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Heavy Is The Head

Cover art featuring characters on their thrones

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Ultimate Black Panther #1
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2024
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Ultimate Black Panther #1
 
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Variant cover art by Karen Darboe

Conan the Barbarian #1
2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Conan the Barbarian #1
 
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Second printing cover art by Mahmud Asrar

Thanos: Death Notes #1
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1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022
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Thanos: Death Notes #1
 
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Variant cover art by E.M. Gist

Kneel Before Zod #1
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1:50 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024
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Kneel Before Zod #1
 
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Variant cover art by Dan McDaid

Deadpool #1
Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022
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Deadpool #1
 
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Variant cover art by Ken Lashley, limited to 3,000 copies

Collaboration by Marvel and hustl.com, a website that specializes in comic exclusives

Original retail price: $30

Uncanny X-Men #12
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Uncanny X-Men #12
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Black Panther #5
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1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Black Panther #5
 
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Variant cover art by Joe Jusko

Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1
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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1
 
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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Black Panther #6
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Black Panther #6
 
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Variant cover art by Udon

Black Panther #1
1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Black Panther #1
 
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Variant virgin cover art by Joe Jusko

Marvel Battle Lines edition

Thanos #15
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Thanos #15
 
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Cosmic Ghost Rider revealed to be Frank Castle in the far future

1st cameo appearance of Silver Surfer as the Fallen One

Inhuman #5
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Inhuman #5
 
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1st appearance of Naja, unnamed

Ultimate: Thor #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010
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Ultimate: Thor #1
 
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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Limited to three copies per store

Another version of this variant exists without the UPC box replaced with the Long Beach Comic Con and Universal Outpost logos

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1
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Variant ⋅ DC Black Label ⋅ 2021
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Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #1
 
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Variant cover art by Olivier Coipel featuring Antiope, Queen of the Tribe of Artemis

Deadpool #10
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Deadpool #10
 
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Jeff the Landshark bonds with a symbiote

Action Comics #1038
DC ⋅ 2021
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Action Comics #1038
 
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1st appearance of Kryl-Ux, a Phaelosian Kryptonian mentor

1st appearance of Osul-Ra and Otho-Ra, siblings from Warworld adopted by the Kents

Thanos Legacy #1
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Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Thanos Legacy #1
 
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Cover art by Geoff Shaw

This cover does not meet the $8+ resale value or introduce a character for a back issue to be discoverable in the the Key Collector Comics database and can only be found in the Heavy Is The Head (That Wears The Crown) and the Keys This Week September 5, 2018 categories

Punisher #1
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Punisher #1
 
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Variant cover art by Alex Maleev

Thanos #13
2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Thanos #13
 
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Second printing

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,030

Mighty Thor: At The Gates of Valhalla #1
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1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Mighty Thor: At The Gates of Valhalla #1
 
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Variant cover art by Ron Garney featuring Malekith

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World War Hulk #4
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Marvel ⋅ 2007
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World War Hulk #4
 
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Cover art by David Finch

This variant is specific to the Heavy Is The Head (That Wears The Crown) category and is not discoverable in the standard search database

Iron Man #15
Marvel ⋅ 2013
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Iron Man #15
 
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Debut of Iron Man modular add-on A and B, extensions of Model 42 from Iron Man #1 (2013)

52 #45
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DC ⋅ 2007
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52 #45
 
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Cover art by J.G. Jones

Dark Knights of Steel #1
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Store Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021
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Dark Knights of Steel #1
 
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Variant cover art by Kael Ngu

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36
1:25 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2014
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36
 
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Variant cover art by Mark Torres featuring Rat King

Loki #1
1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Loki #1
 
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Variant cover art by Rafael Albuquerque

Thor #7
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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Thor #7
 
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Variant cover art by Nic Klein

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Aquaman #18
DC ⋅ 2013
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Aquaman #18
 
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2nd cameo appearance of the Dead King, seen in full on final page

Moon Knight #1
1:75 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Moon Knight #1
 
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Variant cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

Black Panther #1
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1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Black Panther #1
 
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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee

Black Panther #36
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Black Panther #36
 
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Variant cover art by Alan Davis

Secret Skrull variant

Ultimatum #1
1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Ultimatum #1
 
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Variant cover art by David Finch

Secret Empire #10
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017
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Secret Empire #10
 
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Variant cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto featuring Steve Rogers as Hydra Supreme

Squadron Supreme #13
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Squadron Supreme #13
 
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Variant cover art by Alex Sanchez

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