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Detective Comics #359
Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020
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Detective Comics #359
 
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Facsimile reprint of Detective Comics #359, the first appearance of Batgirl

Ms. Marvel #6
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Ms. Marvel #6
 
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1st full appearance of the Inventor

Avengers #134
Marvel ⋅ 1975
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Avengers #134
 
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$35

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Vision learns his body was created from the first Human Torch, the android Jim Hammond introduced in the Golden Age

Arachnophobia #1
Disney ⋅ 1990
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Arachnophobia #1
 
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Official adaptation of the 1990 Disney film, standard edition

[June 2022 - a remake is in the works for Amblin Partners with Christopher Landon (Freaker) writing/directing and James Wan's production house attached]

Venom #26
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Venom #26
 
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Variant Wednesday cover

This cover is Marvel's response to retailers and customers after DC switched distributor partners and began releasing comics for sale on Tuesday instead of Wednesday tradition

Fantastic Four #265
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Fantastic Four #265
 
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She-Hulk joins the Fantastic Four

The Thing quits the Fantastic Four

The Skrull, Lyja replaces Alicia Masters in this issue which is later revealed in Fantastic Four #357

Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3
Western ⋅ 1965
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Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3
 
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First reprint of Four Color #178, the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge

Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #4
Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Deadpool: Black, White & Blood #4
 
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1st appearance of Sakura-Spider in U.S. comic books, originally introduced in Deadpool: Samurai #2, published in Japan by Shonen Jump

Black Hammer #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2016
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Black Hammer #1
 
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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

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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]

Venom #27
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Venom #27
 
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1st full appearance of Codex, Dylan Brock in an alternate reality

1st appearance of an alternate reality Agent Venom

Green Lantern #9
DC ⋅ 1961
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Green Lantern #9
 
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$1.2k

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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Sinestro

1st appearance of Rori Stroh, Larvox, NautKeLoi, Chaselon, Xax - members of the Green Lantern Corps

1st appearance of Jim Jordan, the younger brother of Hal Jordan

As of November 2023 there exists 351 total graded copies of this issue with 12 graded 8.5 and only 16 graded higher

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It would appear this book is undervalued considering Sinestro is an enduring villain with more live-action potential

As of March 2024 only 8 copies graded higher than 9.0 including seven 9.2s and a lone 9.4, none higher

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