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Pines Nov 1939

Best Comics #1

Best Comics #1
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1st appearance of the Red Mask, the first non-white superhero in comics
The character's ethnicity is not clear but may be Polynesian
Reprinted newspaper strips
Inconsistency of the character's skin tone can be seen on the cover of issue #2 and interior art
Archie Apr 2022

Archie Double Digest #329

Archie Double Digest #329
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1st appearance of Grace Alondra, the first hard of hearing Archie character, introduced in collaboration with the Children's Tumor Foundation (CFT) to create awareness for the genetic disorder NF2 which affects 1 in 25,000 births
Marvel Jan 2017 Vol 4

Invincible Iron Man #1

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Invincible Iron Man #1
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Variant cover art by Elizabeth Torque
Cover features Riri Williams (Ironheart) with a depiction of Ariell Johnson, founder of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia and the first black woman to own a comic book shop on the East Coast
Dell May 1949 Vol 2

Four Color #228

Four Color #228
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1st appearance of Zorro in comic books, officially
Unlicensed appearance in Hit Comics #55 (1948) without attribution to the creator, Johnston McCulley
Titled 'The Mark of Zorro,’ the same as the 1920s silent film
Both movie and comic were adaptations of the first Zorro novella, 'The Curse of Capistrano'
DC Jan 1988

Millennium #2

Millennium #2
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1st appearance of Gregorio de la Vega, later becomes Extrano - DC's first openly gay character
1st appearance of Celia Windward, later becomes Jet
1st appearance of Takeo Yakata, later becomes RAM
1st appearance of Xiang Po, later becomes Gloss
Marvel Feb 2005 Vol 2

Daredevil #58

Daredevil #58
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1st appearance of Angela Del Toro, the fourth White Tiger, not in costume
1st appearance of the Night Nurse, Linda Carter in the Modern Age
Marvel Nov 2011 Vol 6

Ghost Rider #1

Ghost Rider #1
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1st appearance of the third Ghost Rider, a Mexican-American woman named Alejandra Jones
Preview of Jones in Ghost Rider #0.1
Copies ordered by retailers: 41,308
Marvel Jul 2008

Mighty Avengers #13

Mighty Avengers #13
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1st team appearance of the Secret Warriors: Nick Fury, Phobos, Slingshot, Quake, Stonewall, Hellfire and Druid
1st appearance of Stonewall, son of the Absorbing Man
1st appearance of Druid, son of Doctor Druid
1st appearance of Hellfire, descendant of the Phantom Rider
1st appearance of Yo-Yo Rodriguez aka Slingshot
Cover art inspired by Avengers #16
Marvel Dec 2017 Vol 6

Avengers #2.1

Avengers #2.1
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1st full appearance of Cressida, referred to as Avenger X in Avengers #3.1, a mutant from Thailand with the power to possess other lifeforms
Marvel Mar 2000

X-Men Unlimited #27

X-Men Unlimited #27
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1st appearance of Omega Sentinel, a human transformed by the Operation Zero Tolerance program into a sentinel
The reactivated Omega Sentinel is the machine liaison to Orchis and could be a major threat to the Omega Level mutants
Marvel Dec 2015 Vol 4

New Avengers #1

New Avengers #1
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1st appearance of Dr. Toni Ho, a Chinese-American woman who later becomes the second Rescue and the third Iron Patriot
1st appearance of Neohedron, the mind of Evald Skorpion trapped in a crystal by The Maker, floating above the torso of a gorilla with the lower-half of a scorpion
Solographics Jan 1994

Pineapple Man #0

Pineapple Man #0
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1st appearance of Pineapple Man, the first superhero rooted in Hawaiian folklore and operating exclusively on the island
32 page, black and white Ashcan (small-print run to establish copyright ownership)
Marvel Jan 2019 Vol 3

Champions #1

Champions #1
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1st team appearance of the Champions: Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man (Morales), Brawn, Viv Vision, Nova (Alexander), Snowguard, Ironheart, Locust, Falcon (Torres), Bombshell, Patriot, Wasp (Nadia), Power Man (Alvarez) and Pinpoint
1st appearance of Pinpoint, an East Indian boy with teleportation powers
Marvel Jan 2006 Vol 2

Amazing Fantasy #15

Amazing Fantasy #15
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1st appearance of Amadeus Cho aka Mastermind Excello, a Korean American who becomes the Hulk in Totally Awesome Hulk #1
1st appearances: Heartbreak Kid, Positron Monstro, One-Eyed Jacquie and the Great Video
Cho is a member of The Champions, a team that also includes Miles Morales Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan, Nova, Cyclops, and Spider-Gwen
There are many places for Cho to fit into the MCU like Shang Chi or Agents of Atlas
[October 2024 - it is rumored that Logan Kim (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) has been cast as Amadeus Cho in the MCU]
DC Aug 2003 Vol 3

Outsiders #1

Outsiders #1
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1st appearance of Thunder, Black Lightning's daughter
1st appearance of Shift, a fragment of Metamorpho that became sentient
1st appearance of Grace Choi, a Korean-American powerhouse
Marvel Dec 2009

Ultimate Avengers #3

Ultimate Avengers #3
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1st appearance of Monica Chang, as the Black Widow, first appeared in the mainstream Marvel Universe in Avengers A.I. #1 (2013)
1st appearance of Swarm as Red Wasp
Marvel Aug 2004 Vol 2

Amazing Fantasy #1

Amazing Fantasy #1
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1st appearance of Arana, the Spanish word for Spider and codename of Anya Corazon
1st team appearance of the Sisterhood of the Wasp
Marvel Jul 2014 Vol 3

Amazing Spider-Man #4

Amazing Spider-Man #4
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1st full appearance of Silk, a Korean-American girl who was bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker
📖 Spider-Verse Reading Order: read The Amazing Spider-Man #4 and #5
Marvel Apr 2018 Vol 3

Exiles #1

Exiles #1
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1st cover appearance of Valkyrie, cover only, not in interior story
1st appearance of Khan, an older Kamala Khan
1st cameo appearance of the Time Eater, an alternate reality Kang occupying the corpse of Galactus
Marvel Mar 2014

All-New, Marvel Now Point One #1

All-New, Marvel Now Point One #1
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1st full appearance of Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel in-story
1st appearance of Bruno Carrelli
1st appearance of Tanalth the Pursuer
1st appearance of Dawn Greenwood, an ally of the Silver Surfer
Copies ordered by retailers: 32,929
DC Jun 1977

Teen Titans #48

Teen Titans #48
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1st appearance of Karen Beecher as Bumblebee, DC's first black, female superhero - appeared in Teen Titans #45 not in costume
Nubia appeared before Beecher but was not a hero at the time
Bumblebee joins the Teen Titans
Duela Dent takes the name 'Harlequin'
Marvel Sep 1982

Marvel Graphic Novel #4

Marvel Graphic Novel #4
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1st team appearance of New Mutants: Cannonball (1st), Psyche (1st), Wolfsbane (1st), Sunspot (1st), Karma
Psyche aka Dani Moonstar later becomes Mirage
1st appearance of the White Rook, a member of the Hellfire Club
Marvel Dec 1975

Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #19

Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #19
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1st appearance of White Tiger, the first Puerto Rican superhero in comic book history and the first Latino superhero created by Marvel
Hector Ayala briefly appears in costume after finding the Amulets of Power discarded by the Sons of the Tiger
Marvel Dec 1973

Special Marvel Edition #15

Special Marvel Edition #15
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1st appearance of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu
1st appearance of Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith
1st appearance of Fu Manchu, father of Shang-Chi, later renamed Han, then Zheng Zu
1st team appearance of Si-Fan, a secret society with allegiances to Fu Manchu
1st appearance of Shang-Chi's unnamed mother, an American - later retconned in Shang-Chi #4 (2021)
Dell Oct 1972

Friday Foster #1

Friday Foster #1
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One-shot based on the the first syndicated, newspaper comic strip that featured a black woman
In 1975, three years after the comic was published, Pam Grier starred in a film of the same name

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