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67-655: Daring Mystery Comics #8 (Jan. 1942) features the first appearance of the Golden Age superhero Citizen V , who decades later appears in flashback in the Marvel series Thunderbolts , where his family and the Citizen V identity play a major part. A small handful of other Daring Mystery superheroes have been revived or have made guest appearances in modern-day titles, such as the World War II -set flashback series The Invaders and

134-546: A World War II , paper-supply-related moratorium on launching new series, publisher Goodman somehow continued the series numbering as both Daring Comics for four issues from 1944 to 1945, and as Comedy Comics for 26 issues from 1942-1946, both of which launched with an issue #9. An anthology with no regular star, the series included a number of obscure, mostly single-appearance features. Due to Golden Age comics work often going unsigned, comprehensive credits are difficult if not impossible to ascertain, and in many early cases,

201-637: A building, teleport himself, create force fields and alter his own appearance. His psionic powers have a limited range. Thanks to his possession of a fragment of the Bloodstone, the Maha Yogi is virtually immortal, and has a physically malleable body. He has attempted to use true magic, performing a ritual to summon the demon known as Grendel's Mother. Detective Brett Mahoney is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He

268-712: A crooked earth. Of similar concern was that the Jaspers of 616 had begun his political ascension, a worrying sign of things to come. Upon returning to mainstream reality/616, Captain Britain found that another Sir James Jaspers was leading an anti-superhero campaign, with the aid of Henry Peter Gyrich and Sebastian Shaw , members of the Hellfire Club . Jaspers managed to win a landslide general election victory on his anti-superhero platform and became Prime Minister of Britain. Events began to mirror those of Earth-238 and Jaspers unleashed

335-715: A feature's artist is also the uncredited writer. The best known superheroes to debut in its pages were the Blue Diamond , by artist co-creator Ben Thompson; writer-artist Bill Everett 's the Fin ; and the Thunderer , created by writer John H. Compton and notable for artist co-creator Carl Burgos . All three heroes were introduced in issue #7 (April 1941). In the 1970s, the Blue Diamond resurfaced in period stories in Marvel Premiere , as

402-447: A fictional character . These issues are often highly valued by collectors due to their rarity and iconic status. Collectors value first appearances for their rarity and historical value, while many regular readers are interested in viewing how their favorite characters were originally portrayed. Reprints of first appearances are often published, both as single comic books and in trade paperbacks , usually with other early appearances of

469-575: A lumpy pink form with no nose, large round eyes, and renders him mute . As a ward of X-Factor , Artie is a member of the " X-Terminators ". When X-Factor splits their wards between two boarding schools, Artie attends St. Simons. During the Inferno , Artie is abducted by the demon N'Astirh . Before he is rescued, Artie witnesses at least two murders. After helping to foil a mutant kidnapping plot, Artie gains an unofficial grandmother in Ida Fassbender,

536-540: A member of the English Parliament because of his anti mutant and anti super heroes stance and politics, however Jaspers was a mutant himself with powerful reality-warping abilities. His political façade and motivations for the elimination of his fellow mutants and superheroes was essentially to ensure his supremacy. Jaspers seemed a gifted politician and adapt at swaying popular public opinion, with lines such as "if they were honest they wouldn't wear masks" but whether he

603-704: A member of the homefront World War II team the Liberty Legion . He also appeared in writer Paul Jenkins ' 2011 miniseries All-Winners Squad: Band of Heroes (2011). Two characters introduced here, writer-artist Joe Simon 's Fiery Mask , and writer Will Harr and artist Maurice Gutwirth's Laughing Mask, who became the Purple Mask, appeared in present-day stories after awakening from suspended animation alongside 10 other Timely heroes in Marvel Comics ' 2007-2008 and 2012 miniseries The Twelve . Other heroes included

670-553: A nervous but kindly woman who lives near St. Simons. Gene Nation disrupts the school with another kidnapping scheme, this time successful. Artie then becomes a ward of the Massachusetts Academy. When Black Tom Cassidy attacks the school, Man-Thing saves Artie and his friends. As a group, they have several adventures. Artie loses his mutant powers after " M-Day ". Artie moves to the Baxter Building where he gets

737-572: A new gestalt symbiote called Madness who has seven heads. Magique , originally known as Magic , is a Shi'ar warrior and member of the Imperial Guard . The character, created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #107 (October 1977). Magique has the ability to create realistic illusions. Like many original members of the Imperial Guard, Magique is

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804-431: A newly introduced character mysterious until a "secret origin" issue. Some fans consider this a gimmick and prefer the older method. The artistic merit of many first appearances is debatable. The events portrayed in most famous first appearances are continuously retconed , rebooted and/or expanded upon by subsequent writers. Like many golden and silver age comics, first appearances often become dated and do not fit

871-527: A red emotional part. The blue is killed by the red, but the machine interacts and fuse them again, turning him into his old Man-Ape self. Jason Philip Macendale Jr. ( / ˈ m eɪ s ən d eɪ l / ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appears in Machine Man #19 (Feb. 1981), created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Steve Ditko . From 1987 to 1997, Macendale initially wielded only

938-466: A special helmet made by Valeria Richards . It allows him to communicate by creating images in the air – he remains mute due to the deformity caused by his mutations. Joining Artie is his long time friend Leech. Later, the original Fantastic Four leave our reality for what they assume to be four minutes. Weeks pass instead. This possibility had been planned for and the Foundation children are watched over by

1005-741: A squad of Imperial Guards to Knowhere, base of the Guardians, tracking Adam Warlock. However, Adam has begun turning into his dark counterpart, the Magus, and tricks Magique's troops into killing her. Some years later, she is replaced by a member of the Subguardians in Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 5) #1. Magma is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Magnus

1072-400: A tribe of Man-Apes from Savage Land . After losing a battle with Ka-Zar , he walks into the mystic mist surrounding Savage Land, which transform him into a superhuman with increased intelligence, and he renames himself Man-God. Later, he returns to the mist and encounters an alien machine which he realize is responsible for his powers. The machine then split him into two; a blue logic part and

1139-551: A trusted roster of replacement members. The Future Foundation help re-create the multi-verse after the events of the Secret War. For the Foundation, five years have passed, while a much smaller amount of time has passed at home. Artie has spent all this time with Reed and Sue Richards and the many fellow students of the Foundation. Madness is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Corwin Jones

1206-494: Is a character in American comic books seen in Marvel Comics . He was created by David Thorpe and Alan Davis for Marvel UK . He is a powerful supervillain who was the archenemy of Captain Britain and Excalibur as well as a few other heroes as well as the main antagonist of the Excalibur series. In the reality of Earth-238, James Jaspers, a British politician waged a political war on mutants. He had been elected into office as

1273-474: Is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a geneticist and mother of Farley Stillwell , Harlan Stillwell, and Shannon Stillwell who created the animal-like Humanimals by splicing human test subjects with animals. Her "Farm" is located somewhere in Westchester County, New York . Additionally, she claims that her work was used to create Lizard , Morbius,

1340-528: Is a strictly loyal police detective who finds himself involved in the activities of superhumans. The character, created by Marc Guggenheim and Dave Wilkins, first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents vol. 2 #1 (Nov. 2007). Brett Mahoney is the partner of Stacy Dolan. In his first appearance they were investigating the death of a John Doe. The only clue they had was from a witness who described an unusual being later identified by Reed Richards as Uatu

1407-516: Is a war veteran who was discharged from the military where he contracted an unknown illness. After a brief work as a guardsman at Alchemax , he was contracted by Carlton Drake of the Life Foundation to steal the Symbiote samples of Phage , Riot , Scream , Agony , Lasher , and Toxin from Alchemax. After that was done, Drake had Corwin merge with the Symbiote samples where they combined to form

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1474-604: Is successfully detonated, devastating the Kree Empire, with billions dying instantaneously (98% of the Kree population). The Shi'ar annex the remnants of the Kree Empire, with Deathbird becoming viceroy of the Kree territories. At the beginning of the " War of Kings " event, Magique is part of the Imperial Guard faction that attacks Ronan the Accuser on his wedding day. The Guard also slaughters many new Nova Corps recruits. Magique leads

1541-402: Is widely considered to have solidified, if not created, the superhero archetype; therefore, his first appearance is not only important to fans of the character but to fans of superheroes and comic books as a whole. Well-preserved copies of Action Comics #1 have been sold at auction for record-breaking prices. A copy graded at 8.0 ("very fine") on the 10-point scale typically used by collectors

1608-516: The Hobgoblin identity and weaponry but the 1988–89 Inferno crossover writer Gerry Conway had Macendale imbued with demonic powers by N'astirh . In addition to power over hellfire and increased strength and speed to far greater than the original Hobgoblin, these powers also disfigure Macendale so that his head is even more grotesque than the Hobgoblin mask, and ultimately alters his mind so that he

1675-532: The Certified Collectibles Group (see below): While seemingly a simple concept, determining the first appearance may be complex. The following are instances in which a character's first appearance may be difficult to determine: Marvel Boy M-11 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Originally known as the Human Robot , the character

1742-541: The Challenger , drawn by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski under the pseudonym Nick Karlton; Dynaman, by artist and possibly writer Steve Dahlman; and the superheroine the Silver Scorpion , created or co-created by artist and sometime-writer Harry Sahle using the pen name Jewell, which comics historian Michael J. Vassallo believes marked a collaboration with another, unknown artist. The final three issues contained work by

1809-603: The Dark Phoenix , and was laying waste to the galaxy. Magic and the Guard first clash with the X-Men and Starjammers , on behalf of D'Ken and Davan Shakari , over the fate of the Shi'ar Princess Lilandra Neramani . After the battle, Lilandra takes over as Majestrix, and the Guard swears allegiance to her. After Lilandra's sister Deathbird stages a coup and becomes the new Shi'ar Empress,

1876-505: The Golden Age Human Torch but is more noteworthy as the first comic book published by industry giant Marvel Comics . It can take many years for a character to attain sufficient popularity after their first appearance to be considered "iconic." By the point a character reaches that level of popularity, it is common for few copies of their first appearance issues to remain. Furthermore, even fewer of those remaining copies will be in

1943-676: The High Evolutionary , who plans to experiment on her. Most of her test subjects are returned to normal, but Eli, Boy-Spider, and Jeremy's transformations prove to be irreversible, so they choose to live on the Farm with Bailey's mother Tabitha. Madame Sanctity ( Tanya Trask ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by Scott Lobdell, Jeph Loeb and Gene Ha. She first appeared in Askani'Son #1 (January 1996), though her true identity

2010-533: The Watcher . After learning that the John Doe is an extraterrestrial and that deceased spy Yelena Belova are somehow involved, Mahoney and Dolan later discover that the crime is related to a Muslim named Jaafar Yoosuf who Dolan arrested earlier for "buying" superpowers. They break into Yoosuf's apartment, but he is absent. When Dolan is accused of killing the John Doe, as evidenced by security footage showing her committing

2077-472: The college football -set Flash Foster at Midwestern , by writer and artist Bob Wood . The comic's first five covers were by artist Alex Schomburg . The Thunderer appeared in the "Six Forgotten Warriors" episode of one of the Spider-Man animated television series . First appearance In comic books and other stories with a long history, first appearance refers to the first issue to feature

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2144-566: The 20th century, the centuries-old sorcerer could possess the bodies of the living. Magnus' spirit took possession of Jonathan Drew and aided the High Evolutionary in organizing the Knights of Wundagore . Magsquito is an anthropomorphic mosquito from Earth-8311. Maha Yogi is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe . He first appeared in Journey into Mystery #96 (September 1963), and

2211-541: The 616 reality who Merlyn realized possessed even greater reality warping power. Merlyn would teleport one of the few remaining super heroes of Earth-238, Captain UK Linda McQuillan, to the 616 designated reality. Importantly he would also do so whilst she was being observed by the deadly cybiote the Fury. The Earth of 238 would fall into disarray due to the mad machinations and reality warping of Jaspers. It had become known as

2278-740: The Fury, Jaspers adopted the persona of Mad Jim Jaspers, a bank robber and crook paying homage to the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland as well as continuing the Lewis Carroll book theme with his own bank robbing crew, the Crazy Gang. It was around this time that the Omniversal Guardian Merlyn aware of not just this reality's version of Jaspers danger to the multiverse, but the Jim Jaspers of

2345-411: The Guard comes into conflict with a rogue Space Knight named Pulsar (not the Imperial Guard member Impulse, who later changes his name to Pulsar ) and an alien named Tyreseus. After a large conflict which also involves Rom and other Space Knights — which leads to the deaths four Guardsman — Pulsar and Tyreseus are defeated. Some time later, Empress Deathbird sends the Imperial Guard to Earth to battle

2412-475: The Living Vampire , and Rhino . Two of her test subjects included the children Bailey Briggs and Eli Hartman, who she respectively transformed into a spider and elephant/rhino hybrid. After Bailey escapes her captivity, she attempts to recapture him, creates a clone of him named Boy-Spider, and fully transforms her husband Jeremy into an owl before transforming herself into a chimera and being captured by

2479-455: The Maha Yogi was revealed to have been created by the Caretakers of Arcturus and to have turned against them. He later appeared alive with his youth apparently restored by unknown means. As a result of mutation induced by the Caretakers of Arcturus, the Maha Yogi had the psionic abilities to control the minds of others, create illusions, project psionic force bolts, levitate objects as large as

2546-731: The Sky Devils", by uncertain creators; "Whirlwind Carter of the Interplanetary Secret Service", by writer-artist Fletcher Hanks ; the jungle-lord adventure "Trojak the Tiger Man", by artist co-creator Joe Simon using the byline Gregory Sykes ; artist co-creator Ben Thompson's single-appearance Western "Robin Hood of the Range", featuring the first of two Marvel characters called the Texas Kid ; and

2613-548: The Sorcerer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He first appeared in Spider-Woman #2 (May 1978), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Carmine Infantino . He is the mentor of Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman . Magnus grew up in the 6th century AD, in the time of King Arthur . Turned down as an apprentice by Merlin , he became the student, and eventually lover, of Morgan le Fay . In

2680-520: The Status Crew. Typically the Status Crew would round up powered beings to be held in concentration camps with their extermination there not long after. The Fury would deal with bigger threats. It would take less than two years for super powered beings to be on the verge of extinction. The Fury had been programmed by Jaspers to allow Jaspers to live as the sole powered being. Unmatched in power by any other being, any potential threats ruthlessly destroyed by

2747-416: The analog of a character from DC Comics ' Legion of Super-Heroes : in her case Princess Projectra . Along with Gladiator , Mentor , and Quasar (later known as Neutron ), Magic was one of the founding members of the Imperial Guard, brought together centuries earlier by T'korr, Majestor of the Shi'ar Empire, for the purpose of stopping Rook'shir, who has been driven insane by the malevolent force known as

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2814-606: The bureaucracy.) Now named Magique , the character takes part in " Operation: Galactic Storm ," which details an intergalactic war between the Shi'ar and the Kree . Magique and the Imperial Guard steal the original Captain Marvel 's Nega-Bands from the dead hero's tomb. Using Kree artifacts, including the Bands, the Sh'iar create a massive super weapon, the "Nega-Bomb." Ultimately, the Nega-Bomb device

2881-402: The character. Marvel Comics ' "Essential" line has become popular by giving readers an affordable glimpse into characters' early history. Historically, first appearances tell the origin story for the character, although some, such as Batman and Green Goblin , remained dubious figures for several issues. Modern writers prefer to tell a character's origin across an entire story arc or keep

2948-605: The combined forces of the Starjammers and the superhero team Excalibur , so that she can claim the power of the Phoenix Force for herself. The Guard are forced to retreat when Deathbird realizes the Starjammers are led by Lilandra. (Some time later War Skrulls impersonating Charles Xavier and the Starjammers depose Deathbird and restore Lilandra to the throne. Deathbird cedes the empire back to Lilandra as she has grown bored of

3015-405: The commercially popular team of writer- inker Joe Simon and penciler and sometimes co-scripter Jack Kirby . They collaborated on the covers of #6 (July 1940) and #8 (Jan. 1942), the former of which also featured a 10-page Simon & Kirby story introducing the single-appearance superhero Marvel Boy (the first of several Marvel Universe characters to take that name), and 10-page story starring

3082-405: The crime, Mahoney simply tells her to remain silent as he is aware that something is wrong. Mahoney is visited by an escaped Dolan who fakes her death and leaves a book for him to read telling him the truth about what happened. Mahoney is hired by Old Man Logan and Storm to examine the body of a dead mutant. He concludes that he was killed by a special bullet and that other mutants were killed

3149-579: The feature " Liberty Legion " in Marvel Premiere . Daring Mystery Comics came from publisher Martin Goodman 's Timely Comics , which by the early 1960s would evolve into Marvel Comics . The first five issues were nominally edited by Goodman, but were in fact mixtures of material bought from Funnies, Inc. or the Harry "A" Chesler studio, both prominent comic-book "packagers" who produced stories or even complete, outsourced comics on demand for publishers entering

3216-415: The fledgling medium . Timely's first in-house editor, Joe Simon , relaunched the series with issue #6 as his second project for Goodman and remained for the last few issues. Following Daring Mystery Comics #1-8 (Jan. 1940 - Jan. 1942) and a publishing hiatus, the series' numbering continued under different titles. In a quirk of publishing involving U.S. Postal Service regulations and mailing costs, and

3283-559: The force of the Jaspers Warp upon London, causing much chaos and devastation. However, Jaspers found himself under attack from the reality-hopping Fury, and the two engage in a large-scale reality-warping battle in which Jaspers was ultimately killed by the Fury, who teleported him outside the universe, where he would have no reality to control and thus be rendered powerless. Mad Stinker is an anthropomorphic skunk and animal version of Mad Thinker. Madame Monstrosity ( Melodia Stillwell )

3350-596: The guardian of the shield of hero Captain America . He soon joins the Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff, the Galactic Guardians . The Earth-982 version of Mainframe appears when Iron Man decided to retire from the hero business. Iron Man did not want to let his legacy end, designed an android patterned after the Iron Man armor, and called this robotic warrior Mainframe. Mainframe was brought online when Trolls attacked

3417-449: The impostor, and the real Merlin placed him in suspended animation. The false Merlin was revived in modern times, still posing as Merlin, and battled and was defeated by Thor , after which he went back into the coffin. He later became a professional criminal and took the name Warlock , organizing a band of armored mercenaries. He abducted Marvel Girl , battled the original X-Men , and was rendered comatose by Professor X . Later, as

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3484-479: The man in the room", and kills the business manager when the man enters. The robot then leaves the house, programmed to "kill the man in the room" but ultimately falls off a pier into the sea and short-circuits. M-11 appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 via the "Agents of Atlas" DLC pack. Maa-Gor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A member of

3551-672: The mentalist Maha Yogi , he attempted to create an army of mind-slaves. He fought and was defeated by the Beast and Iceman . The Maha Yogi then became the chairman of Merlin Industries. With Mongu, the Maha Yogi plotted world conquest, but was defeated by the Hulk and Doctor Druid . During his encounter with the Hulk, his fragment of the Bloodgem was destroyed and he rapidly aged into helplessness. Some time later,

3618-454: The modern portrayal of the character. However, some first appearances are considered classics. 1990s-era Spider-Man writer Howard Mackie said that his favorite story featuring the character was his first appearance and origin story in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962), stating that writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko "gave us everything we needed, I wanted or could ask for in the least possible space. Every single person who retells

3685-408: The origin never improves on the original, they simply expand it." First appearances of popular characters are among the most valuable comic books in existence. Of the "ten most valuable comic books" listed in the spring 2002 issue of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide , seven are first appearances of popular superheroes . Another, Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939), is the first appearance of

3752-433: The possibility of two creators — debuted in issue #6 (Sept. 1940). Non-superhero features included "G-Man, Don Gorman", a single-issue cover character by unknown creators, though inked by future notable Dick Briefer ; "Soldier of Fortune, John Steele" and "Monako the Master Magician" a.k.a. "Monako, Prince of Magic", both by artist co-creator Larry Antonette (under the pseudonym Dean Carr for "John Steele"); "K-4 and

3819-428: The previously introduced Fiery Mask. Issue #7 (April 1941) contained an eight-page Simon & Kirby story introducing the obscure Captain Daring (taken over for the next and last issue by artist Frank Borth , and continuing as Captain Dash in Comedy Comics #9). One of the first superhero parodies — Stuporman, by Harry Douglas who signed his name "Harry / Douglas" leading to much confusion and many theories over

3886-678: The pristine condition prized by collectors. What few remain can be worth thousands of dollars to interested collectors. For example, in 2004, a copy of Flash Comics #1 (January 1940), the first appearance of The Flash , was auctioned for $ 42,000 and a copy of Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), the first appearance of Captain America sold for $ 64,400. In 2010, another copy of Flash Comics #1 sold privately for $ 450,000. The first appearance of Superman , Action Comics #1 (June 1938), has been regarded as " holy grail " of comic books, due to its cultural significance and rarity (fewer than one hundred copies are thought to exist). Superman

3953-403: The same way. Afterwards, Mahoney and the NYPD arrest the culprit X-Cutioner . Mainframe is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Earth-691 version of Mainframe is a future counterpart of Vision that is featured in the title Guardians of the Galaxy . Main Frame is the chief operating system of an entire planet, and

4020-414: The young boy Kevin Masterson. Mainframe assembled all of the reserve Avengers and fought to save Kevin. When the fight was over, Mainframe, Stinger , J2 , and the new Thunderstrike formed A-Next , a new team of Avengers. Right away, Mainframe attempted to establish himself as team leader. He frequently encountered resistance from Stinger who did not know that Mainframe was a robot. But when Mainframe

4087-541: Was always mad, or descended into madness with the advent of his mutant reality warping powers, Jaspers had lost his sanity. Jaspers of Earth-238 was so determined to rid his world of mutants, he began to move beyond drumming up anti-mutant sentiment and constructed an incredibly powerful adaptive cybernetic construct known simply as the Fury to hunt and eliminate all superpowered beings. Jaspers had also formed an advanced technological equipped military task force charged with eliminating super powered beings, this group known as

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4154-430: Was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . Yogi was apparently born 10,000 years ago in what is now Central Europe. He apparently was a savage that came to possess some portion of the same Bloodgem that Ulysses Bloodstone would later possess, which gave him immortality and eternal youth. He later came to Britain during the time of Camelot, and impersonated the real Merlin while he was away. The Eternal Sersi exposed

4221-470: Was deluded into thinking that his appearance is normal. Macendale eventually succeeds in purging himself of his demonic powers and was later revamped again with cybernetic implants. The character was killed off in Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1 to make room for Roderick Kingsley to take back the Hobgoblin mantle. Writer Roger Stern recounted being initially uncertain of how to resolve the situation of there being two Hobgoblins: Sir James "Mad Jim" Jaspers

4288-462: Was lost in the timestream, until being pulled into the Askani future by Rachel Summers. Tanya became a member of Rachel's Askani Sisterhood and took on the alias Sanctity. Arthur " Artie " Maddicks is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He first appeared in X-Factor #2 (March 1986), and was created by Bob Layton and Jackson Guice . The mutant son of Dr Carl Maddicks, Artie's mutation gives him

4355-425: Was named "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 Agents of Atlas miniseries as an allusion to its first appearance in Menace #11 from Atlas Comics (Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor). In an alternate reality from mainstream Earth, a scientist's newly created robot is programmed by the scientist's greedy business manager to murder the scientist. The incomplete robot, however, continues through with his directive to "kill

4422-430: Was revealed in Uncanny X-Men #-1 (July 1997). She's a member of the Askani and as such, her story ties into that of Rachel Summers and Cable . Madame Sanctity was originally Tanya Trask, daughter of Bolivar Trask , the creator of the Sentinels . Like her brother Larry , Tanya was a mutant, though she possessed time travelling powers, as well as telepathic and psychokinetic abilities. When these manifested, Tanya

4489-493: Was sold at auction for $ 1,000,000 in 2010. Even a copy graded at a much lower 5.5 ("fine minus") sold for $ 956,000 in 2016. Shortly after the record-breaking million-dollar sale of Action Comics #1 in 2010, a copy of Detective Comics #27 featuring the first appearance of Batman was sold for $ 1,075,000 in a Heritage auction. Several factors determine the value of a first appearance. Note: All values are according to ComicsPriceGuide.com and are for editions certified by

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