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Argosy Comic Book Price Guide #1
Argosy Bookstore ⋅ 1965
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Argosy Comic Book Price Guide #1
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

The first known comic book price guide

Published in 1965, five years before the first published Overstreet Price Guide

Fewer than 50 copies are known to exist

A CGC 7.0 graded copy sold in 2020 for $1,229

The Meg #1
Dabel Brothers ⋅ 2018
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The Meg #1
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

Comic book adaptation of the 1997 novel by Steve Alten that was made into a film in 2018

Print run: 600

Masters of the Universe #8
Variant ⋅ MV Creations ⋅ 2004
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Masters of the Universe #8
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$200

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Nathan Baertsch, limited to 500 copies

Each issue includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Metal Gear Solid #1
Diamond Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2004
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Metal Gear Solid #1
 
Low
$12
Mid
$45
High
$140

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Ashley Wood, limited to 1,000 copies

Diamond Retailer Summit 2004 giveaway

Spawn #5
International ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993
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Spawn #5
 
Low
$10
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$30
High
$100

Key Facts

German reprint of Spawn #9, the first appearance of Angela

Second printing, off-white, embossed cover

Marvel Previews #16
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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Marvel Previews #16
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$75

Key Facts

Cover art featuring the Young Avengers, distributed prior to the publication of Young Avengers #1 (2005)

Red She-Hulk #58
1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012
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Red She-Hulk #58
 
Low
$55
Mid
$140
High
$375

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Greg Horn

First Red She-Hulk titled series beginning with this issue and ending with issue #67, formerly titled Hulk from 2008

Greg Horn said about the cover, “when I turned in the art with her clothes in tatters the feedback was to make her clothes less tattered”

JLA / Avengers
Hardcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 2004
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JLA / Avengers
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

288-page set of two hardcover volumes in a slipcase collecting the four-issue JLA/Avengers crossover with additional content

Co-published by DC (issues #1 and #3) and Marvel (issues #2 and #4) in 2003

Additional content includes: a 64-page compendium comprised of twenty-one penciled pages from a 1983 crossover that was never published

Also, detailed character notes written by Kurt Busiek, a George Perez art portfolio and more to commemorate the historic event

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Original retail price: $75.00

Boy's Club #1
Buenaventura Press ⋅ 2006
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Boy's Club #1
 
Low
$35
Mid
$110
High
$325

Key Facts

1st appearance of Pepe the Frog in a printed comic book, previously seen in web and news strip comics

Fans were displeased with the widespread use of Pepe's likeness in internet memes and campaigned to reclaim the frog by associating him with racist imagery

In 2017, the Anti-Defamation League labeled Pepe the Frog a hate symbol

As of Feb 2024 there is a total of six copies on the census including four at 9.8, none higher

Uncanny X-Men #297
Pressman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Uncanny X-Men #297
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$225

Key Facts

Variant Pressman Edition

Obtained by purchasing the 1992 X-Men board game, manufactured by Pressman and sending in a voucher included with the game

Rarest of the Pressman variants because it was the only one that required a mail-in voucher

Distinguishable by the words "Song's End" colored RED and "X-Men" colored GOLD

Star Wars #17
Newsstand ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2000
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Star Wars #17
 
Low
$3
Mid
$10
High
$60

Key Facts

Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright #3
ONI ⋅ 2000
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Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright #3
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40

Key Facts

Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,592

Uncharted #1
Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2012
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Uncharted #1
 
Low
$30
Mid
$100
High
$300

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Adam Hughes

Marvel Comics Presents #98
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Marvel Comics Presents #98
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$5

Key Facts

Origin of the name 'Wolverine' given to Logan by Native Americans of the Blackfoot tribe and when translated means 'Skunk-Bear'

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