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1st appearance of Pap-Tonn, a Kree scientist

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1st full appearance of Howie, a lycanthrope - first cameo in Strange Academy #2

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Scarlet Witch gives birth to her and the Vision's twin sons

1st appearance of Thomas Shepherd as a baby, later becomes Speed

1st appearance of Billy Kaplan as a baby, later becomes Wiccan

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Two hitmen are recruited to hunt and kill ghosts while dodging rival mobsters

[April 2022 - optioned by eOne for a TV series]

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1st appearance of Mattie Franklin as the third Spider-Woman - previously appeared but not as Spider-Woman

1st appearance of the fourth Spider-Woman, Charlotte Witter, the granddaughter of Madame Web

Caliber ⋅ 1989

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2nd appearance of the Crow

First solo series featuring the Crow

First, second and third printings are identical to one another but can be differentiated by the date printed on the inside front cover (First printing - February 1989)

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1st appearance of Werewolf By Night, Jake Gomez

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The first three-issues of this series are reprinted in standard-sized comic format from the oversized Marvel Super Special #8 (1978)

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Debut of Moon Knight costume, white business suit and simple mask without hood

In this issue, Marc Spector operates under the personalities of Steven Grant and Jake Lockley. The Mr. Knight personality does not emerge until two years later in Moon Knight #1 (2014)

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1st team appearance of the Nova Corps, protective force of the Andromeda Galaxy

1st appearance of Rul, later becomes the Protector

Dorrek VII, the Skrull Emperor from Fantastic Four #18 name is revealed

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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

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1st cover appearance of Dark Scarlet, Wanda Maximoff in a new costume with evil persona

Scarlet Witch first appears in this form in the previous issue, West Coast Avengers #55

Issue used as a prop in the Russo Brothers movie, The Electric State (2025)

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1st appearance of Billie Morales as a baby, the sister of Miles Morales

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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 2

1st appearance of Dazzler

2nd appearance of Kitty Pryde

2nd appearance of Emma Frost

1st full appearance of Sebastian Shaw, the Black King

Jean Grey becomes the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club

Thank You  ⋅ Vault ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by James O'Barr, creator of The Crow

Cover art inspired by House of Secrets #92

One per store, retailer appreciation variant

1:10 ⋅ Fantagraphics ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Jim Rugg

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Takashi Okazaki

1:25 ⋅ DC Black Label ⋅ 2022

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Variant faux leather textured cover

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Ben Reilly becomes Chasm, formerly Scarlet Spider

Thank You  ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Retailer appreciation ‘Thank You’ edition

⚠️ Buyer Beware: there are listings of a sketch cover described as a one per store “Thank You” variant but not all stores have received these YET. Current auction bidding may be higher due the unknown scope of inventory that hasn't been shipped/received or graded

⚠️ Additionally, the standard cover A that was communicated by the creator as underprinted has been spotted by community members in Wal-Mart store multipacks

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