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Dynamic Forces ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by JG Jones featuring Yelena Belova

Real name revealed in this issue, introduces herself as The Black Widow in Inhumans #5

Dynamic Forces edition

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16-page preview included in Wizard Magazine #90

1st partial cover appearance and sketch preview of Black Widow, Yelena Belova

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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1st appearance of Achebe, a brilliant but psychotic man who sold his soul to Mephisto

1st cameo appearance of White Wolf

1st cameo team appearance of the Hatut Zeraze

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One-shot collection of pin-ups showing Marvel heroes on vacation

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Marc Silvestri featuring Storm

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Joe Jusko featuring Rogue

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Adam Hughes featuring Namor and the Invisible Woman

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A collection of pin-ups featuring Marvel superheroes on vacation

Cover art by Tim and Greg Hildebrandt featuring Gambit and Rogue

In 2019 Marvel canceled a revival of the Marvel Swimsuit title for reasons unknown

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1st appearance of Gregorio de la Vega, later becomes Extrano - DC's first openly gay character

1st appearance of Celia Windward, later becomes Jet

1st appearance of Takeo Yakata, later becomes RAM

1st appearance of Xiang Po, later becomes Gloss

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1st appearance of Tom Foster as the second Black Goliath

In the next issue, Tom drops 'black' from his codename and becomes Goliath

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First published appearance of Darkwing Duck in a comic magazine story

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Final issue of the 1991 Innovation series

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Jenny Frison

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Dale Keown

Four Color Grail edition

Variant ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Preview of the 2009 limited series 'Vampirella Second Coming'

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1st full appearance of War Toy, a mate created by Ultron who possessed the brain patterns of Mockingbird

2nd Print ⋅ Cartoon Books ⋅ 1991

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Second printing with lime-green title text

Preview ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2008

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First written work in the comic book industry by J.J. Abrams

San Diego Comic Con 2008 exclusive given away to promote the TV series Fringe

5-page preview with character bios, 12 pages total

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1st appearance of the personality Marvel refers to as the 'Mindless Hulk'

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Origin of the Priest of Sickles

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Promotional mini-comic packaged with Splat hair dye

350,000 units produced

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Promotional comic published by DC and UNICEF to promote landmine awareness in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published in English, Latin and Cyrillic

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1st appearance and origin of Samurai Jack in comics

1st appearance of Aku, translation "evil" in Japanese, a shape-shifting demon and the main antagonist of Samurai Jack

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2002

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Double Feature Edition

Collects the first and second issue of Y: The Last Man with a composite cover of both issues

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Autobiographical comic book featuring stories about the author, Harvey Pekar and his life in Cleveland, Ohio

Adapted into a film starring Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar

American Splendor was a 16 issue series, published annually until 1993 when it was then acquired by Dark Horse

Canadian ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

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$1.00 Canadian price variant

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1st full appearance of Kaliber

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Beginning of Lobo's distinct character development as he is known today

First battle of Guy Gardner vs Lobo

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Unofficial 1st appearance of Godzilla in a U.S. comic, unnamed

Godzilla battles Mothra in the first panel, inspired by 'Godzilla vs The Thing (1964)

DC ⋅ 1998

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1st appearance of Lobo's daughter, imagined - Lobo imagines what it would be like to be married with a child. The depiction of his child looks like the character Crush, his actual in-continuity daughter, introduced 20 years later in Teen Titans (2018)

Variant ⋅ Caliber ⋅ 1997

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Variant cover art by Adam Hughes

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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First battle of Godzilla vs King Kong (movie stills)

DC ⋅ 1984

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Partial origin of Lobo

1:25 ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Jim lee

Dark Horse ⋅ 2016

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1st cameo appearance of Sherlock Frankenstein

Dark Horse ⋅ 2017

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1st full appearance of Sherlock Frankenstein

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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1st appearance of Eclipse, a member of the Ten Rings

Canadian ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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$0.75 Canadian price variant

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1st appearance of Terry McGinnis as Batman (Beyond) in-costume, in-story

1st cameo appearance of Blight, a living nuclear disaster emitting radiation as a green, glowing skeleton

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One-shot anthology of horror stories collected in hardcover, prestige format edition

1st appearance of The Beasts of Burden, a group of pets that investigate the legend of a haunted doghouse

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Cover art featuring Orko

Final issue

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Reprint of Batman's first appearance

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1st appearance of Nebula as a cyborg, similar to how she appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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1st team appearance of the corrupted gods that serve as Knull's sentries

Variant ⋅ Zenescope ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Elias Chatzoudis

Limited to 500 copies

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1st appearance of Joultz

Promotional giveaway by Con Edison, an energy provider based in New York

Charlton ⋅ 1960

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1st appearance of Konga

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Variant Pink Signature edition

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1st appearance of Preus, a sergeant in the Citizen's Patrol Corps who kept peace in Kandor

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