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August 28 2020

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Shazam #28
DC ⋅ 1977
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Shazam #28
 
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$30
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$100
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$325

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Black Adam in an original story

There was a fanzine published prior to this issue called Alter Ego where Black Adam appears on the cover but the interior is a text article recapping the Marvel Family and Black Adam though it is historically interesting as it was written by prominent Marvel writer Roy Thomas before his tenure at Marvel began

DC Comics Presents #49
DC ⋅ 1982
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DC Comics Presents #49
 
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$8
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$25
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$75

Key Facts

Team-up of Superman and Shazam vs Black Adam

Firestorm the Nuclear Man #35
DC ⋅ 1985
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Firestorm the Nuclear Man #35
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

1st appearance of Weasel

[April 2023 - Sean Gunn to voice Weasel in Creature Commandos]

Booster Gold #1
DC ⋅ 1986
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Booster Gold #1
 
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$5
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$30
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$90

Key Facts

1st appearance of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Skeets, the robot sidekick of Booster Gold

1st appearance of Blackguard

1st appearance of Trixie Collins, later becomes Goldstar

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1st cameo appearance of Mindancer

[January 2023 - a Booster Gold TV series about a "loser from the future" who returns to the past to pretend to be a superhero is planned for HBO Max]

Superman #4
DC ⋅ 1987
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Superman #4
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

1st appearance of Bloodsport

1st appearance of Maggie Sawyer, DC's first openly gay female character

Suicide Squad #1
DC ⋅ 1987
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Suicide Squad #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

1st appearance of Warden John Economos

1st team appearance of Onslaught aka Jihad: Chimera aka Nightshade, Djinn, Jaculi, Manticore, Ravan and Rustam

1st appearance of Simon LaGrieve

[April 2023 - Steve Agee to voice John Economos in Creature Commandos]

Detective Comics #575
DC ⋅ 1987
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Detective Comics #575
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

"Year Two" part 1

1st appearance of the second Reaper, Judson Caspian

1st appearance Rachel Caspian

Wonder Woman #9
DC ⋅ 1987
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Wonder Woman #9
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Barbara Minerva as the third Cheetah

Batman #436
DC ⋅ 1989
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Batman #436
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

1st appearance of Tim Drake, later becomes Robin

Icon #1
Milestone ⋅ 1993
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Icon #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

1st appearance of Icon, an alien who crash-landed on earth and took the form of a black child

1st appearance of Rocket, the first teen mother depicted in DC Comics

First preview of Static, a 3-page sneak peek

Static #1
Milestone ⋅ 1993
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Static #1
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

1st appearance of Static Shock, the first black superhero to star in his own cartoon series

1st appearance of Hotstreak, a villain with the power to control fire

[October 2020 - Warner Brothers and Michael B. Jordan to produce a Static Shock movie - status currently unknown / April 2023 - James Gunn replied to a tweet that DC has plans to incorporate Milestone characters in upcoming projects]

Superboy #9
DC ⋅ 1994
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Superboy #9
 
Low
$5
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$18
High
$65

Key Facts

1st full appearance of King Shark

Cartoon Network Starring #1
DC ⋅ 1999
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Cartoon Network Starring #1
 
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$5
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$18
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$70

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Powerpuff Girls in a standard comic book

Batman: Ego #1
DC ⋅ 2000
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Batman: Ego #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

Darwyn Cooke's Batman: Ego was an inspiration for the 2022 Batman film

Batman #609
DC ⋅ 2003
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Batman #609
 
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$4
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$12
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$40

Key Facts

1st appearance of Thomas Elliot, later revealed to be Hush

[March 2022 - the Batman movie tie-in website rataalada.com posted an image of a riddle that rewards puzzle-solvers with a video of Thomas Wayne's mayoral campaign ad which briefly splashes the word HUSH! across the screen]

Justice Society of America #1
DC ⋅ 2007
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Justice Society of America #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

1st appearance of Cyclone, Maxine Hunkel, previously Red Tornado

1st appearance of Liberty Belle

1st cameo appearance of Tomcat the son of Wildcat, Ted Grant

1st cover appearance of Citizen Steel, Nathan Heywood, on the cover only

Batman #2
DC ⋅ 2011
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Batman #2
 
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$1
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$3
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$12

Key Facts

1st appearance of The Talon, William Cobb, an assassin for the Court of Owls and the great-grandfather of Dick Grayson

Batman #6
DC ⋅ 2012
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Batman #6
 
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$5
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$18
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$65

Key Facts

1st full team appearance of The Court of Owls

📈 +167% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Batwing #19
DC ⋅ 2013
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Batwing #19
 
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$5
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$15
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$50

Key Facts

1st appearance Luke Fox, becomes the second Batwing in issue #20

Retirement of first Batwing, David Zavimbe

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,570

Spawn #309
Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020
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Spawn #309
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Todd McFarlane

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