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Marvel ⋅ 1966

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First published artwork by Jim Steranko for Marvel

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1st appearance of Madame Web

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1st appearance of Lily Hollister as Menace

[May 2020 - speculation that Menace could be introduced to the Sony Universe since the writer hired for the Jackpot movie created Menace as an adversary to Spider-Man and Jackpot in comics]

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 1994

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Preview of Black Flag #1 (1995)

Additional content including character sketches and guest artist illustrations

Cover art by Todd McFarlane and Dan Fraga

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Reprint of Free Comic Book Day 2007 with additional content including sketches, character bios and a 'Spider-Man Manifesto' by editor Tom Brevoort

Wikipedia lists the first appearance of Jackpot in the sidebar as The Amazing Spider-Man Swing Shift which is the title of the Free Comic Book Day 2007 story where Jackpot first appears

⚠ This is a reprint, not the first appearance of Jackpot

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1st full appearance of Mr. Negative

1st appearance of the second Jackpot

1st cameo appearance of Freak, prior to receiving powers

[November 2024 - the rumored and unofficial title of the fourth Spider-Man movie 'Brand New Day' shares its name with this story arc but may not have any other relation to it / March 2025 - confirmed]

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1st appearance of Nightwatch in costume

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1st cameo appearance of Mr. Negative

1st appearance of Overdrive

1st appearance of Jackpot, a geneticist and mother who received powers after being accidentally exposed to an experimental serum

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First solo title series featuring the new Jackpot, Sara Ehret

1st appearance of the fourth individual to take on the Rose mantle, Phillip Hayes

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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

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1st full appearance of Clone Commander Wolffe

[May 2020 - Star Wars theorists speculation that Wolffe could appear in the Mandalorian 2 as mentioned on Twitter and in a Screenrant]

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Walmart exclusive featuring a new Joker story (May 2020)

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The Fantastic Four first appears in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) in this issue and others thereafter but it isn't until Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 when the team is officially introduced with an established, integrated continuity of stories and character development

Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 should be considered the first appearance of the Fantastic Four in the Earth-1610 reality aka the Ultimate Universe

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1st team appearance of the Ultimate X-Men: Professor X, Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Beast, Iceman

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Star-Spangled Kid becomes Stargirl

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant third printing cover art by Carmen Nunez Carnero

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,179

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1st appearance of Lilith, the daughter of Dracula

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