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Venom #3
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #3
 
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1st full appearanceĀ of Knull,the creator of the Symbiote alien race

Knull's first cameo appearance is in Thor: God of Thunder #6

The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology

Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe

The Hood #1
Max ⋅ 2002
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The Hood #1
 
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$55

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1st appearance of the Hood, Parker Robbins

[February 2022 - rumored for Ironheart, formerly rumored for Hawkeye / August 2022. - confirmed for the Ironheart TV series]

1st appearance of John King, the cousin of Parker Robbins

Uncanny X-Men #1
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Uncanny X-Men #1
 
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$6.2k
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$14k
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$85k

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1st team appearance of the X-Men: Cyclops, Jean Grey aka Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Professor X

1st appearance of Magneto

Homo Superior concept, coined by Magneto to describe humans born with special abilities introduced in this issue

Captain America Comics #1
Marvel ⋅ 1941
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Captain America Comics #1
 
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1st appearance and origin of Captain America

1st appearance of James Buchanan Barnes aka Bucky, later becomes the Winter Soldier

1st appearance of the Red Skull, George Maxon, an agent of the true Red Skull

1st appearance of Doctor Reinstein aka Doctor Erskine, the inventor of the Super Soldier serum

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1st appearance of Hurricane, later becomes Makkari

1st appearance of Tuk the Cave Boy, first offspring of the Inhumans

Introduction of Project Rebirth, the Super Soldier Program that eventually expanded into Weapon Plus

šŸ’° In April 2022, a 9.4 sold for $3,120,000 (San Francisco Pedigree)

šŸ“£ Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $156,000 [$144,000 in 2022] +8%

Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
Marvel ⋅ 1977
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Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
 
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Death of Thanos

1st appearance of Lord Order and Master Chaos

Amazing Spider-Man #2
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #2
 
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3rd appearance of Spider-Man

1st appearance of Vulture

1st appearance of the Terrible Tinkerer

1st cameo appearance of Mysterio, disguised as the assistant of the Terrible Tinkerer

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Spider-Man first references his ability to sense danger as his Spider-Sense tingling

Uncanny X-Men #3
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Uncanny X-Men #3
 
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$425
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1st appearance of the Blob, an invulnerable mutant

Amazing Spider-Man #3
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #3
 
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$12k

Key Facts

1st appearance, cover and origin of Dr. Octopus

Debut of the 'Spider's Web' fan letters section

An editing error has Doctor Octopus mistakenly refer to Spider-Man as Super-Man

Silver Surfer #3
Marvel ⋅ 1968
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Silver Surfer #3
 
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$475
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$1.4k

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1st appearance of Mephisto

[October 2022 - Deadline is speculating Sacha Baron Cohen will portray Mephisto in a Marvel project / March 2023 - it is rumored that a Mephisto special is filming at the same time as the Agatha TV series]

Amazing Spider-Man #4
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #4
 
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1st appearance and origin of Sandman

1st appearance of Betty Brant, a secretary at the Daily Bugle

Spider-Man refers to himself as 'The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' for the first time

1st cameo appearance of Jessica Jones, a spectator of the Sandman versus Spider-Man fight - this appearance is retconned as revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man #601

X-Men #4
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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X-Men #4
 
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1st full appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government

šŸ“ˆ +129% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Fantastic Four #5
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Fantastic Four #5
 
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$52k

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1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom

Captain America #6
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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Captain America #6
 
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1st full appearance of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier

[September 2022 - confirmed for the Thunderbolts movie]

Fantastic Four Annual #6
Marvel ⋅ 1968
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Fantastic Four Annual #6
 
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$700

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1st appearance of Annihilus, ruler of the Negative Zone

1st appearance of Franklin Richards, as an unnamed infant, considered by Marvel to be the most powerful mutant in the Marvel Universe

Introduction of the Cosmic Control Rod, a weapon used by Annihilus that manipulates matter

šŸ“ˆ +183% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

X-Factor #6
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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X-Factor #6
 
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1st full appearance and cover of Apocalypse

šŸ“ˆ +200% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Avengers #8
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Avengers #8
 
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1st appearance of Kang, the original version

Amazing Spider-Man #9
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Amazing Spider-Man #9
 
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1st appearance and origin of Electro

Uncanny X-Men #12
Marvel ⋅ 1965
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Uncanny X-Men #12
 
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1st appearance and origin of the Juggernaut

Origin of Professor X

1st cameo appearance of Cyttorak, as a statue, the demonic elder god whose Crimson Bands and ruby gemstone gave Juggernaut great powers

Amazing Spider-Man #14
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Amazing Spider-Man #14
 
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1st appearance of the Green Goblin

First battle of Spider-Man versus the Hulk

Uncanny X-Men #14
Marvel ⋅ 1965
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Uncanny X-Men #14
 
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1st appearance of the Sentinels, machines invented to hunt mutants

1st appearance of Dr. Bolivar Trask, creator of the Sentinels

Iron Fist #14
Marvel ⋅ 1977
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Iron Fist #14
 
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$55
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$550

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1st full appearance and cover of Sabretooth, a mutant who becomes the primary nemesis of Wolverine

[December 2023 - set photos from Deadpool 3 confirm Sabretooth from the original X-Men film will appear]

Amazing Spider-Man #15
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Amazing Spider-Man #15
 
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1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter

2nd appearance of the Chameleon

First mention of Mary Jane Watson

[June 2021 - a Kraven movie is in-development with Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the lead role]

Ms. Marvel #18
Marvel ⋅ 1978
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Ms. Marvel #18
 
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1st full appearance of Mystique, revealed without disguise

[April 2021 - when keying in a number sequence on the Buccaneer Bay section of Marvelā€™s exploremadripoor.com, an image with the name Mystique appears in a boat charter reservation]

Amazing Spider-Man #20
Marvel ⋅ 1965
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Amazing Spider-Man #20
 
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1st appearance and origin of Scorpion, Mac Gargan appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #19

Amazing Spider-Man #41
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Amazing Spider-Man #41
 
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1st appearance of Rhino

[April 2023 - Rhino was teased in the first look of Kraven The Hunter at Sony's CinemaCon 2023]

Fantastic Four #48
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Fantastic Four #48
 
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1st appearance of Silver Surfer

1st cameo appearance of Galactus

[October 2021 - an inside source tells us: currently, the Fantastic Four is heavily a multiverse movie and Silver Surfer is very much at its center]

Fantastic Four #49
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Fantastic Four #49
 
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1st full appearance of Galactus

1st cover and 2nd appearance of the Silver Surfer

šŸ“£ Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $20,400 [$18,000 in 2020] +13%

Tales of Suspense #50
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Tales of Suspense #50
 
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1st appearance of Mandarin

Avengers #55
Marvel ⋅ 1968
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Avengers #55
 
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$385

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1st full appearance of Ultron

3rd appearance of Dane Whitman as the Black Knight

[March 2023 - James Spader rumored to reprise the role of Ultron in Armor Wars]

Iron Man #55
Marvel ⋅ 1973
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Iron Man #55
 
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1st appearance of Thanos, an Eternal from Titan born with the Deviants gene

1st cameo appearance of Eros aka Starfox, brother of Thanos

1st appearance of Kronos, Grandfather of Thanos

1st appearance of Mentor, father of Thanos

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1st appearance of Drax the Destroyer, created by Kronus to kill Thanos

1st appearance of the Blood Brothers

Journey Into Mystery #85
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Journey Into Mystery #85
 
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1st appearance of Loki, the Norse god of mischief

1st appearance of Balder, half-brother of Thor

1st appearance of Heimdall, guardian of Bifrost

1st appearance of Tyr, the Norse god of war

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1st cameo appearance of Odin, the All-Father, seen from behind

3rd appearance of Thor

Strange Tales #89
Marvel ⋅ 1961
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Strange Tales #89
 
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1st appearance of Fin Fang Foom, translated his name means 'he whose limbs shatter mountains and whose back scrapes the sun'

1st appearance of Dr. Chan Liuchow, a member of the Legion of Night

Tales to Astonish #90
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Tales to Astonish #90
 
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1st appearance and origin of Abomination, Emil Blonsky, one of the Hulk's arch-rivals

1st appearance of Byrrah in the Silver Age

Tales of Suspense #94
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Tales of Suspense #94
 
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1st appearance of M.O.D.O.K., a Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing

Uncanny X-Men #101
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Uncanny X-Men #101
 
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$1.2k

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Debut of new powers, Jean Grey is reborn as the Phoenix

Ten years later this moment would be further developed where the Phoenix is an actual cosmic entity of vast power that copied Greyā€™s physical form while placing her body in a cocoon to heal from her injuries

1st full appearance of Black Tom Cassidy

Amazing Spider-Man #101
Marvel ⋅ 1971
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Amazing Spider-Man #101
 
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1st appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire

Journey Into Mystery #102
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Journey Into Mystery #102
 
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1st appearance of Hela

1st and only appearance of Lady Sif, a different character than the Sif that appears in Thor #136

Journey Into Mystery #103
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Journey Into Mystery #103
 
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1st appearance of Enchantress, Amora

1st appearance of Skurge the Executioner

Journey Into Mystery #109
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Journey Into Mystery #109
 
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First Magneto appearance outside of an X-Men comic

Strange Tales #111
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Strange Tales #111
 
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2nd appearance of Doctor Strange

1st appearance of Baron Mordo, an evil apprentice of the Ancient One

1st appearance of Asbestos Man

Journey Into Mystery #114
Marvel ⋅ 1965
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Journey Into Mystery #114
 
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1st appearance and origin of Absorbing Man

1st appearance of Fenris Wolf

1st appearance of Idunn, an Asgardian goddess

Uncanny X-Men #129
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Uncanny X-Men #129
 
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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 1

1st appearance of Kitty Pryde

1st appearance of Emma Frost, the White Queen

1st cameo team appearance of The Hellfire Club, in shadows

Daredevil #131
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Daredevil #131
 
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1st appearance and origin of Bullseye

[November 2022 - rumored to appear in the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again / December 2022 - an inside source reported to us the following details about the third Deadpool movie after reading an early version of the script that sounds to have been before Hugh Jackman was secured as co-lead. Bullseye was the villain in the script's first iteration. In one scene, Deadpool is on the run, injured, weaponless and missing an arm. Deadpool stumbles upon the corpse of Logan in the woods, the setting of which is the scene where the Logan film ended. Deadpool severs Loganā€™s arms and with his own healing factor, attaches them to use as weapons. Again, this was an early version of the script, most likely written before Hugh Jackman had committed to the film and how much will be retained is unknown]

Avengers #196
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Avengers #196
 
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1st full appearance of the Taskmaster

[September 2022 - confirmed for the Thunderbolts movie]

Uncanny X-Men #221
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Uncanny X-Men #221
 
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1st full appearance of Mr. Sinister

[July 2022 - Javier Bardem rumored to be cast as Mr. Sinister in an unknown MCU project]

Amazing Spider-Man #238
Marvel ⋅ 1983
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Amazing Spider-Man #238
 
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1st appearance of the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley

A complete issue includes the ā€˜Tattooz' giveaway insert, found between the final page and the back cover. See additional images - be aware that the insert may be there but the tattoos might still be missing

[Feb 2021 - a social media account associated with Sony seemingly teased the transformation of Ned Leeds into the Hobgoblin / June 2022 - Jacob Batalon reshared photo holding a Hobgoblin action figure which caused future movie speculation on social media / May 2023 - speculation Spider-Man 4's villain will be Hobgoblin]

Daredevil #254
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Daredevil #254
 
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$25

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1st appearance and origin of Typhoid Mary

Avengers #257
Marvel ⋅ 1985
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Avengers #257
 
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$45

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1st appearance of Nebula, the adopted daughter of Thanos

Amazing Spider-Man #300
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #300
 
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1st full appearance of Venom

Amazing Spider-Man #361
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Amazing Spider-Man #361
 
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1st full appearanceĀ of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote

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