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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

[November 2024 - it is rumored Marvel is looking to cast a child in the role of Franklin Richards who will play the character through various ages in future projects]

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

[December 2024 - Annihilus rumored to be the villain for the Nova TV series]

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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1st cover appearance of Clea

1st team appearance of the Sons of Satannish

Charles Benton becomes Asmodeus, later he releases Ymir and Sutur from their prisons

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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Red Sonja

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1st appearance and cover of Scott Lang as Ant-Man, in costume

1st appearance of Cassie Lang, daughter of Scott Lang, later becomes Stature and then Stinger

[January 2023 - Cassie Lang expected to appear in a Young Avengers project]

1st appearance of Darren Cross, later becomes Yellowjacket

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First solo story featuring Wonder Man

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1st appearance of Avatar, Franklin Richards as an adult

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1st cameo appearance of the Beyonder as a white light and a voice

First line-wide crossover event series

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"Crisis on Infinite Earths" part 1

1st appearance of Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, in the DC Universe after being acquired from Charlton Comics

1st appearance of Pariah

1st appearance of Alex Luthor Jr.

1st full appearance of the Monitor

Lyla Michaels becomes Harbinger

DC ⋅ 1986

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1st appearance of Amanda Waller, director of the Suicide Squad

1st appearance of Brimstone

[January 2023 - a spin-off of Peacemaker with Viola Davis as Amanda Waller is planned]

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Origin of Wonder Woman

1st appearance of Philippus, an Amazonian captain

1st appearance of Aella, an Amazon warrior, Reintroduction of Ares and Hippolyta

Origin of Hippolyta and Antiope

Wraparound cover art by George Perez

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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1st appearance of Miss America aka America Chavez

Copies ordered by retailers: 25,873

Marvel ⋅ 2013

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1st appearance of Black Swan, lone survivor of an alternate Earth

Introduction of the incursion concept

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Free Comic Book Day promotional comic with an Avengers Attack On Titan backup story reprinted from Brutus Magazine #790

Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Premiere issue of a nine-issue series

Incursion of the main Marvel 616 universe and the Ultimate Universe - first incursion occurs in New Avengers #33 (2015)

[SDCC 2022 - Phase 6 of the Multiverse Saga will conclude with the movie Avengers: Secret Wars]

Marvel ⋅ 2015

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1st appearance of God Emperor Doom, an all-powerful, alternate reality version of Doctor Doom

Introduction of Bar Sinister, a region in Battleworld

[March 2025 - Avengers: Secret Wars supposed concept art leaked online depicting God Emperor Doom but the art can not be substantiated as official - see additional images by tapping cover and swiping]

Image ⋅ 2015

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A group of girls get caught in-between two factions of time-travelers at war with one another

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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First solo series featuring America Chavez

1:25 ⋅ Milestone ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Rahzzah

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Dave Johnson, one per store

Grim #1

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1:100 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Comic shops will receive one copy of this variant if they order 100 copies of the Jae Lee FOC variant

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