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NOTE: the first image depicts the connecting cover set together, HOWEVER, the comics themselves are NOT VIRGINS. See pics.

1st appearance of Shawn Kerry, later becomes Silver Mist 1st appearance of Charles Walker III, a businessman and antagonist of Steelworks

1st appearance of Jenny Wren, the first protégé of Batman Team-up of heroes that held the Robin mantle: Nightwing, Red Hood, Tim Drake, Spoiler, Damian Wayne

Milestone 300th issue of Nightwing

Marriage of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle Selina called-off the wedding which was revealed to readers by The New York Times prior to the issue coming out causing significant backlash against DC and the newspaper

1st appearance of Gotham Girl as Robin

1st appearance of Ari Agbayani, a Filipino -American hero

Origin of the Archivist 1st appearance of Jeremoch Colton

Origin of Porter Engle, the Blade of Bardotta 1st appearance of Barash Silvain, the sister of Porter

1st team appearance of the Midnight Suns: Blade, Kushala aka Spirit Rider, Magik, Wolverine, Nico Minoru, and Zoe Laveau 1st appearance of 'apocalyptic new villains'

Series with the Punisher as a warlord for the Hand 1st team appearance of the Apostles of War

1st appearance of Captain Carter in comic books [May 2022 - rumored live-action project in development]

1st appearance of the Last Living Priestess of Khonshu, a vigilante who operates 6,000 years into the future

1st full appearance of Ultimate Storm

EXCLUSIVE covers by CURT SWAN & DAN JURGENS

EXCLUSIVE covers by PARRILLO, DELL'OTTO & EJIKURE

Debut of Mary Jane Watson's Jackpot powers

Cover art by Ron Wilson depicting a 1985 Mattel Toy called Hordak's Slime Pit

First foil-embossed comic cover

1st full appearance of Josie Beller, later becomes Circuit Breaker

Origin of Brother Voodoo

1st cover appearance of Rintrah Origin of zombies in the Marvel mainstream universe, created in part by Chthon

First solo story featuring the Falcon

First solo titled series featuring Gwenpool Variant cover art by Woo Dae Shim Cover art inspired by the album 'iLoveMakonnen' by iLoveMakonnen

1st appearance of Solem, possesses adamantium skin and could be a major ongoing enemy of Wolverine's

1st appearance of Legacy House, a criminal underworld auction society specializing in superhero artifacts

2nd cover and fourth appearance of Sabretooth Classic battle of Iron Fist and Luke Cage vs Constrictor and Sabretooth

Crossover appearance of Cerebus from publisher Aardvark-Vanaheim 1st appearance of Renet, a human who stole the Time Scepter from Lord Simultaneous 1st appearance of Lord Simultaneous, a Time Master 1st appearance of Savanti Romero, a demon and apprentice Time Master

1st cameo team appearance of The Nine aka the Midnight Sons: Ghost Rider (Ketch), Johnny Blaze, Morbius, Blade, Hannibal King, Frank Drake, Sam Buchanan, Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings 1st appearance of the Caretaker 1st appearance of Lilith, mother of demons 1st appearance of Meatmarket, offspring of Lilith

Gold foil variant

First team-up of Spider-Man and the new X-Men team First meeting of Wolverine and Spider-Man - previously met Nightcrawler 2nd appearance of Jean Grey as the Phoenix

Debut of Madelyne Pryor in Goblin Queen costume

The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 4 1st full team appearance of the Hellfire Club 1st full appearance of the Black Bishop, Harry Leland 1st full appearance of the White Bishop, Donald Pierce 1st appearance of Tessa, later becomes Sage

1st appearance of Shuri, T'Challa's sister and future Black Panther 1st appearance of S'yan, the uncle of T'Challa who held the throne after T'Chaka's assassination

1st full appearance of Darkseid 1st team appearance of The Forever People: Beautiful Dreamer, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Big Bear, Vykin the Black First mention of Mother Boxes, sentient supercomputers of vast power and the Anti-Life Equation 1st appearance of Infinity-Man, a protector of The Forever People