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1st full appearance of Deathurge, the herald of Oblivion

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Rafael Kras

Extremely graphic cover celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Savage Dragon

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1st full appearance of Aaron, originally a citizen of the Alexandria Safe-Zone

Marvel ⋅ 2001

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Death of Dr. Moira MacTaggert

Death of Senator Robert Kelly

3rd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011

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Third printing, red title text

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012

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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012

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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2012

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Variant virgin cover art by Francesco Mattina

Epic ⋅ 1993

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Scarce, oversized final issue

15-page story written by the Sandman team, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean

Sirius/Cry For Dawn ⋅ 1997

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Third issue of the limited series that was inspired by the 1994 Atari arcade game

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Stephen Platt

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1st appearance of Dr. Who in a U.S. published comic book

Comic book adaptation of the film 'Dr. Who and the Daleks'

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1st appearance of Edmond Wayne

1st appearance of Lafayette Arkham

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Five stories comprise the 40-page annual

Initial retail order: 10,379 copies

Paragon Publications ⋅ 1981

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1st team appearance of FemForce, the world's first all-female superteam: Phantom Lady, Synn, Tara, Miss Victory, Blonde Bomber

DC ⋅ 1998

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1st appearance of Dream, Daniel Hall, outside of the Vertigo imprint

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One-shot featuring Satana

Origin of The Living Mummy

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (1964)

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Six-issue miniseries written by Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy)

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3rd appearance of Deathlok

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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2nd appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Image ⋅ 1997

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Scarce

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3rd appearance of Dream

1st appearance of Dream outside of The Sandman series

Death of Matt Cable, becomes Matthew the Raven

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016

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Sequel to the 1987 vampire film

1st team appearance of the Blood Belles, a gang of female vampires

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Joelle Jones

Digital Webbing LLC ⋅ 2005

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One-shot based on the character BloodRayne, first introduced in the video game of the same name

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,572

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Ivan Reis

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Preview of Haunt

14-page San Diego Comic Con 2009 exclusive

Creative team included Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo and Ryan Ottley

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Final issue

1st full team appearance of New Genix

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Goni Montes featuring the original Megazord

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Johnny Blaze becomes king of hell

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Promotional comic co-published by Konami and given away at New York Comic Con to promote the video game Hellboy: The Science of Evil

Synopsis: Hellboy and Abe Sapien track down the head of the pirate Blackbeard

The title comes from Psalms 107:23

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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First solo Taskmaster miniseries

Debut of a new Taskmaster suit

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1st appearance of Truth, a demon

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1st appearance of Rien, the daughter of Wolverine

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,073

Dojinshi ⋅ 1998

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1st appearance of Afro Samurai, a self-published magazine

Appeared on the cover only but became a serialized feature in the January 1999 issue

Samuel L Jackson voiced Afro Samurai on the Spike TV series

Based on the real historical figure Yasuke, an African slave turned samurai who lived in Japan in the 16th century

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1st appearance of the Anti-Sonic, later renamed Scourge

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1st cover appearance of Scourge, formerly Evil/Anti-Sonic

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1st appearance of Meows Morales

1st full appearance of Spider-Guin, an anthropomorphic version of Gwen Stacy as a penguin

Spider-Guin aka Penguin Stacy makes a cameo in Spider-Gwen Annual #1 (2016)

Independent ⋅ 2009

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Mike Mignola 2009 sketchbook

Independent ⋅ 2011

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Mike Mignola 2011 sketchbook

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Natasha Irons becomes Steel

Ape Entertainment ⋅ 2011

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1st appearance of Black Dynamite in comics, inspired by the 2009 film

Big City Comics ⋅ 1990

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1st appearance of Brotherman, a hero committed to bringing justice to Big City

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1st appearance of Bloodwynd, later revealed to be Martian Manhunter in disguise but eventually becomes an original character

Cover art inspired by Justice League of America #1 (1960)

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1st full appearance and origin of Bloodwynd, a descendant of slaves who created the Blood Gem - previously appeared in Justice League America #61 but later revealed to be Martian Manhunter in disguise

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1st cameo appearance of Spider-Guin aka Penguin Stacy

1st appearance of Koala Kommander, a parody of Cobra Commander

First solo Spider-Gwen annual issue

1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Leonard Kirk featuring X-23, Laura Kinney and Gabby aka Honey Badger

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16-promotional comic produced by Custom Comics for the New York City Police Department

Coincided with the introduction of the 9-1-1 emergency phone number

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First crossover of Ghostbusters and Transformers

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