First written work in comics by Brian Michael Bendis

First artwork in comics by Brian Michael Bendis

5-issue limited series based on famed lawman Eliot Ness's investigation of the Cleveland Torso Murderer

Early Brian Michael Bendis independent series

[May 2021 - Bendis tweets Torso is still alive at Universal]

Premiere issue of the detective duo first introduced in Spawn #1

[June 2021 - optioned for a TV series]

First published work by Brian Michael Bendis at DC

The only published work for DC by Bendis until nearly two decades later when he introduced the Wonder Comics imprint and began writing for the Superman titles

First Ultimate Universe title

1st appearance of the Ultimate Spider-Man

Variant cover art by Mark Bagley

Rare, white cover edition

1st cameo appearance of Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin

1st cameo appearance of Mike Moran, the alter ego of Miracleman

1st full appearance of the Ultimate Green Goblin

German edition

German Museum edition, limited to 599 copies

Numbered with Certificate of Authenticity

1st cameo appearance of Reed Richards in the Ultimate Universe but this version should not be considered an official introduction of the Earth-1610 version of Mr. Fantastic which occurs in Ultimate Fantastic Four #1

1st appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury

Any difference in Nick Fury's appearance or demeanor are not apparent in this issue similar to the Ultimate Fantastic Four's appearance in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #9

Marvel seems to have committed to the depiction of Nick Fury as a younger, black, James Bond type operative in Ultimate X-Men #9

It wasn't until Ultimates #2 when Fury was unmistakably imagined as Samuel L. Jackson, published 6 years prior to Jackson's MCU debut in Iron Man (2008)

1st appearance of Jessica Jones

[May 2022 - Ritter tweeted a picture of her and actor Mike Colter with initials of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage plus the hashtags #marvel and #bigtease / rumored to appear in She-Hulk]

Recalled issue due to several shadowy panels of Elektra without clothes

The recalled issue can only be identified by looking toward the end of the book where Elektra is talking to a man in a cowboy hat

The Fantastic Four first appears in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) in this issue and others thereafter but it isn't until Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 when the team is officially introduced with an established, integrated continuity of stories and character development

Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 should be considered the first appearance of the Fantastic Four in the Earth-1610 reality aka the Ultimate Universe

2nd appearance of Jessica Jones

1st appearance of Shang-Chi of the Ultimate Universe

1st appearance of Jessica Jones as Jewel, in a daydream

1st cover appearance of Ultimate Venom

1st appearance of the synthetic symbiote in the beaker that later bonds to The Maker

1st full appearance of Ultimate Venom, bonded to Peter Parker

1st appearance of Venom bonded to Eddie Brock

First meeting of Jessica Jones and Purple Man who becomes a primary antagonist

Introduction of The Raft, a maximum security prison for super-powered criminals

1st team appearance and origin of the Ultimate Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm

First introduced in in Marvel Team-Up #9, a Fantastic Four team made multiple unofficial appearances in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) but it wasn't until this issue that an official continuity began

There is also a lengthy non-continuity sequence involving the Fantastic Four included in Ultimate Spider-Man Special (July 2002)

1st appearance of Victor Van Damme becomes Doctor Doom

1st appearance of Lucia Von Bardas, the Latverian successor of Doctor Doom

[June 2020 - rumored to appear in the MCU introducing Latveria and eventually Doom]

1st appearance of Quake, Daisy Johnson

[August 2020/February 2021 - Quake expected to appear in Secret Invasion / May 2022- a Twitter comment by Simu Liu (Shang-Chi) directed toward to the actress who portrayed Quake in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. hints that she will reprise the role in the MCU]

1st cover appearance of Ultimate Carnage

1st appearance of the Carnage symbiote, not fully developed

Death of Vision, ripped apart by She-Hulk - resurrected in Avengers #19 (2012)

1st full appearance of the Carnage symbiote in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

Death of Agatha Harkness, killed by the Scarlet Witch after discovering she once had children and Agatha was instrumental in making her forget

Doctor Strange summarizes events that led to Wanda's madness in a double-page spread

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

1st appearance of Angela Del Toro, the fourth White Tiger, not in costume

1st modern appearance of the Night Nurse, Linda Carter

Death of Carnage, ripped in half by the Sentry

Spider-Man officially joins the Avengers

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

1st appearance of Maria Hill, once served as director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[December 2021 - Colby Smulders to reprise her role as Maria Hill in Secret Invasion]

2nd appearance of Maria Hill

Promotional item to encourage pre-sale ordering of the 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man video game

16-page mini-comic

1st team appearance of the Illuminati: Professor X, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt, Iron Man, Namor

Wanda Maximoff alters the reality of the Marvel Universe

1st appearance of Criti Noll disguised as Yellowjacket

Wolverine joins the Avengers - fought alongside the team in previous issues but accepted Stark's invite in this issue

1st appearance of Ultimate Moon Knight

1st appearance of Layla Miller, a member of X-Factor Investigations and married to Madrox

1st cover and 2nd appearance of Ultimate Moon Knight

1st appearance of Maya Lopez as Ronin, formerly Echo

By speaking the words, "no more mutants," Scarlet Witch removes the superhuman abilities from the world's population of mutants except for 198 individuals

1st cover appearance of Danielle Cage as a baby, interior appearance occurs in #13

2nd appearance of Maya Lopez as Ronin