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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 appearance of Bobbi Morse, unnamed, later becomes Mockingbird

Battle of Black Panther versus Doctor Doom

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1st appearance and origin of Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes

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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

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Early team-up of Moon Knight and Spider-Man -The characters first meeting, battle and team-up occurs in Spectacular Spider-Man #22 and #23

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Debut of new Elektra costume and Daredevil moniker - also cameo in King In Black #1 released on the same day

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1st full appearance of Gaslamp

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1st team appearance of the Inhumans, a race created by the Kree: Triton, Karnak, Lockjaw, Gorgon, Medusa, Crystal and Black Bolt

1st cameo appearance of Black Bolt

1st appearance of Crystal, ability to manipulate the elements

1st appearance of Karnak, a skilled fighter and advisor to Black Bolt

1st appearance of Triton

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"Death" of Aunt May

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Cover art by Todd McFarlane

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1st appearance of Veranke, a Skrull Queen

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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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1st appearance of Richard Fisk as The Rose, the Kingpin's son previously appeared as the Schemer

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1st appearance of Qi'ra, a former lover of Han Solo

1st appearance of Lady Proxima, leader of the White Worms

1st cover appearance of Dryden Vos (not in story)

Adaptation of the 2018 film, Solo: A Star Wars Story

📖 Reading Order: next read Han Solo - Imperial Cadet #1

Bad Idea ⋅ 2021

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Five-issue limited series released weekly

A young farm girl is haunted by brutally violent images from Odinn who tasks her with the mission to retrieve the eye that he traded, long ago, for wisdom

Key Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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1st cover appearance of Miss Minutes, a character introduced in the Loki Disney+ series

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Don Heck

Recalled ⋅ Warner Brothers ⋅ 1999

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16-page promotional comic intended to be a giveaway at The Matrix movie premiere but recalled for excessive violence and supposedly destroyed

[April 2024 - a new Matrix movie is in the works with Drew Goddard writing and directing]

Eclipse ⋅ 1985

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Reintroduction of Marvelman, a 1950s British superhero renamed Miracleman for legal purposes

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

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