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September 11 2020

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Marvel Previews #64
Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Marvel Previews #64
 
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$8
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$20
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$90

Key Facts

Back cover preview of Shuri as the Black Panther, predating the 2009 Black Panther series

Marvel Previews is a solicitation catalog of upcoming comic books that retailers used to create their weekly orders. Some still do but the process has mostly moved online

Outlawed #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Outlawed #1
 
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$1
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$5
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$18

Key Facts

Variant wraparound cover art by Tony Daniel

Free Comic Book Day 2016: The Legend of Korra #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2016
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Free Comic Book Day 2016: The Legend of Korra #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

Free Comic Book Day 2016

Main story set in the Airbender universe

One of the top ten most watched shows on Netflix in 2020

Also includes back-up stories featuring comic book adaptations of 'How To Train Your Dragon' and 'Plants vs. Zombies'

Spider-Gwen II #24
Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Spider-Gwen II #24
 
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$10
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$30
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$100

Key Facts

1st appearance of Gwen Stacy as Gwenom

Dune #1
Marvel ⋅ 1985
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Dune #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

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Three-issue reprinted series originally published in Marvel Comics Super Special #36

Adaptation of the 1984 David Lynch film

Incredible Hulk #449
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Incredible Hulk #449
 
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$5
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$15
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$50

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1st team appearance of The Thunderbolts: Citizen V (formerly Baron Zemo), Atlas (formerly Goliath), Mach-1 (formerly Beetle), Songbird (formerly Screaming Mimi), Meteorite (formerly Moonstone II), Techno (formerly Fixer)

[February 2019 - 🚨 KEY COLLECTOR COMICS EXCLUSIVE - a Thunderbolts series is in development]

[SDCC 2022 - Thunderbolts confirmed]

Venom #9
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #9
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

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1st full appearance of Dylan Brock, son of Eddie Brock

Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$8

Key Facts

1st appearance of Cortland Kasady, an ancestor of Carnage who is later resurrected by Knull and named Plague

Fantastic Four #52
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Fantastic Four #52
 
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$180
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$600
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$1.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Black Panther, T'Challa, king of Wakanda

Ms. Marvel #1
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Ms. Marvel #1
 
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$5
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$18
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$60

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First solo titled series featuring Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan

1st appearance of Zoe Zimmer

1st appearance of Nakia Bahadir aka Kiki

Origin of Ms. Marvel, specifically the development of her powers

Fantastic Four #245
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Fantastic Four #245
 
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$1
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$5
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$18

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1st appearance of Avatar, Franklin Richards as an adult

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #105
IDW ⋅ 2020
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #105
 
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$1
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$3
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$12

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Cameo appearance of Lita from the future, an albino turtle who has become an important supporting character since introduced as a child in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101

Spawn #297
Image ⋅ 2019
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Spawn #297
 
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$1
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$2
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$3

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2nd appearance of Ninja Spawn

Comics Scene #31
Starlog ⋅ 1992
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Comics Scene #31
 
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$15
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$50
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$150

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Preview appearance of Harley Quinn in a magazine article about Batman Animated Adventures, predates Batman Adventures #12

X-Men #53
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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X-Men #53
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

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1st full appearance of Onslaught, a creation born from the mind of Charles X and Magneto

Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1
1:25 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019
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Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1
 
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$18
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$60
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$180

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Kagan McLeod

Cover art is a depiction of a scene from the first Karate Kid film (1984)

Amazing Fantasy #7
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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Amazing Fantasy #7
 
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$3
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$9
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$30

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1st appearance of the new Scorpion, Carmilla Black

1st appearance of Monica Rapaccini, Scientist Supreme of A.I.M. and mother of Carmilla

[January 2020 - confirmed character in the M.O.D.O.K. animated series]

Copies purchased by retailers: 21,798

Wonder Woman #762
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020
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Wonder Woman #762
 
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$3
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$9
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$30

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Variant design sketch cover art by Mikel Janin featuring Liar Liar, the daughter of Maxwell Lord

Superman #25
Non-Key
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020
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Superman #25
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

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Variant design cover art by Kevin Maguire featuring Synmar

Shuri #2
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Shuri #2
 
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$1
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$5
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$18

Key Facts

Second issue of Shuri's first solo titled series

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