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Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5
 
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury

Any difference in Nick Fury's appearance or demeanor are not apparent in this issue similar to the Ultimate Fantastic Four's appearance in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #9

Marvel seems to have committed to the depiction of Nick Fury as a younger, black, James Bond type operative in Ultimate X-Men #9

It wasn't until Ultimates #2 when Fury was unmistakably imagined as Samuel L. Jackson, published 6 years prior to Jackson's MCU debut in Iron Man (2008)

Uncanny X-Men #266
Mark Jewelers ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Uncanny X-Men #266
 
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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Gambit

4-page interior Mark Jewelers advertisement, printed on paper stock and bound into the centerfold

Distributed to stores near military bases or on-site

Approximately only 5% of the print run included these advertisements

Star Wars Comic Packs #55
Dark Horse ⋅ 2011
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Star Wars Comic Packs #55
 
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Reprint of Jango Fett: Open Seasons 2

One of four exclusive Comic Packs distributed by Entertainment Earth

Includes action figures Montross and Jaster Mereel

Value reflects the sales of a sealed pack with action figures

Jurassic Park #1
Variant ⋅ Topps ⋅ 1993
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Jurassic Park #1
 
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'Amberchrome' gold holo-foil cover, limited to 7,500 numbered copies

Power of Shazam, The #4
DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1995
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Power of Shazam, The #4
 
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DC Universe logo

The Book of Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho #1
Essential Sequential ⋅ 2019
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The Book of Outrage: The Art of Frank Cho #1
 
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64-page, black and white, with some color, collection of comic book sketch covers and commissions by Frank Cho

Multiple depictions of popular superheroes, many illustrations with sexual humor

X-Men #11
Pressman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1992
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X-Men #11
 
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Pressman edition, silver background

Obtained by purchasing the 1992 X-Men board game (manufactured by Pressman) or mailing in a voucher included with the game

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Silver Surfer: Black #2
SDCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Silver Surfer: Black #2
 
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Variant black and white sketch cover art by Giuseppe Camuncoli

San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive, limited to 25 copies

Dark Horse Presents #4
Dark Horse ⋅ 2011
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Dark Horse Presents #4
 
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Premiere of Resident Alien, a story about an alien that crashes to earth and becomes fascinated by studying human beings (story runs through #5 and #6)

Resident Alien premiered on the SyFy channel January 27th 2021

Haunted Mansion #6
SLG ⋅ 2007
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Haunted Mansion #6
 
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Copies ordered by retailers: 2,968

X-Men '92 #3
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015
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X-Men '92 #3
 
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Variant cover art by Sana Takeda

Manga variant featuring Gambit and Jubilee

Marvel Comics Presents #45
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Marvel Comics Presents #45
 
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In the story, 'The Main Event' the Incredible Hulk challenges Hulk Hogan for the use of the name Hulk in what appears to be an unfriendly commentary from Marvel (courtesy of Peter David) aimed at Hogan

After handling Hogan, the Hulk says, “Any other of you clowns want to swipe a name you don’t deserve just to get ahead?”

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