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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury

1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)

In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color

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1st appearance of Doctor Strange

1st appearance of the Ancient One, former Sorcerer Supreme

1st appearance of Wong, Doctor Strange's assistant

1st cameo appearance of Nightmare, multiple panels, named but obscured by shadows

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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1st appearance and origin of Daredevil, Matt Murdock

1st appearance of Foggy Nelson, a lawyer

1st appearance of Karen Page, the love interest of Matt Murdock

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1st appearance and origin of Zatanna

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First meeting and battle of the X-Men and the Avengers

1st appearance of Lucifer, a member of the Quist alien race

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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1st appearance of Ka-Zar in the Silver Age

1st appearance of Zabu, Ka-Zar's saber-toothed tiger sidekick

Introduction of the Savage Land

[Feb 2021 - rumored that Disney is developing a Savage Land project]

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1st appearance of Gwen Stacy

1st appearance of Harry Osborn

1st appearance of Miles Warren, later becomes the Jackal

First time Doctor Octopus is referred to as the Master Planner

First use of the word 'Thwip' when activating Spider-Man's web-shooters

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1st full appearance of Galactus

1st cover and 2nd appearance of the Silver Surfer

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1st appearance of the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

Story includes the iconic interior panel of Peter Parker walking away from his Spider-Man suit that is discarded in a garbage can

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