1st appearance of Scarface & Ventriloquist

[August 2022 - rumored to appear in Penguin spin-off series on HBO Max]

1st appearance of Kite-Man

3rd appearance of Bat-Mite

[March 2022 - a Kite-Man animated series planned for HBO Max]

1st appearance of the Deadboy Detectives, the ghosts of two murdered boys who investigate mysteries

[April 2022 - HBO Max officially orders a Dead Boy Detectives series]

1st appearance of Madame Xanadu, a mystic

Premiere issue of the Evil Dead adapted from the cult classic movie Evil Dead

[May 2021 - Evil Dead Rise, a new installment of the franchise is in the works for HBO Max and will take place in a city setting. Ash first appears in Army of Darkness #1]

First Garbage Pail Kids comic book series

[ May 2021: HBO Max is teaming up with Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down, Pineapple Express) for an animated Garbage Pail Kids series]

A heavy metal band prophesied to bring about the Metalocalypse hits a snag with sponsors and decide to launch a line of frozen dinners to reclaim their metal throne

[May 2021 - animated movie in the works for digital and DVD released followed by premieres on HBO Max and Adult Swim]

192-page graphic novel published in Spanish

Garcia awakens in the present day after decades of slumber under the Valley of the Fallen monument to save a country mired in political and social upheaval

[May 2021 - in production for an HBO Max series to premiere in late 2021/ Premiered April 2022]

Premiere issue of a six-part series inspired by the famous Disney World ride

[April 2020 - Haunted Mansion to be directed by Justin Simien / August 2022 - Entertainment Weekly confirms Jared Leto and Jamie Lee Curtis are attached to the movie]

Comic book adaptation of the 1984 science-fiction, cult classic by David Lynch

Originally based off of a 1965 novel by Frank Herbert

1st appearance and origin of Peacemaker

1st appearance of Jo, April, Molly, Mal, Ripley, Jen, and Rosie

Early representation of a trans-person in comics (Jo)

Comichron reports under 16k copies of Lumberjanes #1 purchased by retailers including all variants except for the web exclusive

There are presumably fewer than 1,000 copies of the second printing

[October 2020 - 🚨 KEY COLECTOR COMICS EXCLUSIVE - an animated Lumberjanes series is in development for HBO Max]

Story about an American Civil War set in the future

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,705

Prequel comic book series released two months prior to the video game launch

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,032

🏅#1 on the Hot 10

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

9.8 sold for $1,150 vs the average $1,115 (+3%)

Six sales of 9.6 graded copies exceeded the $426 average with a high of $525 (+23%)

Five sales in 9.4 exceeded the $299 average with a $360 high (+20%)

In 9.2, a $275 and $272 sale outpaced the $178 average (+54%)

The Christina Strain variant had a solid performance with a $290 sale in 9.4 over the $181 average by +60%

There were also two $150 variant sales in 7.5 that registered the first datapoints in this grade

Three episodes in, The Last of Us maintains a 96% positive Rotten Tomatoes audience score

A second season was announced this past week and it is already being heralded as the best adaptation of a video game

A strong showing of sales could be due to speculation that the comic has nowhere near reached its potential if the show continues to perform well

It's hard to say what kind of demand will continue for The Last of Us comics considering the franchise is associated with a video game but for fun, here is an analysis of The Walking Dead’s value as it was affected by the TV series:

October 31, 2010 - The Walking Dead premiered on AMC with 5.35 million viewers. At that time, 9.8s of issue #1 sold on average between $500 - $700. The value remained steady through the end of 2011

January 25th, 2012 - following the second season’s mid-season finale, issue #1 broke the $1,000 milestone

March 4, 2012: the death of Dale in episode 11 followed by Shane’s death in the next episode boosted issue #1 in 9.8 to $1,500

December 2, 2012 – The Walking Dead Season 3 mid-season finale concluded and one week later, issue #1 hit $2,000 for the first time. Christmas Day, the book reached the $3,000 milestone and hit $3,500 before the year ended

The Walking Dead #1 in 9.8 maintained a value between $2,000 - $3,500 in the years that followed which continues to this day

The Last of Us #1 has an estimated circulation of 6,032 copies vs The Walking Dead #1 at 7,266 copies

The Last of Us #2 has an estimated circulation of 4,991 copies

The Last of Us #3 has an estimated circulation of 5,034 copies

The Last of Us #4 has an estimated circulation of 7,138 copies

📈 +127% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Adaptation of George R.R. Martin's 'Hedge Knight' that took place 100 years before the first Game of Thrones book 'A Song of Ice and Fire'

1st appearance of Dunk and Egg

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,876

[November 2021 - Steve Conrad (Pursuit of Happyness) to write and executive produce]

Bendis writes a limited series inspired by a true story in which the intelligence community recruits a well known comic book artist as a spy

Copies ordered by retailers: 27,354

[February 2021 - an animated adaptation is in the works for HBO Max]

Limited series about a roller derby team

[March 2021 - Roller Derby Comic Adaptation ‘Slam!’ In The Works At HBO Max As Animated Series With Pamela Ribon, Rooster Teeth Studios & BOOM! Studios reported by Deadline]

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,518