First appearance
First appearance of Samurai Destroyer, a giant Japanese robot. Samurai is misspelled on the cover.
First appearance
First appearance of Madame Menace who later goes by the name Sunset Bain.
Cameo
First cameo appearance of the New Defenders, becomes the Fantastic Force: The Hooded Man, Lightwave, Psionics, Natalie X, Alex Ultron, and Hulk Jr.
First appearance
1st appearance of Angela Del Toro, the fourth White Tiger. 1st modern appearance of the Night Nurse, Linda Carter.
First appearance
First appearance of the World Breaker Hulk personality.
First appearance
First appearance of Rachel Summers as the 2nd Phoenix. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants becomes the Freedom Force.
First appearance
First team appearance of The Reavers: Pretty Boy, Bonebreaker, Skullbuster. First appearances of Tyger Tiger and Gateway.
First appearance
First full appearance of Bishop. First appearance of the Gamemaster.
DC Back Issues
One-shot preview of upcoming titles and characters. First appearance of Ryan Choi.
DC Back Issues
First team appearance of the All Star Squadron. First appearance of Danette Reilly. Origin of Red Tornado.
DC Back Issues
First appearance of Damien Darhk. Both main cover "A" and rare variant cover "B" included.
Adam Hughes
First story appearance of Darth Talon. Condition: multiple creases on cover emanating from spine. None break color.
First appearance
First team appearance of Heavy Metal (Super-Adaptoid, Awesome Android, Machine Man, Sentry and TESS-One).
First appearance
First cameo appearance of Namor and Marrina's children, egg hatchlings.
First appearance
First appearance of Proctor, a Gatherer with Swordsman and Magdalene.
First appearance
First appearance of Patricia Robertson, later becomes the second She-Venom. 2003 series.
Cameo
First brief cameo appearance of the Dead King (Atlan). First appearance of Murk.
First appearance
Premier issue of ongoing series. First appearance of Rowan Black.
Cameo
First appearance of G.W. Bridge. First cameo of Tyler Dayspring. Third appearances of Warpath, Unofficial appearance of Deadpool. No polybag or card.
First appearance
First appearance of Mr. Tolliver (Tyler Dayspring). First appearance of the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
First appearance
First appearance and cover of the 'real' Domino, in a flashback. Origin of Cable.
First appearance
First appearance of the second Red Guardian, Tania Belinsky, later becomes Starlight.
Death of....
First cameo appearance of Scourge (disguised as a hobo). Death of the Enforcer.
First appearance
First appearance of Giant-Man, formerly Black Goliath.
First appearance
First appearance of Selene Gallio, suspected to be one of the first known mutants and reported to be over 17,000 years old.
First appearance
First appearance of James Proudstar, the second Thunderbird. First team appearance of the Hellions: Roulette, Empath, Jetstream, Tarot, Thunderbird, Cat's Eye.
Bill Sienkiewicz
First cameo appearance of Warlock, a techno-organic extraterrestrial. First full appearance of Demon Bear, a villain of Dani Moonstar.
Bill Sienkiewicz
First time Illyana Rasputin is referred to as Magik. Dani Moonstar becomes Mirage. Doug Ramsey joins The New Mutants. First full appearance and origin of Warlock.
Bill Sienkiewicz
First cameo appearance of Legion, son of Professor Xavier and Gabrielle Haller
First appearance
First appearance of Mikhail Rasputin, the brother of Colossus and Magik.
First appearance
First of a three-issue series about the progression of an infectious meme that leads to the annihilation of the human race within 72 hours.
First appearance
First appearance of Michael Badalino as Vengeance.
Cameo
First cameo team appearance of The Nine (Midnight Sons): Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Blade, Hannibal King, Frank Drake, Sam Buchanan, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings. 1st appearances of the Caretaker, Lilith, Meatmarket. Original polybag with poster. Volume 2.
First appearance
First appearance of Phantom Rider, Hamilton Slade, a descendant of Carter Slade, the original Phantom Rider.
Alan Moore
First appearance of Vindicator. Origin of Hell. Written by Alan Moore. Pin-up by Frank Miller. Cover homage of Spider-Man #1 (1990).
Cameo
First cameo appearance of the Redeemer. First appearance of Major Vale. First artwork on the Spawn title by Greg Capullo.
First appearance
First appearance of The Curse, a cult-like leader of vagrants with cybernetic arms.
First appearance
First cameo appearance of Watoomb, the magical being whose name is invoked when Dr. Strange summons wind.
First full team appearance of the Fear Lords: Dweller in the Darkness, Kkallakku, Lurking Unknown, Scarecrow, D'Spayre, Nightmare, Nox. First cameo appearance of Nox.
First appearance
First full appearance and origin of Nox, the Roman name for the Greek goddess of night, Nyx.
First appearance
First appearance of many magical deities whom Dr. Strange invokes to conjure his spells. First appearances of Valtoor, Raggadorr, Munnopor, Denak, Seraphim, Watoomb.
First appearance
Team-up of Sandman and Hydro-Man, they merge to become Mud-Thing.
First appearance
First appearance of Speed Demon (formerly The Whizzer).
First appearance
First appearance of the third Human Fly, Richard Deacon.
DC Back Issues
First appearance of Victor Zsasz. First appearance of Jeremiah Arkham. Premier issue of Shadow of the Bat series.
First appearance
First appearance of El Toro Rojo, a Deviant disguised as a pro-wrestler. First appearance of Vampiro, an Eternal disguised as a pro-wrestler.
Cameo
First cameo appearance of Vidar, half-brother of Thor, son of Odin and the giantess Grid. First cameo appearance of Magni and Modi, sons of Thor.
First appearance
Origin of Odin and Asgard First full appearance of Magni and Modi, sons of Thor
First appearance
15th anniversary 'Blind Bag' reprinting, with cover by Daniel Warren Johnson. First appearance of Lori Grimes. First appearance of Carl Grimes. First appearance of Glenn.
First appearance
First appearance of Joseph Chapman, later becomes the third Union Jack.