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1st appearance of Revan, prior to becoming Darth Revan

1st full appearance of Haazen aka Darth Hayze, a former Jedi who turned to the dark side

Copies ordered by retailers: 24,218

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Adapted into an anime-style series for Netflix in 2021

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1997 BotCon Transformers convention comic book packaged with an exclusive action figure two-pack

16-page black and white comic

1st appearance of Rhinox, Cheetor, Blackarachnia, Airazor in a standard-size comic

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1st appearance of Goliath, the dragon-bat pet of Damian Wayne

ESPN ⋅ 2010

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Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Lebron James depicted with iconic Avengers accessories

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1st partial team appearance of Hellbent, the offspring of lesser demons: Agony and Basilisk

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Ben Reilly becomes Spider-Man, formerly Scarlet Spider

2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Variant second printing cover art by Don Kramer

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Alex Garner

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by J.H. Williams III

DC 75th Anniversary cover inspired by Wonder Woman #1 (1942)

TwoMorrows ⋅ 2006

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Cover art by Mike Zeck

Chaos! Comics ⋅ 2001

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1st appearance of Bad Kitty, a former cop who battled paranormal forces

Chaos! Comics ⋅ 1995

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1st cameo appearance of Jade, a 4000 year old vampire sorceress

Variant ⋅ 88 MPH Studios ⋅ 2004

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Variant cover art by Steve Kurth, limited to 1,000 copies

Variant ⋅ 88 MPH Studios ⋅ 2004

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Variant cover art by Steve Kurth

Variant ⋅ Top Cow ⋅ 2004

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Special edition exclusive available from Electronics Boutique

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1st team appearance of the Shogun Warriors, humans piloting giant robot protectors

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina, limited to 666 copies

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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1st cameo appearance of the Dreamqueen, ruler of the dimension Liveworld and daughter of Nightmare

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2005

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Dynamite Entertainment begins publishing Red Sonja stories

Cross Plains Comics ⋅ 1999

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Published by Cross Plains, a small publisher in operation between 1999-2000 creating mostly Robert E. Howard related titles

Gold ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Arturo Lozzi

Gold logo and title text

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Origin of Red Sonja

1st cover appearance of Solomon Kane

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Jen Bartel

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1st appearance of Doctor Faustus, a highly intelligent psychologist associated with Red Skull and Hydra

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1st appearance and origin of Frankenstein in Marvel Comics, previously appeared in Atlas Comics

The Frankenstein character in X-Men #40 was revealed to be an android

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1st and only appearance of Kate Waynesboro as a female version of M.O.D.O.K.

Dark Horse ⋅ 1989

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1st cameo appearance of The Mask as a female

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1996

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DC Universe logo

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2nd appearance and 1st cover appearance of Doppelganger Spider-Man

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

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Reprint of Action Comics #1 in it's 68-page entirety

Distributed by Loot Crate

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Funeral of Gwen Stacy

Battle of Spider-Man vs Luke Cage

Luke Cage references DC: we ain't all rich playboys like Bruce Wayne

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Preview sketch of Power Girl

Dark Horse ⋅ 2013

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Limited series about a superhero who receives his superpowers from drinking massive amounts of alcohol

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1st appearance of Red Jack, maniacal entity of great power who associates himself with God and Jack the Ripper

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2019

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1st appearance of Victory, Vampirella's estranged lover

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1st appearance of Ailyn Vel, daughter of Boba Fett as a young girl, previously appeared as a baby

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2014

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1st appearance of Lord Drago

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Series centers on alternate outcomes of known Star Wars stories along the lines of Marvel's 'What If...?' and DC's 'Elseworlds'

Appearance of Darth Vader in a white version of his suit to symbolize his redemption from the dark side

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Death of Vampirella, killed by a spear to the heart from the daughter of Chaos, Nyx

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1st appearance of Hemorrhage, a killer who can manipulate the blood inside of one's body

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1st cameo appearance of Nyx, daughter of Chaos

Independent ⋅ 2019

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Independently published, continuing stories of a highly volatile, drug-dealer werewolf

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

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Reprint of Superman's first appearance in celebration of the 50 year anniversary of Action Comics #1

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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No Tattooz insert

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1st appearance of Captain Planet and the Planeteers in comic books

[July 2025 - a Captain Planet and the Planeteers live-action series has been picked up by Netflix with Berlanti Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way onboard to produce]

Variant ⋅ Archie ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Robert Hack

Cover art inspired by Creepshow #1 (1982)

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Origin of Silver Dagger

Bondage cover

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Debut of Johnny Blaze's hellfire shotgun

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Anniversary of Scooby-Doo's 50th year since the television show's inception on CBS in 1969

Four new stories and five reprinted stories

Walmart exclusive edition

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