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Daredevil #612
1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Daredevil #612
 
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$8
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$85

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Paolo Rivera

TV variant depicting illustrations of Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D'Onofrio as Kingpin

Excalibur Special Edition #1
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Excalibur Special Edition #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$5

Key Facts

1st team appearance of Excalibur: Captain Britain, Meggan, Rachel Summers as Phoenix, Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, Nightcrawler

Note: there are two first print versions: the version pictured here is more scarce and doesn't display a price on the cover. The other shows a price of $3.25

Everything $3.50 and above are later printings

Marvel Assistant-Size Spectacular #2
Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Marvel Assistant-Size Spectacular #2
 
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1st appearance of Galacta, daughter of Galactus

Origin of Elsa Bloodstone

Copies ordered by retailers: 7,805

Atlas #4
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 2010
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Atlas #4
 
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$3

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Cover art featuring Namora

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,205

Wolverine: The Origin #1
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Wolverine: The Origin #1
 
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$15

Key Facts

Origin of Logan, his childhood and emergence of mutant powers

1st full appearance of Rose O'Hara, the first love of Wolverine

Premiere issue a six-issue limited series

Wolverine: The Origin #3
Marvel ⋅ 2002
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Wolverine: The Origin #3
 
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$3

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Origin of Wolverine, specifically how he came to be called Logan

Halo Graphic Novel Preview #1
Marvel ⋅ 2006
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Halo Graphic Novel Preview #1
 
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$4
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$12
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$40

Key Facts

16-page preview of the 2006 Halo graphic novel

First published comic book adapted from the Halo video game franchise

[February 2022 - Paramount commits to Halo season 2]

Marvel Must Haves #13
Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2003
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Marvel Must Haves #13
 
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$1
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$2
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$10

Key Facts

Collected reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #30 - #32, the arc that introduces Morlun

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,767

Frankenstein #1
Marvel ⋅ 1973
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Frankenstein #1
 
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$20
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$85
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$230

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Frankenstein in Marvel Comics, previously appeared in Atlas Comics

The Frankenstein character in X-Men #40 was revealed to be an android

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