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Avengers, The #133

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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Origin of the Kree/Skrull war

Origin of Mantis

Origin of Vision

1st full appearance of the Cotati, a plantlike humanoid race

Birds of Prey: Black Canary / Oracle #1

DC ⋅ 1995

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Birds of Prey: Black Canary / Oracle #1
 
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1st team appearance of Birds of Prey: Black Canary and Oracle

Unofficial team appearance in Showcase 96 #3

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #4

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Peter Parker: Spider-Man #4
 
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1st appearance of Hunger, formerly Crown

Thor: God of Thunder #2

Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Thor: God of Thunder #2
 
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1st appearance of Gorr, the God Butcher

1st appearance of the Necrosword, the first symbiote created by Knull

Firestorm the Nuclear Man #1

DC ⋅ 1978

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Firestorm the Nuclear Man #1
 
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1st appearance of Firestorm, high school student Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein merged together after a nuclear accident

1st appearance of Danton Black, becomes Multiplex

Uncanny X-Men #160

Marvel ⋅ 1982

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Uncanny X-Men #160
 
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1st appearance of Illyana Rasputin, Colossus's sister as an adolescent

1st appearance of S'ym, a demon from the Limbo realm

Giant-Size Avengers #4

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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Giant-Size Avengers #4
 
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Marriage of Vision and Scarlet Witch

Origin of Mantis, the Celestial Madonna

Morbius: The Living Vampire #1

Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Morbius: The Living Vampire #1
 
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Origin of Morbius retold

Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Morbius: The Living Vampire #1

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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Morbius: The Living Vampire #1
 
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First ongoing solo title featuring Morbius

Rise of the Midnight Sons part three of six

Young Avengers #1

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Young Avengers #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Young Avengers: Kate Bishop, Patriot, Asgardian aka Wiccan, Hulkling, and Iron Lad, who is later revealed to be a young variant of Kang

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1
 
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Origin of Kylo Ren, Ben Solo

1st appearance of Voe, a Jedi

1st appearance of Ren, leader of the New Republic's Knights of Ren

📖 Reading Order: read The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 - #4, then Supreme Leader Snoke #1

[August 2020 - rumored spin-off series in-development]

Spider-Man #76

Marvel ⋅ 1997

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Spider-Man #76
 
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1st appearance of Loxias Crown, a vampire who later becomes known as The Hunger

Avengers: Celestial Quest #3

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Avengers: Celestial Quest #3
 
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1st full appearance of Quoi, the son of Mantis as an adult

Many databases cite Fantastic Four #325 but it is scarcely even a cameo of the character

Eternals #1

Marvel ⋅ 2007

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Eternals #1
 
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Origin of The Eternals, written by Neal Gaiman

1st appearance of Gelt and Morjak, Deviants who kidnapped Ikaris

Annihilation Conquest: Wraith #2

Marvel ⋅ 2007

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Annihilation Conquest: Wraith #2
 
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1st team appearance and origin of the Exolon, parasites made of living darkness created by Knull

1st team appearance of the Nameless, a group of lost Kree explorers infected by the Exolon

Thor #412

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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1st full team appearance of the New Warriors: Firestar, Kid Nova, Marvel Boy, Namorita, Night Thrasher and Speedball

1st full appearance of Night Thrasher

Ex-Machina #1

WildStorm ⋅ 2004

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Ex-Machina #1
 
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1st appearance of Mitchell Hundred

[January 2020 - Legendary to adapt into a movie]

Amazing Spider-Man #102

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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Amazing Spider-Man #102
 
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2nd appearance and origin of Morbius the Living Vampire

1st appearance of Martine Bancroft, fiancee of Dr. Michael Morbius

1st appearance of Emil Nikos

Morbius is spelled incorrectly on the cover

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

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