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1st full appearance of the Old Dragon, the head of the Order of Saint George

#92: (1) 2nd full appearance of Punchline; (2) 1st cover appearance of Punchline; (3) 1st appearance of the Underbroker, the finance manager in the Designer's inner circle; (4) First meeting of Punchline and Harley Quinn #93: First battle of Harley Quinn vs Punchline

...VIRGIN variant SI

1st team appearance of the Valkyries: Jane Foster, Hildegarde, Dani Moonster, Runa 1st appearance of Runa, a Valkyrie

1st cameo appearance of Raze Darkhome, the son of Wolverine and Mystique in an alternate reality, shown in his true form, previously appeared as Kitty Pryde 1st full appearance of the Future X-Men: Raze Darkholme, Sentinel-X aka Shogo Lee, Beast, Ice Thing, Deadpool, and Kymera, the daughter of Storm and Black Panther

Variant cover art by Carmen Carneros featuring Star

RI CUTTER variant by JAE LEE

1st full team appearance of SCAR Troopers, an elite Imperial stormtrooper squad led by Sergeant Kreel: Zuke, Aero, Mic, Shrap, Misty, Cav

1st appearance of Spyder, an alien crime lord 1st appearance of Gosamyr, an alien from an ancient race of delicate creatures

1st appearance of Psyche-Out, a psy-ops specialist affiliated with G.I. Joe

1st appearance of Dr. Mindbender, as Dr. Brainwave 1st appearance of Crank-Case, driver of the Striker 1st appearance of Bazooka, missile specialist 1st appearance of Airtight, high-conflict specialist 1st appearance of Heavy Metal, tank operator 1st appearance of B.A.T.S, Cobra android trooper

1st appearance of Hellinger, creator of Deathlok and the father of Death Locket

1st appearance of the Beetle in his battle suit

1st appearance of Replicoid, Sigurd Jarlson, a replica of Thor

...I personally thought that OMEGA first appeared in Fantastic Four #132...but i guess I was wrong (see pics)

1st appearance of Chimera, a corporation with evil intent that Shang-Chi takes on

1st team appearance of Heavy Metal: Super-Adaptoid, Awesome Android, Machine Man, Sentry, TESS-One

1st full appearance of El Dorado, an enemy of El Muerto

1st full team appearance of the Hollow

1st appearance of Baylan Skoll 1st appearance of Shin Hati

1st appearance of Hellgrammite, a scientist who mutated himself into a grasshopper humanoid

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1st appearance of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, later becomes War Machine

1st cameo appearance of the Second Sister, Trilla Suduri

Revealed that Darth Sidious aka Palpatine created Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader, via Midocholorian manipulation Ahsoka Tano appears as an adult, briefly, in a vision

see pics for the KEY events that take place in this issue

see pics for details regarding the controvery connected to the claim above

1st appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America

A very nicely preserved book (see pics)

1st appearance of Pap-Tonn, a Kree scientist

Reintroduction of Adam Warlock, Gamora and Pip the Troll in the Soul World, located inside the Soul Gem

1st appearance of Texas Twister 1st appearance of Captain Ultra

*somewhat controversial - see pics

Lady Deathstrike is transformed into her classic cybernetic organism version with claws and adamantium reinforcements

1st full team appearance of Alpha Flight: Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Shaman, and Vindicator, formerly Weapon Alpha

1st appearance of Cobalt Man, a former Stark employee who duplicated Iron Man tech for his own armor 1st appearance of Candy Southern, former girlfriend of Angel

1st team appearance of the Femme Fatales: Knockout (1st), Mindblast (1st), Whiplash, Bloodlust

1st appearance of Mirage, a villain who uses technology to create illusions

1st appearance of Black Spectre, a vigilante who later served the Dark Lord of Chaos, Set

First ongoing Moon Knight title series Origin of Moon Knight 1st appearance of Bushman, a mercenary and arch-nemesis of Moon Knight 1st appearance of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon who Marc Spector serves as its avatar keycollector reports: +108% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week as rumors continue to swirl that Bushman will be a major villain in Moon Knight season 2

1st team appearance and origin of The Defenders: Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner

1st appearance of Darth Vader 1st appearance of Luke Skywalker 1st appearance of Princess Leia 1st appearance of C-3PO and R2-D2 1st appearance of Grand Moff Tarkin 1st appearance of Beru and Owen Lars Introduction of Stormtroopers 1st cover appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi and Han Solo (not in story)

1st appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi, in story 1st appearance of Han Solo, in story 1st appearance of Chewbacca 1st appearance of Greedo, a bounty hunter 1st appearance of the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star 1st appearance of a character named Jabba the Hutt but visually different from the movie due to a change in the character's design. Later it is explained to have been a different character named Mosep

2nd appearance of Wedge Antilles, brief, identified by name Battle of Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader Final issue of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope movie adaptation