1st appearance of Jonny Double

Cover art by Neal Adams

Premiere issue

1st appearance of Quincy Harker, the son of Jonathon and Mina Harker

1st appearance of Edith Harker, daughter of Quincy

1st appearance of Lucy Westenra, a vampire adapted from Bram Stoker's Dracula

1st appearance of Blade

[November 2021 - the director of The Eternals reveals that the voice speaking to Dane Whitman is Blade who has previously been confirmed for a MCU film]

Origin of Dracula

1st appearance of Lianda, a gypsy who turned Dracula into a vampire

1st appearance of Marie Laveau, the Queen of Voodoo who uses magic to seek out vampires

1st appearance of Turac, a Turkish vampire who battled Dracula

2nd appearance of Blade

1st appearance of Saffron Caulder, the girlfriend of Blade

3rd appearance and origin of Blade

1st cameo appearance of Deacon Frost, the vampire who bit Blade's mother as she gave birth

1st appearance of Hangman, a court-martialed veteran turned brutal vigilante

1st appearance of Topaz, a powerful sorceress

1st appearance of Taboo, a witch

1st cameo appearance of Dr. Sun, voice only

Blade is bitten by Dracula

First battle of Dracula versus Werewolf By Night, part one of a two-part crossover continuing in Werewolf By Night #15

First battle of Dracula versus Werewolf By Night, conclusion of a two-part crossover continued from Tomb of Dracula #18

Origin of Werewolf By Night

Blade discovers he is immune to vampirism because he is part vampire

1st appearance of Piranha

1st full appearance of Dr. Sun, a scientist obsessed with vampirism whose bodiless brain is connected to a computer network

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2nd appearance of Lilith

1st appearance of Martin Gold, a member of the Legion of Night

1st appearance and origin of Hannibal King, a detective and a vampire, ally of Blade

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First solo story featuring Blade

First solo story featuring Lilith

1st appearance of Copperhead, Lawrence Chesney

1st appearance of Skull the Slayer

1st team appearance of Legion of Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Manphibian

1st appearance of Manphibian, an alien that found its way to Earth while pursuing the murderer of its mate

[October 2022 - Manphibian easter egg spotted in Werewolf By Night - tap cover and swipe to view additional image]

1st appearance of the second Torpedo

1st appearance of Harold H. Harold, a journalist later turned into a vampire by Dracula

1st appearance of The Other, a manifestation of Chthon, an Elder God and writer of the Darkhold

1st appearance of Modred the Mystic

1st appearance of Karla Sofen, later becomes the second Moonstone then Meteorite then Ms. Marvel

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1st appearance and origin of Bullseye

[November 2022 - rumored to appear in the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again / December 2022 - an inside source reported to us the following details about the third Deadpool movie after reading an early version of the script that sounds to have been before Hugh Jackman was secured as co-lead

Bullseye was/is villain

In one scene, Deadpool is on the run, injured, missing an arm and weaponless. He stumbles upon the corpse of Logan in the woods which is the scene of where the Logan film ended. Deadpool severs Logan’s arms and with his own healing factor, attaches them to use as weapons

Again, this was an early version of the script and how much will be retained is unknown]

Preview image of Nova #1 (Sept 1976) six months prior to the publication of the issue

Black and white fanzine

2nd appearance of Bullseye

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

1st appearance of Mind-Wave and Think Tank

First meeting and battle of Doctor Strange and Dracula

First meeting of Blade and Hannibal King

Part one of a two-issue crossover that continues in Doctor Strange #14 (1976)

1st full appearance of Deacon Frost, the vampire that caused Blade’s creation

1st appearance of Domini, the bride of Dracula

1st team appearance of the Church of the Damned

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1st appearance and origin of Nova, Richard Rider

1st appearance of Rhomann Dey, Corpsman of the Nova Corps

1st appearance of Robbie Rider, brother of Nova

[January 2021 - the MCU maintains their intention to use Nova (Alexander & Rider) in a film / March 2022 - Deadline reports a source confirms a Nova project is in development]

1st appearance of Smasher

1st appearance of Powerhouse

1st appearance of Condor

2nd appearance of Nova

1st appearance and origin of Diamondhead

1st appearance and origin of Corruptor

First King-Size Annual featuring Doctor Strange

3rd appearance of Bullseye

1st appearance of Sphinx, powered by the Ka Stone

1st appearance of Megaman, a human transformed by aliens

1st appearance of Bill Carver as Thunderbolt, a speedster

1st appearance of Goldbug, a villain obsessed with gold tech

1st cameo appearance of Janus, the golden-skinned son of Dracula and Domini

1st appearance of the Xandarian Worldmind, a sentient supercomputer containing the accumulated knowledge of Xandar, the home planet of the Nova Corps

1st full appearance of Janus, the golden-skinned son of Dracula and Domini