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1st appearance of El Muerto, a luchador

1st cameo appearance of El Dorado

[September 2023 - Bad Bunny has dropped out of the El Muerto film but it is said to still be in development and recasting will begin soon]

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1st full appearance of El Dorado, an enemy of El Muerto

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1st full appearance of Kly'bn, a Skrull god

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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1st appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi, in story

1st appearance of Han Solo, in story

1st appearance of Chewbacca

1st appearance of Greedo, a bounty hunter

1st appearance of the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star

1st appearance of a character named Jabba the Hutt but visually different from the movie due to a change in the character's design. Later it is explained to have been a different character named Mosep

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1st appearance of Maria Rambeau, mother of Monica Rambeau

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1st cameo appearance of Living Tribunal

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Five-issue miniseries that explores the Star Wars universe 4,000 years before the original 1978 film

[April 2022 - an animated anthology of short stories has been confirmed by a panel description at the Anaheim Star Wars Celebration in May 2022]

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1st full appearance of Randall Spector, the brother of Moon Knight who was previously thought to be the murderer Hatchet-Man and becomes Shadowknight in the next issue

In Hulk! #17, a killer named Hatchet Man impersonates Randall

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1st full appearance of The Living Tribunal

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First solo title series featuring Hercules

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1st appearance of Dr. Emmet, the psychiatrist who treats Marc Spector

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1st team appearance of the Illuminati: Professor X, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt, Iron Man, Namor

Marvel ⋅ 1991

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1st appearance and origin of Darkhawk

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1st appearance and origin of Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew

1st appearance and death of Otto Vermis

[June 2021 - Issa Rae will voice Spider-Woman in Into The Spider-Verse 2 / May 2023 - an animated Spider-Woman movie is in development]

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1st full appearance of Superior Iron Man, Iron Man's 'Endo-Sym' armor, comprised of liquid smart-metal, inspired by Klyntar symbiotes - glimpsed in Avengers #32 (2014)

1st appearance of Teen Abomination, Happy Hogan's son exposed to Gamma radiation

Debut of the first A.I. Tony Stark, his back-up consciousness operating an empty suit of armor

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1st appearance of Captain Carter in comic books

[May 2022 - rumored live-action project in development]

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1st full appearance of the Grand Inquisitor, a top-ranking Jedi Hunter under the leadership of Darth Vader

1st team appearance of the Inquisitorius, agents of the Dark Side that hunt Jedi: Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Seventh Sister, Eighth Brother, Ninth Sister

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Mike Mayhew, limited to 1,000 copies

Convention exclusive

Cover art inspired by NYX #4

Thor #24

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1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Dan Jurgens

Web Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2022

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Webstore exclusive, limited to 450 copies

Cover art inspired by the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT digital art collectible

As reported by Bleeding Cool website, Image received criticism on Twitter for offering this exclusive cover in what many commenters perceived as support for the high-energy consumption process of creating an NFT

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