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Below is a selection of characters who make their first full and first cover appearance in the same comic 🎁 Thank You for utilizing the eBay links when making ANY purchase and contributing to the continued development of Key Collector Comics
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- 1st team appearance of the Young Avengers: Kate Bishop, Patriot, Iron Lad, Asgardian, Hulkling
- Iron Lad revealed to be a variant of Kang
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- 1st appearance of Harley Quinn in a standard comic
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- 1st appearance and origin of Batgirl, Barbara Gordon
- [July 2021 - Leslie Grace (In The Heights) cast as Batgirl for HBO Max]
- 1st appearance of Killer Moth in the Silver Age
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- 1st team appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants led by Magneto
- 1st appearance of Scarlet Witch
- 1st appearance of Quicksilver
- 1st appearance Mastermind, later becomes Jason Wyngarde
- 1st appearance of Toad
- 2nd appearance of Magneto
- Although the Scarlet Witch's costume is colored green on the cover, it is red in the story
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- 1st appearance of Beta Ray Bill, a Korbinite alien worthy of picking up Mjolnir
- [November 2017 - a sculpture of Beta Ray Bill's head adorns the Grandmaster's Tower in Thor Ragnarok adding credibility to the rumor he'll appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 or Thor Love & Thunder]
- 1st appearance of Lorelai, the sister of Enchantress
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- 1st appearance and origin of Elektra
- First written work on Daredevil by Frank Miller
- Elektra misspelled 'Elecktra' on the cover
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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)
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- 1st appearance and origin of The Cat
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- 1st appearance of Conan the Barbarian
- 1st cameo appearance of King Kull
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- 🏅 #8 on the Hot 10
- 1st appearance of the Swamp Thing, Alex Olsen
- THIS WEEK’S RECORD-BREAKING SALES
- [Previous High In Brackets]
- 5.5 sold for $1,600 [$1,500 in July] +7%
- 4.5 sold for $1,250 [$1,075 in Aug] +16%
- 2.5 sold for $889 [$700 in Oct] +27%
- Swamp Thing's introduction is one of the few DC issues that sustains demand despite a soft market for DC Key Issues
- This issue is unique in that it features a character that is not currently attached to any upcoming projects though the universe slated for HBO Max that includes Justice League Dark could easily include Swamp Thing
- Other DC Keys that have landed on the Key Collector Hot 10 include: Batman Adventures #12, Batman Beyond #1, Hawkman #4 (1st Zatanna), Detective Comics #359 (1st Batgirl), Batman #181 (1st Poison Ivy), Swamp Thing #37 (1st Constantine) and Batman #313 (1st Tim Fox)
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- 1st appearance of Deadpool, a subject of the Weapon X program
- 1st appearance of Copycat, impersonating Domino
- 1st appearance of Gideon, a member of The Externals
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- 1st full appearance of Cable
- 1st full team appearance of the Mutant Liberation Front: Stryfe, Wildside, Reaper, Fourarm, Thumbelina, Strobe, Tempo, Zero
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- 1st appearance of Blade
- [Blade movie in-development with Dracula and Werewolf By Night rumored antagonists]
- [February 2021 - Marvel hired playwright and story editor for HBO's Watchmen, Stacy Osei-Kuffour to write the screenplay for Blade]
- 🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]
- 9.8 sold for $48,000 [$28,800 in June] +67%
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