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Red Guardian debuts in Avengers #43 (1967). Follow Alexei Shostakov, the other bearers of the name, and his Thunderbolts and Doomsday path, with key issues.
Read article →Namor has two 1939 first publications: Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 and Marvel Comics #1. Which counts, and how to collect him without 1939.
Read article →Mysterio first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964). The story, the issue #2 debate, neighbors like #14, reprints and how to approach a copy.
Read article →Man-Thing first appears in Savage Tales #1, a 1971 Marvel black-and-white magazine. Creators, contents, the Comics Code context and what to check before buying.
Read article →M'Baku (Man-Ape) first appears in Avengers #62, March 1969. His comics milestones, how the movie version differs, and how to collect him.
Read article →Ghost's first appearance in Iron Man #219 (1987), who he is in the comics versus Ava Starr on screen, the Thunderbolts issues, and how to collect him.
Read article →Nightcrawler first appears in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975). Follow the key issues from his Mystique and Azazel reveals to his death, return and Doomsday.
Read article →Blade first appears in The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973). What the issue contains, how to spot an original copy, and why it became a key.
Read article →Black Cat first appears in Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979). Creators, story, which variants do and do not exist and how to pick a good copy.
Read article →The Platinum Age of comics before Action Comics #1: strip collections, Famous Funnies, Detective Comics #1, and how to identify and date these early objects.
Read article →Peach Momoko's variant covers sorted into five families, with how to tell textless versions apart and build a coherent collection without prices.
Read article →Ravage, Absolute Green Arrow, Proxy and Wildcard: the first appearances of 2026 as of October, sorted by status, with what is not a key issue.
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