Secret Invasion

Secret Invasion

Premieres June 21, 2023

 

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1st full appearance of Kly'bn, a Skrull god

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1st full appearance of Iron Thief, Grant Ward

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1st appearance of Paibok the Power Skrull, a bionically enhanced captain in the Skrull Empire

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1st official team appearance of the New Avengers: Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman

1st appearance of Maria Hill, former director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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1st appearance of Ka-Zar in the Silver Age

1st appearance of Zabu, Ka-Zar's saber-toothed tiger sidekick

Introduction of the Savage Land

[Feb 2021 - rumored that Disney is developing a Savage Land project]

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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1st appearance of Fiz and other Skrull mutants to later form the group Cadre K

Wolverine revealed to be the Horseman Death

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1st cameo appearance of Abigail Brand, one panel

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1st appearance of Queen Veranke disguised as Jessica Drews, Spider-Woman

1st cameo appearance of Pagon, obscured by shadows

First New Avengers title - team officially called New Avengers in issue #4

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Madame Hydra revealed to be Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine

Contessa first appears as Madame Hydra in Secret Warriors #2 and is featured in a sketch preview in Secret Warriors #1

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1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury

1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)

In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color

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Story arc in which the shape-shifting race of aliens, The Skrulls, have invaded Earth and are impersonating key figures in the Marvel Universe

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1st team appearance of the Skrulls, the shape-shifting alien race

2nd team appearance of the Fantastic Four

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1st appearance of Veranke, a Skrull Queen

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1st appearance and origin of Kl'rt, a Super Skrull who utilizes the main power of each Fantastic Four member

1st appearance of Emperor Dorrek, unnamed

2nd team appearance of the Skrulls

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1st appearance of Talos the Untamed

Cameo appearance by Death of the Endless from DC Vertigo's Sandman series

Marriage of Marlo Chandler and Rick Jones

Peter David, the writer, officiates the ceremony

ROM appears in human form

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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1st appearance of Quake, Daisy Johnson

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1st team appearance of the Secret Warriors: Nick Fury, Phobos, Slingshot, Quake, Stonewall, Hellfire and Druid

1st appearance of Stonewall, son of the Absorbing Man

1st appearance of Druid, son of Doctor Druid

1st appearance of Hellfire, descendant of the Phantom Rider

1st appearance of Yo-Yo Rodriguez aka Slingshot

Cover art inspired by Avengers #16

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1st team appearance of the Secret Warriors: Quake, Ms. Marvel, Moon Girl, Devil Dinosaur, Karnak, Inferno

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First mention of S.W.O.R.D., Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Department, a division of S.H.I.E.L.D.

1st full appearance of Abigail Brand

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Rhodey assumes the codename War Machine

Prior to this this issue, War Machine was the name of the armor

Rhodes first wears the armor in Iron Man #284 but refers to himself as Iron Man. Prior to #284, Stark wore the War Machine armor

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