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Marvel ⋅ 2011

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First consumer-facing cover image of Miles Morales, predates Ultimate Fallout #4 by three months

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1st appearance of Warden John Economos

1st team appearance of Onslaught aka Jihad: Chimera aka Nightshade, Djinn, Jaculi, Manticore, Ravan and Rustam

1st appearance of Simon LaGrieve

Introduction of Belle Reve

[April 2023 - Steve Agee to voice John Economos in Creature Commandos]

Marvel ⋅ 1976

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1st appearance and origin of Nova, Richard Rider

1st appearance of Rhomann Dey, Corpsman of the Nova Corps

1st appearance of Robbie Rider, brother of Nova

[March 2022 - Deadline reports a Nova project is in development]

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1st appearance of the Swamp Thing, Alex Olsen

[January 2023 - a Swamp Thing horror film is in development at DC Studios]

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1st full appearance of Darkseid

1st team appearance of The Forever People: Beautiful Dreamer, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Big Bear, Vykin the Black

First mention of Mother Boxes, sentient supercomputers of vast power and the Anti-Life Equation

1st appearance of Infinity-Man, a protector of The Forever People

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Third ongoing Spider-Man series

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2009

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A young man with deer-like features journeys to a sanctuary, hunted by those who believe the half-human-animal hybrids are somehow responsible for the plague that has been erasing humanity

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,551

Adapted for a Netflix television series

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1st appearance of Mister Miracle, Scott Free, the son of Highfather

1st appearance of Oberon, Mister Miracle's stage manager

1st appearance and death of Thaddeus Brown, the Miracle Man who preceded Scott Free

Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Standard-sized comic book appearances:

1st appearance of Boba Fett, a bounty hunter

1st cameo appearance of Dengar, Bossk, IG-88 and Zuckuss - bounty hunters

1st cameo appearance of Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious

Debut of Slave I, a pursuit craft

Reprinted from Marvel Comics Super Special Magazine, adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back

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1st appearance of Azrael

Prelude to Knightfall

📖 Knightfall Reading Order: Sword of Azrael #1 - #4, then Vengeance of Bane #1

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1st appearance of Princess Fisk, daughter of Wilson Fisk the Kingpin

Almost nothing has been revealed about the Moon Girl Devil Dinosaur animated series but Fisk would make for a good antagonist

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1st appearance of Madcap

Image ⋅ 2014

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Horror series that reinvents the witch genre

[February 2023 - Amazon ordered an animated adaptation for a full season / April 2023 - the first season of Wytches will be 8 episodes and a second season has been green lit]

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1st appearance of Lestat de Lioncourt

4-page preview of this issue printed in 'Angry Shadows' #1

[May 2020 - AMC has acquired the rights to Anne Rice's 'The Witching Hour' and 'The Vampire Chronicles']

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1st appearance of Nova, Sam Alexander

1st appearance of Kaine as the Scarlet Spider

1st appearance of Dragonfire and Coldmoon

Death of Terrax the Tamer

1st team appearance of X-Terminated: Horror Show, Fiend, Deadeye, Prophet, Goodnight

Debut of Doctor Strange from an alternate Earth with new costume design

[March 2022 - Deadline reports a Nova project is in development]

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1st appearance of Maestro, a future version of the Hulk

1st appearance of Janis, the granddaughter of Rick Jones

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Final issue, numbering continues in Captain America #100 (1968)

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Road Rage: a collaborative written effort by father and son, Stephen King and Joe Hill

Features two stories, Richard Matheson's 'Duel' and 'Throttle'

Throttle synopsis: a motorcycle gang is pursued by an unseen assailant driving a big rig

[May 2020 - an adaptation is in development with David Goyer's Phantom Four for HBO Max]

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