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CGC Monthly Market Report

CGC Monthly Market Report An analysis of the Top 5 comic books that have qualified for the Key Collector Comics Hot 10 over the past 30 days 

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Uncanny X-Men #266
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Uncanny X-Men #266
 
Low
$20
Mid
$85
High
$215

Key Facts

🏅#5 CGC Market Report

Highest rank: 7th How Many Times: 1

Most Popular Grade: 9.6 Direct

How Many Sales in Grade: 31

How Many Sales in Grade Beat 12m Average: 13

Highest Sale in Previous 4 Weeks: $750 9.8 Direct

Highest Sale in Previous 4 Weeks (Variant): $1,620 9.8 (Newsstand)

All-time High: $3,228 9.9 Direct in 2015

All-time High (Variant): $10,600 (Mark Jewelers) in 2023

Highest Sale 2019: $660 9.8

Highest Sale 2014: $440 9.8

Highest Sale 2004: $2,125 9.9

How Many times on KCC Hot 10: 2 of 4

2nd appearance and first cover of Gambit

1st chronological appearance of Gambit in-story / in-continuity

X-Men Annual #14 went on sale three weeks before this issue and is often considered the first cameo appearance of Gambit

This would imply that his appearance is brief though he appears in 15 panels throughout X-Men Annual #14 with at least 10 instances of dialogue

Tap cover and swipe left to view images where Gambit is the main or partial focus of the sequence in X-Men Annual #14

Uncanny X-Men #266 was written as if it were to be published prior to the annual, therefore #266 would be the first chronological appearance of Gambit in-story (or in-continuity)

CGC, the grading certification company for comic books, recognizes Uncanny X-Men #266 as the first full appearance of Gambit

Incredible Hulk #181
Marvel ⋅ 1974
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Incredible Hulk #181
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$4.5k
High
$11k

Key Facts

🏅#4 CGC Market Report

Highest rank: 5th How Many Times: 1

Most Popular Grade: 8.5

How Many Sales in Grade: 6

How Many Sales in Grade Beat 12m Average: 2

Highest Sale in Previous 4 Weeks: $72,000 9.8

All-time High: $138,000 in 2022

Highest Sale 2019: $37,100 9.8

Highest Sale 2014: $16,250 9.8

Highest Sale 2004: $22,500 9.8

How Many times on KCC Hot 10: 2 of 4

1st full appearance of Wolverine, final page cameo in issue #180

Marvel Value Stamp Series A #54 - Shanna the She-Devil

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

Key Facts

🏅#3 CGC Market Report

Highest rank: 5th How Many Times: 2

Most Popular Grade: 3.0

How Many Sales in Grade: 5

How Many Sales in Grade Beat 12m Average: 2

Highest Sale in Previous 4 Weeks: $432,000 9.6

Highest Sale in Previous 4 Weeks (Variant): n/a

All-time High: $432,000 9.6 in 2024

All-time High (Variant): n/a

Highest Sale 2019: $46,800 9.2

Highest Sale 2014: $43,987 9.2

Highest Sale 2004: $5,700 9.0

How Many times on KCC Hot 10: 2 of 4

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%

New Mutants #98
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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New Mutants #98
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$450

Key Facts

1st appearance of Deadpool, a subject of the Weapon X program

1st appearance of Copycat, impersonating Domino

1st appearance of Gideon, a member of The Externals

[September 2022 - Deadpool 3 is slated for theaters July 2024]

🏅#2 on the Hot 10

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

9.8 sold for $1,501 vs the average $1,397 (+7%)

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $3,200 vs the average $2,621 (+22%)

9.6 sold for $556 vs the average $535 (+4%)

Five copies in 9.6 outsold the average

NEWSSTAND 9.6 sold for $778 vs the average $712 (+9%)

9.4 sold for $450 vs the average $423 (+6%)

Three copies in 9.4 outsold the average

9.2 sold for $425 vs the average $372 (+14%)

Three copies in 9.2 outsold the average

9.0 sold for $347 vs the average $341 (+2%)

NEWSSTAND 8.5 sold for $350 vs the average $334 (+5%)

NEWSSTAND 8.0 sold for $330 vs the average $328 (+1%)

7.5 sold for $275 vs the average $254 (+8%)

6.5 sold for $300 vs the average $244 (+23%)

This is the 15th out of 19 weeks that Deadpool’s first appearance qualified for the Key Collector Comics Hot 10 in 2024

Wolverine #1
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Wolverine #1
 
Low
$15
Mid
$55
High
$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'

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