadpool #27
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Deadpool #27
 
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Currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most comic characters on the cover of a single issue with 224

1st appearance of Shiklah, Deadpool's betrothed, in printed comics

Shiklah previously appeared in a digital comic only series called Deadpool: The Gauntlet

X-Men: Grand Design #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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X-Men: Grand Design #1
 
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Variant cover art by Ed Piskor featuring Stan Lee

Detective Comics #1000
DC ⋅ 2019
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Detective Comics #1000
 
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Anniversary of the 1000th issue of Detective Comics (1939)

96-pages of stories and art by various creators

1st cameo appearance of Arkham Knight in DC continuity

1st appearance of Knute Brody

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1st appearance of Echo, the daughter of Batman and Catwoman in an alternate reality

1st appearance of April Fool, the son of Joker in an alternate reality

The Walking Dead #192
Image ⋅ 2019
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The Walking Dead #192
 
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Death of Rick Grimes

Official Image Timeline, The
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Image ⋅ 2022
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Official Image Timeline, The
 
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64-page one-shot

A comprehensive timeline of Image's publishing history in celebration of the company's 30th anniversary

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