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Showcase #4
DC ⋅ 1956
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Showcase #4
 
Low
$7.3k
Mid
$25k
High
$142k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Flash, Barry Allen

1st appearance of Iris West, the wife of Barry Allen

This issue is credited for ushering in the Silver Age of comics

Adventure Comics #247
DC ⋅ 1958
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Adventure Comics #247
 
Low
$1.3k
Mid
$3.8k
High
$19k

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of the Legion of Super-Heroes: Cosmic Boy, Lightning Boy, Saturn Girl

1st appearance of Cosmic Boy

1st appearance of Lightning Boy, later becomes Lightning Lad

1st appearance of Saturn Girl

Action Comics #242
DC ⋅ 1958
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Action Comics #242
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Brainiac

1st appearance of the Bottle City of Kandor, the capital city of Krypton

[May 2023 - Brainiac rumored for Superman Legacy]

Superboy #68
DC ⋅ 1958
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Superboy #68
 
Low
$225
Mid
$980
High
$2.7k

Key Facts

1st appearance and death of Bizarro Superboy

Showcase #17
DC ⋅ 1958
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Showcase #17
 
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$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Adam Strange

1st appearance of Alanna, daughter of Sardath

1st appearance of Sardath, a scientist from Rann who created Zeta-Beams

🔮 DC Possibilities: James Gunn reviewed the 2020 Tom King series as a 'freaking masterpiece' and DC had previously shown interest in an HBO Max show with Adam Strange therefore Adam Strange overall has high potential

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📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $10,200 [$2,810 in 2012] +263%

Batman #121
DC ⋅ 1959
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Batman #121
 
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$3.1k
High
$11.7k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Mr. Freeze, initially named Mr. Zero, later renamed Mr. Freeze in Detective Comics #373

Flash #105
DC ⋅ 1959
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Flash #105
 
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Mirror Master

Barry Allen appears for the first time in the Flash title

Action Comics #252
DC ⋅ 1959
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Action Comics #252
 
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$6k
High
$22k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Supergirl

1st appearance of Metallo

1st appearance of Zor-El, the father of Supergirl

[December 2023 - Supergirl rumored to be introduced in Superman: Legacy]

Our Army at War #83
DC ⋅ 1959
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Our Army at War #83
 
Low
$1.5k
Mid
$4.2k
High
$15k

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Sgt. Rock

Brave and the Bold, The #25
DC ⋅ 1959
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Brave and the Bold, The #25
 
Low
$290
Mid
$650
High
$4.5k

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Suicide Squad: Rick Flag, Jess Bright, Karin Grace, Hugh Evans

The first iteration of the Suicide Squad preceded the formation of the Justice League of America by three issues

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $3,360 [$2,390 in 2014] +41%

Showcase #22
DC ⋅ 1959
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Showcase #22
 
Low
$2.2k
Mid
$7k
High
$35k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Hal Jordan as Green Lantern

1st appearance Carol Ferris, later becomes the second Star Sapphire

1st appearance and death of Abin Sur, an alien who gave Hal his ring as he died

First mention of the Green Lantern Corps

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[January 2023 - Hal Jordan and John Stewart will lead a new Green Lantern TV series inspired by True Detective]

Brave and the Bold, The #28
DC ⋅ 1960
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Brave and the Bold, The #28
 
Low
$2.2k
Mid
$9.3k
High
$74k

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Justice League of America: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman

1st appearance of Starro the Conqueror

Green Lantern #1
DC ⋅ 1960
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Green Lantern #1
 
Low
$500
Mid
$1.8k
High
$9.3k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Oa, the planetary headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps

1st appearance of Puppet Master

1st team appearance of the Guardians of the Universe

Tales to Astonish #13
Marvel ⋅ 1960
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Tales to Astonish #13
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Groot, an alien resembling a tree

Justice League of America #1
DC ⋅ 1960
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Justice League of America #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k

Key Facts

First solo-titled Justice League of America series

1st appearance of Despero

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $348,000 [$215,100 in 2018] +62%

Batman #139
DC ⋅ 1961
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Batman #139
 
Low
$220
Mid
$815
High
$2.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Bat-Girl, Betty Kane

Green Lantern #7
DC ⋅ 1961
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Green Lantern #7
 
Low
$340
Mid
$1.5k
High
$3.7k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Sinestro, known as the greatest of all Green Lanterns until it was discovered he used the power ring to enslave the sector he was charged to protect

Flash #123
DC ⋅ 1961
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Flash #123
 
Low
$480
Mid
$1.6k
High
$5.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Golden Age Flash in the Silver Age

Key issue of the Mutliverse concept

2nd appearance of The Shade

First mention of Earth-2, home of the Golden Age superheroes

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[March 2022 - rumor that Warner Bros. will incorporate a Crisis on Infinite Earths event (which was already adapted for TV) in The Flash movie in an effort to streamline their universe of live-action projects. If this is the scenario, a Multiverse concept will first have to be established as it did in this issue]

Showcase #34
DC ⋅ 1961
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Showcase #34
 
Low
$160
Mid
$850
High
$3.9k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of The Atom aka Ray Palmer, in the Silver Age

1st appearance of Jean Loring, girlfriend of Ray Palmer

Strange Tales #89
Marvel ⋅ 1961
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Strange Tales #89
 
Low
$610
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.3k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Fin Fang Foom, translated his name means 'he whose limbs shatter mountains and whose back scrapes the sun'

1st appearance of Dr. Chan Liuchow, a member of the Legion of Night

Fantastic Four #1
Marvel ⋅ 1961
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Fantastic Four #1
 
Low
$12k
Mid
$49.5k
High
$190k

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of the Fantastic Four: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, The Thing

1st appearance of Mole Man

1st appearance of Giganto, a Deviant Mutate from Monster Isle

1st appearance of Tricephalous

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Landmark issue that launched the Marvel Age of comics

💰 In April 2022, a 9.2 sold for $1.5 million

[SDCC 2022 - Phase 6 will open with the Fantastic Four film / March 2023 - Josh Friedman (‘Avatar: The Way of Water’) is set to write the script for the Fantastic Four movie / November 2023 - Pedro Pascal rumored to have been offered the role of Reed Richards]

Fantastic Four #2
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Fantastic Four #2
 
Low
$750
Mid
$3.7k
High
$9.3k

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Skrulls, the shape-shifting alien race

2nd team appearance of the Fantastic Four

Tales to Astonish #27
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Tales to Astonish #27
 
Low
$1.4k
Mid
$4.7k
High
$21k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Hank Pym, later becomes Ant-Man, Goliath, Giant-Man and Yellowjacket

Aquaman #1
DC ⋅ 1962
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Aquaman #1
 
Low
$220
Mid
$680
High
$2.7k

Key Facts

Premiere issue of the first Aquaman title series

1st appearance of Qwsp, a creature from the 5th dimension and ally of Aquaman

Fantastic Four #3
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Fantastic Four #3
 
Low
$815
Mid
$3.3k
High
$9.8k

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Fantastic Four in costume

1st appearance of the Miracle Man

1st appearance of the Baxter Building, Fantastic-car and Fantastic-copter

Fantastic Four #4
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Fantastic Four #4
 
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$5.7k
High
$15.1k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Sub-Mariner in the Silver Age

First time the Human Torch activates his power while shouting, 'Flame On'

Incredible Hulk #1
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Incredible Hulk #1
 
Low
$7k
Mid
$37k
High
$210k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Hulk

1st appearance of Betty Ross

1st appearance of Rick Jones

1st appearance of General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

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[October 2022 - Harrison Ford will appear as General Thunderbolt Ross in Captain America 4 / March 2023 - Liv Tyler rumored to reprise the role of Betty Ross in Captain America: New World Order]

Incredible Hulk #2
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Incredible Hulk #2
 
Low
$1.4k
Mid
$4.8k
High
$14.1k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of the Hulk, first time with green skin, previously gray

Fantastic Four #5
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Fantastic Four #5
 
Low
$5.5k
Mid
$19k
High
$52k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom

Journey Into Mystery #83
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Journey Into Mystery #83
 
Low
$4.2k
Mid
$20k
High
$81k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Thor

Introduction of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir

1st team appearance of the Kronans, a race of rock-like aliens

1st appearance of Donald Blake, the human host of Thor

Journey Into Mystery #84
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Journey Into Mystery #84
 
Low
$775
Mid
$2.7k
High
$8.1k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Thor

1st appearance and cover of Jane Foster

Amazing Fantasy #15
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Amazing Fantasy #15
 
Low
$30k
Mid
$115k
High
$695k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Spider-Man

1st appearance and death of Uncle Ben

1st appearance of Aunt May

1st appearance of Flash Thompson

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1st appearance of Liz Allan, later marries Harry Osborn

💰 In Sept. 2021, a 9.6 sale of $3.6 million surpassed the previous record in this grade of $1.1 million from 2011

Journey Into Mystery #85
Marvel ⋅ 1962
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Journey Into Mystery #85
 
Low
$950
Mid
$4.7k
High
$14k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Loki, the Norse god of mischief

1st appearance of Balder, half-brother of Thor

1st appearance of Heimdall, guardian of Bifrost

1st appearance of Tyr, the Norse god of war

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1st cameo appearance of Odin, the All-Father, seen from behind

3rd appearance of Thor

Fantastic Four #12
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Fantastic Four #12
 
Low
$1.5k
Mid
$4.9k
High
$16k

Key Facts

First battle of the Hulk and the Fantastic Four

First crossover of a character with a title (the Hulk) into another title (Fantastic Four)

Tales of Suspense #39
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Tales of Suspense #39
 
Low
$6.2k
Mid
$18.5k
High
$44k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Iron Man

Debut of Iron Man's 'Model 1' armor

1st appearance of Wong-Chu, a Viet Cong warlord and Iron Man's first enemy

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

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9.8 sold for $840,000 [No Previous Data]

There is only one 9.8 of Iron Man's introduction known to exist

The previous highest amount paid for a copy of this issue was $275,000 in 2013 for a 9.6

Amazing Spider-Man #1
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #1
 
Low
$4.5k
Mid
$14.5k
High
$82k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Spider-Man

1st appearance of J. Jonah Jameson

First meeting of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four

1st appearance of Chameleon, Dmitri Smerdyakov, half-brother of Kraven the Hunter

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[February 2022 - confirmed, Fred Hechinger cast as Chameleon in the Kraven movie]

Amazing Spider-Man #2
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #2
 
Low
$1.6k
Mid
$4.7k
High
$16k

Key Facts

3rd appearance of Spider-Man

1st appearance of Vulture

1st appearance of the Terrible Tinkerer

1st cameo appearance of Mysterio, disguised as the assistant of the Terrible Tinkerer

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Spider-Man first references his ability to sense danger as his Spider-Sense tingling

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1
 
Low
$640
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.4k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Sgt. Nick Fury

1st team appearance of the Howling Commandos: Happy Sam Sawyer, Dino Manelli, Dum Dum Dugan, Junior Juniper, Rebel Ralston and Gabe Jones, the first ongoing black character in the mainstream Marvel Universe (post Fantastic Four #1)

In the book, Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Universe, Stan explains Gabe Jones was intended to be black but due to a printing error, he was the same color as the other soldiers. Gabe's skin tone is noticeably different in the next issue though it doesn't appear to be a natural skin color

Tales to Astonish #44
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Tales to Astonish #44
 
Low
$625
Mid
$1.7k
High
$7.6k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Wasp

My Greatest Adventure #80
DC ⋅ 1963
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My Greatest Adventure #80
 
Low
$260
Mid
$865
High
$2.6k

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of Doom Patrol: Chief, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, Robotman

1st appearance of General Immortus

Amazing Spider-Man #3
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #3
 
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4k
High
$12k

Key Facts

1st appearance, cover and origin of Dr. Octopus

Debut of the 'Spider's Web' fan letters section

An editing error has Doctor Octopus mistakenly refer to Spider-Man as Super-Man

Strange Tales #110
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Strange Tales #110
 
Low
$1.7k
Mid
$8.6k
High
$27k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Doctor Strange

1st appearance of the Ancient One, former Sorcerer Supreme

1st appearance of Wong, Doctor Strange's assistant

1st cameo appearance of Nightmare, multiple panels, named but obscured by shadows

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📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $150,000 [$66,000 in 2014] +127%

There are seven copies graded 9.6, none higher

Flash #139
DC ⋅ 1963
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Flash #139
 
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Professor Zoom, Eobard Thawne aka Reverse-Flash

Avengers #1
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Avengers #1
 
Low
$1.8k
Mid
$5.7k
High
$21k

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of the Avengers: Hulk, Iron Man, Wasp, Thor, Ant-Man

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $432,000 [$369,000 in 2021] +17%

Amazing Spider-Man #4
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #4
 
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Sandman

1st appearance of Betty Brant, a secretary at the Daily Bugle

Spider-Man refers to himself as 'The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' for the first time

1st cameo appearance of Jessica Jones, a spectator of the Sandman versus Spider-Man fight - this appearance is retconned as revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man #601

Uncanny X-Men #1
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Uncanny X-Men #1
 
Low
$6.2k
Mid
$14k
High
$85k

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the X-Men: Cyclops, Jean Grey aka Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Professor X

1st appearance of Magneto

Homo Superior concept, coined by Magneto to describe humans born with special abilities introduced in this issue

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Transactions from This week, that sold for higher than the previous twelve-month average:

6.5 sold for $22,322 vs the average $21,041 (+6%)

5.0 sold for $15,975 vs the average $13,327 (+20%)

3.0 sold for $7,500 vs the average $7,056 (+6%)

1.0 sold for $4,854 vs the average $4,281 (+13%)

A COVERLESS copy with no grade sold for $1,999 vs the average $1,650 (+21%)

The second appearance of the X-Men in issue #2 also delivered a few notable sales that outperformed the twelve-month average:

6.5 sold for $1,850 vs the average $1,516 (+22%)

4.0 sold for $789 vs the average $692 (+14%)

An INCOMPLETE copy in grade 0.5 sold for $330 vs the average $266 (+24%)

Similarly, X-Men #3 posted three sales that outsold the twelve-month average:

5.0 sold for $750 vs the average $690 (+9%)

3.5 sold for $560 vs the average $489 (+15%)

2.5 sold for $420 vs the average $359 (+17%)

Amazing Spider-Man #6
Marvel ⋅ 1963
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Amazing Spider-Man #6
 
Low
$675
Mid
$1.6k
High
$6.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Lizard

Uncanny X-Men #3
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Uncanny X-Men #3
 
Low
$110
Mid
$425
High
$1.9k

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Blob, an invulnerable mutant

Amazing Spider-Man #9
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Amazing Spider-Man #9
 
Low
$335
Mid
$1.4k
High
$6.1k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Electro

Tales of Suspense #50
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Tales of Suspense #50
 
Low
$180
Mid
$900
High
$1.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Mandarin

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