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Cover art by Don DeCarlo

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

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Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Batman and Joker

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1st appearance of Sofia Falcone, a member of the crime family

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Cover art by Tim Sale featuring a young Bruce Wayne

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Cover art by Tim Sale featuring Batman and Catwoman

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Cover art by Tim Sale

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1st appearance of Devilman in U.S. comics

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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1st appearance of the Compound Hulk, the red and green Hulks merged into one

1st appearance of Kluh, a bone-colored version of Hulk created by Xemnu

One-page backup story featuring a Red, Green and Blue Hulk, written by Audrey Loeb, the 16-year-old daughter of Jeph Loeb

Mini-Comic ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Christina Strain

Mini-comic distributed in the European 'Ellie Edition' and 'Joel Edition' game package

Image ⋅ 2012

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Relaunch of Rob Liefeld's Prophet series which ran through January 1995 then restarted with a new creative team in 2012

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,029

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin cover art by Clayton Crain, limited to 300 copies

Gettosake ⋅ 1999

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2nd appearance of Chocolate Thunder

NYCC ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Adam Hughes

New York Comic Con 2014 exclusive, limited to 200 copies

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man

Packaged with the Marvel Legends Series X Spider-Man action figure

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man

Distributed with the Limited Edition Spider-Man DVD boxed set, polybagged

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man

Printed on one ounce of silver foil, limited to 1,000 numbered copies

Warren ⋅ 1965

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Werewolf cover art by Frank Frazetta

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1st full appearance of Mobius M. Mobius, the Chairman of the TVA, identified by name

1st cover appearance of Mobius in UPC box - Direct Edition only

One panel cameo appearance of an unidentified TVA management - Mobius or clone of Mobius, in Fantastic Four #346 and #352

Cameo of Supergirl seen in the 'Hall of Discontinued Universes' which is a reference to the Crisis on Infinite Earths event that eliminated her from continuity

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Variant black and white sketch art by Ed McGuinness

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First standard issue reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man

Alan Class ⋅ 1964

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First reprint of the first appearance of Spider-Man from Amazing Fantasy #15, in black and white (United Kingdom)

2nd Print ⋅ Black Mask ⋅ 2015

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Second printing

Dark Horse ⋅ 2005

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1st appearance of Darth Nihilus, a Sith Lord whose consumption of power was so fierce, he became a wound in the force that consumed life simply by being in his presence

1st appearance of Darth Traya, a female Sith Lord who became a Dark Lord of the Sith Triumvirate

Action Figure ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

Action Figure cover featuring Admiral Thrawn

Milestone ⋅ 1996

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Scarce

Milestone ⋅ 1996

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Scarce

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1st appearance of Emily Bright, a girl who has been aware of her magical powers since birth

1st appearance of Doyle Dormammu, the illegitimate son of Dormammu

1st appearance of Shaylee Moonpeddle

1st appearance of German Aguilar

1st appearance of Zoe Laveau

1st appearance of Alvi and Iric Brorson, sons of Asgardian, Bror

1st appearance of Guslaug, a Frost Giant

1st appearance of Toth, a crystal warrior

1st appearance of Calvin Morse and Dessy

The Strange Academy preview was featured in multiple issues but the first four titles that went on sale with the preview on January 29th, 2020 were Thor #2, Ravencroft #1, Doctor Strange #2, Avengers #30

[December 2024 - a Strange Academy TV series is rumored to be in development for Disney+]

NYCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

New York Comic Con 2014 Newbury Comics exclusive

Independent ⋅ 2019

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Limited to 500 copies

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Humberto Ramos

Zombies edition

Heavy Metal ⋅ 2013

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1st appearance of Amulet, a magical Arab-American superhero

1:50 ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2018

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Variant virgin cover art by Adam Hughes

Comic Shop News ⋅ 1990

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Promo for Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man #1 (May 1990)

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Morph appears as the red Power Ranger

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Morph shapeshifts into Ultraman

Unofficial appearance of Ultraman in the Marvel Universe

DC ⋅ 1978

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Origin of Flash's costume

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Controversial issue due to the introduction text being a modified poem by Martin Niemoller concerning the rise of Nazis in Germany, criticized as plagiarism and in poor taste

First of three connecting covers

DC ⋅ 1999

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Lobo appears as Superbro

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64-page movie adaptation of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

1st appearance of Jabba the Hutt as he appears in the film - a previous version of the character was used in Star Wars #2 (1977) before the movie design of Jabba had been revealed

Princess Leia disguised as Boushh

📖 Reading Order: next read Shattered Empire #1

Variant ⋅ MV Creations ⋅ 2004

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Variant cover art by Nathan Baertsch

He-Man.org exclusive, limited to 500 numbered copies

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Cover art by Dan DeCarlo

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1st appearance of Knuckles the Echidna in a U.S. comic, a character initially introduced in the third Sonic the Hedgehog video game

Top Cow ⋅ 2005

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

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Final issue published by Gladstone

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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1st cameo appearance of the Black Winter

Introduction of Fortnite into the Marvel Universe

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She-Hulk joins the Avengers

Hawkeye rejoins the Avengers

DC ⋅ 2003

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2nd appearance of Zoom

Kenner ⋅ 1985

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16-page comic book distributed with the first line of MASK toys

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