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DC Vertigo ⋅ 2012

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160-page hardcover graphic novel

Written by the late famous television personality and chef, Anthony Bourdain

In a futuristic Los Angeles, where master chefs rule the city like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurant, a renegade sushi chef arrives in town with revenge on his mind

[June 2024 - Adult Swim has ordered an adaptation for an animated TV series]

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First crossover series featuring G.I. Joe and Transformers

[June 2023 - crossover movie teased at the end of Transformers Rise of the Beasts / June 2024 - writer Derek Connolly (Jurassic World) will pen the script]

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1st full appearance of the third Blue Beetle, in costume

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1st full team appearance of the Midnight Sons aka The Nine: Ghost Rider (Ketch), Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Blade, Doctor Strange, Hannibal King, Frank Drake, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings, Sam Buchanan

Rise of the Midnight Sons part six of six

WildStorm ⋅ 2006

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1st partial team appearance of The Seven: Homelander (1st), Starlight (1st), Black Noir (1st), Queen Maeve (1st), A-Train

1st cameo team appearance of Teenage Kix, in photos

WildStorm ⋅ 2006

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1st appearance of Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys, a CIA team that polices a reckless superhero community

1st appearance of Hughie Campbell, recruited to The Boys after the death of his girlfriend

1st appearance of A-Train, a member of the Seven

Adapted for a TV series on Amazon

[May 2024 - The Boys has been renewed for a fifth and final season / July 2024 - Vought Rising will be the third live-action series spun-off from The Boys starring Soldier Boy and Stormfront]

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Four-issue out-of-continuity series that pits Deadpool against the Marvel Universe

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 1993

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Final chapter of the 'Reign of the Supermen' story arc

Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Facsimile reprint of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman

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1st appearance of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Skeets, the robot sidekick of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Blackguard

1st appearance of Trixie Collins, later becomes Goldstar

1st cameo appearance of Mindancer

[January 2023 - a Booster Gold TV series about a "loser from the future" who returns to the past to pretend to be a superhero is planned for HBO Max - SYNOPSIS: Michael Jon “Booster” Carter, is a member of the Justice League born in Gotham City who attends university on a football scholarship. He is expelled for gambling and becomes a superhero, although continues to irritate others with his obsession for fame and wealth. His nickname came via Ronald Reagan after he saved the former POTUS.]

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1st cameo team appearance of The Nine aka the Midnight Sons: Ghost Rider (Ketch), Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Blade, Hannibal King, Frank Drake, Sam Buchanan, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings

1st appearance of the Caretaker

1st appearance of Lilith, mother of demons

1st appearance of Meatmarket, offspring of Lilith

Marvel ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of Longshot

1st appearance of Spiral

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After a man discovers that every conspiracy theory that he'd ever studied was true, he sets out to infiltrate the organization that has been been keeping them covered up - the Department of Truth

🚨 November 2020 - Key Collector Comics Exclusive News: a high-dollar bidding war has ended for the ultra-relevant conspiracy theory series that is attracting A-Level talent for a movie

[February 19, 2021 - The Hollywood Reporter confirms our report from November that Department of Truth has been optioned, secured by Elisabeth Murdoch in a competitive bidding war]

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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1st appearance of X-23, Laura Kinney

Laura Kinney debuted in the animated series X-Men: Evolution (2003)

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Premiere issue teaming-up Spider-Man and Deadpool

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1st appearance and origin of Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze

[January 2023 - rumor that a Ghost Rider project is in development, possibly a Halloween special - no info on which version of Ghost Rider will be used in the event that this is true]

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First ongoing Moon Knight title series

Origin of Moon Knight

1st appearance of Bushman, a mercenary and arch-nemesis of Moon Knight

1st appearance of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon who Marc Spector serves as its avatar

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1st appearance of the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley

A complete issue includes the ‘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]

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1st appearance of the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

Story includes the iconic interior panel of Peter Parker walking away from his Spider-Man suit that is discarded in a garbage can

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2024

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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

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