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1st full appearance of Sabra, an Israeli mutant with enhanced strength

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1st team appearance of G.I. Joe

1st appearance of Snake-Eyes, an Arashikage-trained ninja (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Scarlett, an intel officer (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Grunt, an infantry trooper (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Breaker, a communications officer (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Rock 'N Roll, a machine gunner (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Stalker, a ranger (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Zap, a bazooka soldier (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Short-Fuze, a mortar soldier (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Clutch, a Vamp operator (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Laser, a rifle trooper (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Steeler, a tank commander (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Hawk, a field commander (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Grand Slam, an artillery specialist (G.I. Joe)

1st team appearance of Cobra, a terrorist organization

1st appearance of Cobra Commander, leader and founder of Cobra

1st appearance of Baroness, an intel officer (Cobra)

Writer and Vietnam veteran Larry Hama intended to create a Nick Fury series but after being approached by Hasbro to launch their 3.75-inch action figures, the Fury Force concept was applied to G.I. Joe

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1st appearance of Frankie Raye as the second Nova, becomes a Herald of Galactus

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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 5

First solo Wolverine cover

Wolverine’s healing power previously hinted at in X-Men #116 is confirmed in this issue

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1st full team appearance of the Anachronauts, mercenaries loyal to Kang: Apocryphus, Deathunt 9000, Raa, Sir Raston, Ssith, Tyndar, Wildrun

1st appearance of Kang as Victor Timely, a businessman and land developer from Timely, Wisconsin and nod to the era of Marvel when the company was named Timely Comics

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Debut of new costume and origin of Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew

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1st appearance of Kang, the original version

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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2nd appearance of X-23

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1st appearance of Alice Cooper in comics

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1st appearance of Weapon Alpha, becomes Vindicator in X-Men #120

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2nd cameo appearance of Venom

A copy of Amazing Spider-Man #299 is seen in the movie Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) being read by Jeff Conaway

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: Todd McFarlane explains in an interview that he considers The Amazing Spider-Man #299 the first full appearance of Venom but various comic book resources changed it to The Amazing Spider-Man #300

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Introduction of the Energon Universe, the shared universe of G.I. Joe and Transformers under Image

1st appearance of Darak, an Agorrian

1st appearance of Solila, a Zertonian

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1st appearance of Hallow's Eve

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1st team appearance of The Thunderbolts: Citizen V (formerly Baron Zemo), Atlas (formerly Goliath), Mach-1 (formerly Beetle), Songbird (formerly Screaming Mimi), Meteorite (formerly Moonstone II), Techno (formerly Fixer)

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Cover art by Todd McFarlane featuring The Lizard

Key Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by Art Adams

Thank You  ⋅ Image ⋅ 2023

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Retailer appreciation variant, one per store

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by E.M. Gist

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