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- Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith featuring Magik
- Specialty border printed on select covers published in November 1986 celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary or more precisely, the 25th year since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1961
- Kitty Pryde, speaking at a memorial service uses multiple offensive words related to ethnicity and sexual orientation
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- Recalled issue due to a tentacle resembling male genitalia
- The interior panel of concern depicts Abigail Arcane in the foreground screaming in terror and Anton Arcane in the background, mostly in shadows, with red blazing eyes - the first printing depicts a tentacle between the two characters
- Said to be scarce but there are copies available on mycomicshop.com for under $3.00, nothing on-sale or sold on eBay
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- Origin of Doctor Doom - his educational years, facial disfigurement and procurement of the Doctor Doom armor
- Controversial issue where Johnny Storm confronts an individual who is defacing racial equality posters with racist propaganda
- *multiple, uncensored panels clearly display an extremely offensive racist word and phrase
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- Marriage of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle
- *Selina called-off the wedding which was revealed to readers by The New York Times prior to the issue coming out causing significant backlash against DC and the newspaper
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- In 2000, the Charles Atlas corporation filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against DC Comics for the portrayal of Flex Mentallo being a parody of the real-life Italian bodybuilder
- The lawsuit was eventually dismissed but series was out-of-print for over a decade and commanded a considerable amount on the secondary market
- Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery has since been published in a hardcover deluxe edition collection and a trade paperback
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- Premiere series in the DC Black Label launch which gives established creators creative freedom to explore characters and stories outside of continuity
- Controversial issue: Bruce Wayne's genitalia
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- Controversial variant with Stan Lee's signature stamped on the cover using ink containing his blood (referred to as Stan Lee's Solvent DNA Ink)
- Includes a numbered hologram sticker printed with the words "Hands of Respect" and a Certificate of Authenticity
- In April 2018, news broke that a former business associate of Stan's allegedly presented forged documents to his personal nurse that gave permission to draw blood from Mr. Lee
- *the signature stamp and ink has since been used on other covers
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- Controversial variant with Stan Lee's signature stamped on the cover using ink containing his blood (referred to as Stan Lee's Solvent DNA Ink)
- Includes a numbered hologram sticker printed with the words "Hands of Respect" and a Certificate of Authenticity
- In April 2018, news broke that a former business associate of Stan's allegedly presented forged documents to personal nurse that gave permission to draw blood from Mr. Lee
- *the signature stamp and ink has since been used on other covers
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