GRADING
GUIDE

GLOSSARY
TERMS

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APPEARANCES

Adult Legion - Superman #147, 8/61
All Star Squadron - Justice League of America #193, 8/81
All Winners Squad - All Winners Comics #19, Fall, 1946
Alpha Flight (cameo) - X-Men #120, 4/79; (full app.) X-Men #121, 5/79
Atari Force - New Teen Titans #27, 1/83
Atomic Knights - Strange Adventures #117, 6/60
Avengers - Avengers #1, 9/63; (first line-up change) Avengers #16, 5/65;
Avengers West Coast - West Coast Avengers #1, 9/84
Beagle Boys - Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #134, 11/51
Big-3 (Blue Beetle/Flame/Samson) - Big-3 #1, Fall, 1940
Blue Trinity - Flash #7, 12/87
Bizarro Legionnaires - Adventure Comics #329, 2/65
Boy Commandos - Detective Comics #64, 6/42
Brotherhood of Evil (new) - New Teen Titans #15, 1/82
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - X-Men #4, 3/64; (new) X-Men #141, 1/81
Challengers of the Unknown - Showcase #6, 1-2/57
Champions - Champions #1, 10/75
Citadel - Green Lantern #136, 1/81
Creature Commandos - Weird War Tales #93, 11/80
Damage Control - Marvel Comics Presents #19, 5/89
Darkstars - Dark Stars #1, 10/92
Defenders - Marvel Feature #1, 12/71; (prelude) Sub-Mariner #34, 2/71
Doom Patrol - My Greatest Adventure #80, 6/63; (new) Showcase #94, 8-9/77
Easy Company - Our Army At War #81, 4/59
Elementals, The - Justice Machine Annual #1, 1/84
Enforcers - Amazing Spider-Man #10, 3/64
Eternals - Eternals #1, 7/76
Excalibur - Excalibur Special Edition, 1987
Explorers - Boy Explorers #1, 5-6/46
Fab 4 - Super Heroes #1, 1/67
Fantastic Four - Fantastic Four #1, 11/61; (1st in costumes) Fantastic Four #3, 3/62
Fearsome Five - New Teen Titans #3, 1/81
Federal Men - New Comics #2, 1/36
Femforce - Femforce Special #1, Fall, 1984
Fightin' Five - Fightin' Five V2#28, 7/64
Forever People - Forever People #1, 3/71
Freedom Fighters - Justice League of America #107, 10/73
Frightful Four - Fantastic Four #36, 10/64
Future X-Men - X-Men #141, 1/81
Gen13 - WildC.A.T.S Trilogy #1, 6/93
Ghost Patrol - Flash Comics #29, 5/42
Girl Commandos - Speed Comics #13, 4/41
Great Lakes Avengers - West Coast Avengers #46, 7/89
Green Lantern Corp. - Green Lantern #130
Guardians of the Galaxy - Marvel Super-Heroes #18, 1/69; (1st solo book) Marvel Presents #3, 2/76
Guardians of the Universe - Green Lantern #1, 7-8/60
H.A.R.D. Corps - Harbinger #10, 10/92
Inferior Five - Showcase #62, 5-6/66
Infinity, Inc. - All Star Squadron #25,9/83
Inhumans - Fantastic Four #45, 12/65
Injustice Society Of The World - All Star Comics #37, 10-11/47
Intergalactic Vigilante Squadron - Adventure Comics #237, 6/57
International Sea Devils - Sea Devils #22, 3-4/66
Invaders - Avengers #71, 12/69; (re-intro) Namor, the Sub-Mariner #12, 3/91
Justice League Europe - Justice League International #24, 2/89
Justice League International (new) - Justice League Spectacular #1, 1992
Justice League of America - Brave and the Bold #28, 2-3/60;
Justice Legion A - JLA #23, 10/98
Justice Society of America - All Star Comics #3, Win, '40-41; (1st S.A. cameo) Flash #137, 1963
Kiss (1st full app.) - Howard the Duck #13, 6/77; (cameo) Howard the Duck #12, 3/77
Knights of the Galaxy - Mystery In Space #1, 4-5/51
Krypton Foes - Superman #65, 7-8/50
Legion of Monsters (Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Morbius, Werewolf) - Marvel Premiere #28, 1975
Legion of Substitute Heroes - Adventure Comics #306, 3/63
Legion of Super Heroes - Adventure Comics #247, 4/58
Legion Of Super Pets - Adventure Comics #293, 2/62
Legion of Super-Villains - Superman #147, 8/61
Liberators - Avengers #83, 12/70
Liberty Legion - Marvel Premiere #29, 4/76
Losers (Storm/Gunner/Sarge/J. Cloud) - G. I. Combat #138, 10-11/69
Lt. Marvels - Whiz Comics #21, 9/41
Marvel Family - Captain Marvel Adventures #18, 12/42
Masters of Evil - Avengers #6, 7/64; (new) Avengers #54, 7/68
Masters of the Universe - New Teen Titans #25, 11/82
Mercenaries - G.I. Combat #244, 1982
Metal Men - Showcase #37, 3-4/62
Mighty Crusaders - Mighty Crusaders #1, 11/65
New Gods - New Gods #1, 2-3/71
New Mutants - Marvel Graphic Novel #4, 1982
New Teen Titans - DC Comics Presents #26, 10/80
New Warriors (cameo) - Thor #411, 12/89; (full app.) Thor #412, 12/89
Newsboy Legion - Star Spangled Comics #7, 4/42; (re-intro) Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133, 10/70
Next Men - Dark Horse Presents #54, 9/91
Night Force - New Teen Titans #21, 7/82
Omega Men - Green Lantern #141, 6/81
Our Gang - Our Gang Comics #1, 9-10/42
Outsiders - Brave and the Bold #200, 7/83
Phantom Zone Villains (Dr. Zadu & Emdine) - Superboy #100, 10/62
Planeteers - Real Fact Comics #16, 9-10/48
Power Pack - Power Pack #1, 8/84
Royal Flush Gang - Justice League of America #43, 1966; (new) Justice League of America #203, 6/82
Sea Devils - Showcase #27, 7-8/60
Secret Six - Secret Six #1, 4-5/68; (re-intro) Action Comics #601, 6/88
Secret Society of Super-Villains - Secret Society of Super-Villains #1, 5-6/76
Sentinels - X-Men #14, 11/65
Seven Soldiers of Victory - Leading Comics #1, Wint, '41-42
Shadowmaster - Punisher #24, 10/89
S.H.I.E.L.D. - Nick Fury Agent of Shield #1, 6/68
Sinister Six - Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, 1964
Skrulls - Fantastic Four #2, 1/62
Stargazers - Vanguard Ill. #2, 12/83
Starjammers (cameo) - X-Men #104, 4/77; (full app.) X-Men #107, 10/77
Star Rovers - Mystery In Space #66, 3/61
Stargrazers - Vanguard Illustrated #2, 12/83
Suicide Squad - Brave and the Bold #25, 8-9/59; (new) Legends #3, 1/87
Super Friends - Super Friends #1, 11/76
Team America - Captain America #269, 5/82
Team Titans (Teen Titans) - New Titans Annual #7, 1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Gobbledygook #1, 1984
Teen Titans - Brave and the Bold #54, 6-7/64
Terrific Three (Jaguar, Mr. Justice, Steel Sterling) - Mighty Crusaders #5, 9/66
Three Mouseketeers - Funny Stuff #1, Sum '44
Thunder Agents - Thunder Agents #1, 11/65
Tiger Squadron - Blue Beetle #20, 4/43
Toxic Crusaders - Toxic Crusaders #1, 5/92
Tough Kid Squad - Tough Kid Squad #1, 3/42
Transformers - Transformers #1, 9/84
Tribe - WILDC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #4, 3/93
Ultra-Men (Fox, Web, Capt. Flag) - Mighty Crusaders #5, 9/66
Wanderers - Adventure Comics #375, 12/68
West Coast Avengers - West Coast Avengers #1, 9/84
Wildcats - WILDC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams #1, 8/92
X-Factor - Avengers #263, 1/86; (new team) X-Factor #71, 10/91
X-Force (cameo) - New Mutants #100, 4/91
X-Men - X-Men #1, 9/63; (new) Giant-Size X-Men #1, Sum, '75
X-Terminators - X-Terminators #1, 10/88
Young Allies - Young Allies #1, Sum '41
Youngblood (1 pg. ad) - Megaton #8, 8/87; (2pgs.) Megaton Explosion, 6/87
Young Justice - Young Justice: The Secret #1, 6/98


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