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1st appearance of Ahura Boltagon, the son of Black Bolt and Medusa as a Kang variant

Stanley Morse ⋅ 1953

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Decapitation cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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First battle of She-Hulk and Abomination

Archie ⋅ 1969

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Advertisement for CBS Saturday morning cartoon programming

⚠️ Buyer Beware: There are listings on eBay that describe this issue as the first appearance of Scooby-Doo in comics but it is a TV advertisement that ran in multiple comics

Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2019

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Facsimile reprint of Batman #251

Identified by the barcode in the lower left corner and $3.99 price

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First visual indication in the form of a statue (bust) that Keeve Trennis from the High Republic exists in the Star Wars universe

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Declan Shalvey

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World War II cover art

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Variant cover art by George Caltsoudas

2nd Print ⋅ Titan ⋅ 2018

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Second printing

Glow ⋅ Image ⋅ 1998

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Variant cover art by Randy Queen

Glow-in-the-dark cover

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1st full appearance of Bounty, an extradimensional bounty hunter

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

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Variant cover art by Jonboy Meyers

IDW Online Exclusive

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Variant cover art by Annie Wu

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1st appearance of Mirith Sinn, an officer of the New Republic

Dark Horse ⋅ 2009

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1st appearance of Lowbacca, nephew of Chewbacca

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1st cameo appearance of Freedon Nadd

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Variant cover art by Aaron Kuder

Cover art inspired by the Nirvana album 'Nevermind'

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Dale Eaglesham

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Dale Eaglesham featuring Puck

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

Foil ⋅ Awesome Entertainment ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by Rob Liefeld

Foil edition

Foil ⋅ Awesome Entertainment ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by Rob Liefeld, limited to 1,000 copies

Platinum foil edition

Foil ⋅ Awesome Entertainment ⋅ 1999

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Variant cover art by Rob Liefeld, limited to 100 copies

Royal Blue foil edition

Maximum Press ⋅ 1996

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Though dated February 1995 in the copyright information, this issue was published in 1996, one year later than stated

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Artgerm

Milestone ⋅ 1995

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Cover art by Howard Chaykin

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1st full team appearance of the House of Ji

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1st appearance of Luisa

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First solo story featuring Wonder Man

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Origin of the first meeting of Captain America and Namor

BOOM! ⋅ 2022

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A woman has been recruited to be a Reaper in the afterlife but is plagued by the mystery of how she died

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Alternate reality story where Miles Morales becomes a gamma-irradiated Hulk

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Cover art depicts Namor in the foreground and a frozen Steve Rogers in the background as told in the origin of Captain America in Avengers #4 (1963)

Interior article, part two of The Magic of Lee and Kirby

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2007

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Second printing

Cover art inspired by Captain America Comics #1 (1941)

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Cover art inspired by X-Men #268

Marvel ⋅ 2015

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The first incursion occurs, the collision of alternate Universes with Earth being the point of impact resulting in the elimination of hundreds of thousands of multiverses

Acclaim Valiant ⋅ 2000

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Unfinished series that ended with #3 but was solicited to be six issues

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Teaser mention of X-51 aka Machine Man in the final panel

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Rian Gonzales

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Cover art by L.B. Cole

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Jackson Hyde revealed to have water elemental powers, hinted at in issue #7

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Origin of Jackson Hyde

Jackson Hyde dons suit to become Aqualad

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1st appearance of Bloodline, Brielle, the daughter of Blade

[September 2022 - an insider source informs us that the Blade movie will be a hand-off film to a younger character]

Big Entertainment ⋅ 1996

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64-page adaptation of the 1996 film

Original retail price: $4.95

Exclusive ⋅ Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2005

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Cover art inspired by Captain America Comics #1 (1941)

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First U.S. reprint of the first appearance of Doctor Strange from Strange Tales #110

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006

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Second printing

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Cover art by Dan DeCarlo

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