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February 21 2020

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Fantastic Four #50
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Fantastic Four #50
 
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$850

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Jack Kirby

Classic battle of Silver Surfer vs Galactus

3rd appearance of Silver Surfer

2nd appearance of Galactus

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1st appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot, an ally of the Fantastic Four

Introduction of the Ultimate Nullifier, a weapon created by the Watchers

Auteur #1
ONI ⋅ 2014
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Auteur #1
 
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Key Facts

A disgraced producer enters a downward spiral on a quest to save his film career

Copies ordered by retailers: 7,546

[Feburary 2020 - Taika Waititi and Jude Law signed on for a film adaptation of this series - 🚨 Key Issue Alert sent February 15, 2020]

Captain America #254
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Captain America #254
 
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Key Facts

Death of the first Union Jack, suffered a heart attack

Death of Baron Blood, decapitated by Captain America

1st appearance of the third Union Jack, Joseph Chapman

Wolverine #1
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Wolverine #1
 
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$55
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$165

Key Facts

First solo Wolverine title

1st cameo appearance of Yukio

First use of the phrase, 'I'm the best there is at what I do'

Thor #2
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Thor #2
 
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Reference to the destruction of the DC Universe by the Black Winter, an entity that appears to those who are doomed as an enemy that was initially destined to destroy them

Cates alludes to the Black Winter taking on the form of Darkseid writing: they will see the stone-faced avatar of their one true end...For them, their omega. The one who is

Cates alludes to Darkseid's stone-like face, his Omega Beams and Tom King's run on Mr. Miracle with the line "Darkseid Is..."

Preview of Strange Academy

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The Strange Academy preview is not the first appearances of the characters. It is an excerpt of the first issue meant to promote the title. If it were an original story, then it would be considered a first appearance

Masters of the Universe #1
DC ⋅ 1982
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Masters of the Universe #1
 
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Key Facts

Three-issue limited series published by DC

This is the first Masters of the Universe title published by a major comic book company

Earlier He-Man related comics were distributed with action figures and were more closely related to children's picture books

Between July/August 1982, there were 16 issues that went on sale with a 14-page preview

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Five were published on July 13, 1982:

Firestorm #6, DC Comics Presents #51, Arak #15, Justice League of America #208, Wonder Woman #29

Spider-Man Unlimited #1
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Spider-Man Unlimited #1
 
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1st appearance of Shriek, a mutant ally of Carnage

Shriek appears in Venom II

Introduction of Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane

Amazing Spider-Man #210
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Amazing Spider-Man #210
 
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$9
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$25
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$90

Key Facts

1st appearance of Madame Web

Sensational She-Hulk, The #1
Marvel ⋅ 1989
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Sensational She-Hulk, The #1
 
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Second ongoing She-Hulk solo series

The cover dialogue is a reference to the first She-Hulk series cancellation

Five years later, the final Sensational She-Hulk issue went on-sale and on the cover, she demands that readers hand over their X-Men books to be destroyed due to the cancellation of the series

Savage She-Hulk #1
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Savage She-Hulk #1
 
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of She-Hulk, the cousin of Bruce Banner

From Beyond: The Unknown Giant #1
DC ⋅ 2020
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From Beyond: The Unknown Giant #1
 
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1st team appearance of The Gloom, aliens who sacrificed their physical form and uploaded their consciousness into warrior avatars to seek justice for their ravaged race

Bitter Root #6
1:10 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020
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Bitter Root #6
 
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$85

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Chris Brunner

Cover inspired by the film 'Do The Right Thing'

The second printing cover to this issue has nearly an identical cover to the one shown in the image but is considerably less valuable

The less valuable second printing cover has a white Image logo in the lower left corner and a blue back cover

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The more valuable 1:10 variant has a light blue Image logo in the lower left corner and a yellow back cover

Sideways #1
DC ⋅ 2018
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Sideways #1
 
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1st appearance of Sideways, received his powers passing through a rift in the Dark Dimension

1st cameo appearance of Tempus Fuginaut, protector against the Dark Multiverse

Doc Savage #1
Marvel ⋅ 1972
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Doc Savage #1
 
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Key Facts

First modern ongoing solo title featuring Doc Savage

Adapted from the novel 'The Man of Bronze' by Lester Dent

[February 2020 - Sony developing a TV series]

Truth: Red, White & Black #1
Marvel ⋅ 2003
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Truth: Red, White & Black #1
 
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1st appearance of Isaiah Bradley, becomes Captain America after receiving an injection of the Super Soldier serum developed by Project Rebirth

[July 2022 - Marvel recently trademarked the title Captain America: Red, White & Black / September 2022 - Carl Lumbly will reprise the role of Isaiah in Captain America 4]

Amazing Spider-Man #361
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Amazing Spider-Man #361
 
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$150

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1st full appearance of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote

📈 +100% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Hulk #1
Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Hulk #1
 
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$80

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of the Red Hulk, General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

Death of Abomination, initially suspected to have been shot to death by the Hulk but later revealed to be murdered by the Red Hulk

1st team appearance of a new Winter Guard roster: Red Guardian, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: the interior story is about a murder perpetrated by, who is believed to be the Hulk, Bruce Banner. Doc Samson as an investigator is piecing together what occurred and the panels depict a recreation of events from his point-of-view with the belief that it is Bruce Banner, the green Hulk who is the killer

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[October 2022 - Harrison Ford has been cast as General Ross in Thunderbolts]

📈 +121% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Teen Titans #12
DC ⋅ 2017
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Teen Titans #12
 
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1st full appearance of The Batman Who Laughs

Part of the Dark Multiverse, The Batman Who Laughs is an alternate version of Batman depicted as a hybrid of the Joker & Batman

Bang #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2020
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Bang #1
 
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A sci-fi author's impossibly keen intuition is evident by the highly capable characters created in his books which may actually hold the key to saving reality or destroying it

[Key Collector EXCLUSIVE February 13, 2020 - in development for TV with writer and director attached / August 2022 - officially announced as optioned by Netflix with Idris Alba to star]

Batman #89
DC ⋅ 2020
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Batman #89
 
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1st cameo appearance of Punchline

1st cameo appearance of the Designer

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