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Max ⋅ 2002

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1st appearance of the Hood, Parker Robbins

1st appearance of John King, the cousin of Parker Robbins

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1st appearance of ElfQuest

[January 2024 - an ElfQuest animated series is in development from Fox]

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Second printing featuring Ultimate Spider-Man, Peter Parker

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover with Obama on right/ Spider-man on left

Spider-Man meets Barack Obama

Inauguration Day edition

Image ⋅ 1993

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1st appearance of The Maxx

On-sale March 9, 1993 (Capitol City Distribution direct market report), two weeks prior to the release of Darker Image #1

[October 2023 - a Maxx movie is rumored to be in development at Paramount, led by Channing Tatum with writers attached]

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Full story featuring the reintroduced Copper Age version of Circe - previous cameos in Wonder Woman #18 and #19

An earlier design of the character Circe was introduced in Wonder Woman #37 (1949)

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1st full appearance of Flatline

1st appearance of Respawn

1st appearance of Mother Soul

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1st appearance of an older Ultimate Spider-Man, Peter Parker married to Mary Jane with a son and daughter

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1st appearance of Professor Pyg, a deranged surgeon that makes people into Dollotrons

Pyg briefly appeared, albeit deceased, in Batman #666 but did not resemble the version of the character seen in this issue

[October 2022 - Matt Reeves expressed interest in developing a Professor Pyg film]

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Reprint of the death of Jason Todd with an alternate ending where Robin lives which is the opposite conclusion of what fans voted for in a telephone-voting campaign launched by DC in 1988

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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1st appearance of Wedge Antilles, brief, unnamed

Marvel ⋅ 2023

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1st appearance of Power Man, a version of Luke Cage with the power of the Sentry, the Void, Iron Fist and Hulk

1st cameo appearance of James Stark, Iron Man who was fully introduced in Avengers #1

1st cameo team appearance of The New Champions

1st cameo appearance of Dracula 2099

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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]

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First professionally published cover art by Frank Miller

Origin and death of Death-Stalker, formerly Exterminator

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1st appearance of Mary Jane as Jackpot

1st appearance of Madame Monstrosity

Marriage of Janice Lincoln and Randy Robertson

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1st appearance of Daniel Ketch as the second Marvel Ghost Rider, possessed by Noble Kale

1st appearance of Deathwatch, a demonic entity

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Third ongoing Spider-Man series

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Premiere issue

1st appearance of Richard Parker II

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2024

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Cover art inspired by The Lion King

1:100 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2024

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Spoiler variant, foil edition

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