January 3 2020

📆 Top 20 Keys January 3, 2020 ⚠️ Percent increase refers to copies sold unless otherwise stated 

Marvel Dec 1980

Star Wars #42

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$15
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$50
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$175
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Standard-sized comic book appearances:
1st appearance of Boba Fett, a bounty hunter
1st cameo appearance of Dengar, Bossk, IG-88 and Zuckuss - bounty hunters
1st cameo appearance of Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious
Debut of Slave I, a pursuit craft
Reprinted from Marvel Comics Super Special Magazine, adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back
Celebrates the 80th year of Detective Comics in an 80-page format sold exclusively at Walmart
According to DC, approximately 1,500 copies were sent into the market
Reprints the first appearances of Robin, Batgirl and Leslie Thompkins
Original story by Robert Venditti titled ‘Dinner for Two’
Back cover is a mostly black advertisement for the Shazam! movie and susceptible to color rub
Marvel Dec 1979

ROM #1

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$3
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$9
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$35
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1st appearance and origin of ROM
1st appearance of the Prime Director
1st team appearance of the Dire Wraiths and the Spaceknights
Marvel Sep 1982

Marvel Graphic Novel #4

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$10
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$30
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$100
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1st team appearance of New Mutants: Cannonball (1st), Psyche (1st), Wolfsbane (1st), Sunspot (1st), Karma
Psyche aka Dani Moonstar later becomes Mirage
1st appearance of the White Rook, a member of the Hellfire Club
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$8
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$20
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$85
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A man with Multiple Personality Disorder turns out to be an extremely effective assassin
Copies ordered by retailers: 8,375
[November 2020 - Deadline reports this production is still in-development]
Marvel Apr 1972

Tomb of Dracula #1

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$60
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$180
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$600
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1st appearance of Dracula, created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan, inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic character
1st appearance of Van Helsing
1st appearance of Frank Drake, a descendant of Dracula
Dark Horse Comics Mar 2014

The Witcher #1

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$5
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$18
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$60
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'The Witcher' video game tie-in comic book series
Original stories created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowki's exist but are very difficult to find
Copies ordered by retailers: 6,525
Adapted for a Netflix series, premiered December 2019
Dark Horse Comics Jul 2016

Black Hammer #1

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$1
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$5
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$18
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1st appearance of Black Hammer
1st appearance of Lucy Weber, later becomes the second Black Hammer
1st appearance of Abraham Slam
1st appearance of Talky-Walky
1st appearance of Madame Dragonfly
1st appearance of Golden Gail
1st appearance of Colonel Weird
1st appearance of Anti-God
1st team appearance of Starlok and the Lightriders
Copies ordered by retailers: 19,775
[December 2019 - optioned for TV and film by Legendary with development well underway according to Jeff Lemire]
Marvel Jan 1981

Daredevil #168

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$25
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$95
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$280
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1st appearance and origin of Elektra
1st cameo appearance of Robert 'Goldy' Goldman, dialogue only
First solo written work on Daredevil by Frank Miller - previous co-writer credit first occurred in issue #165
Elektra misspelled 'Elecktra' on the cover
Marvel Apr 1964

Daredevil #1

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$1.7K
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$6.8K
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$21K
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1st appearance and origin of Daredevil, Matt Murdock
1st appearance of Foggy Nelson, a lawyer
1st appearance of Karen Page, the love interest of Matt Murdock
Marvel Jan 2020 Vol 3

Star Wars #1

Error
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$5
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$18
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$85
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Error variant with Star Wars #1 (2020) blank sketch cover wrapped around Thor #1 (2020)

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