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1st team appearance and origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo

1st appearance of Splinter, the Turtles' mentor

1st appearance and death of the Shredder

First printing: 3,000 copies

Newsstand ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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$30
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$100

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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$20
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$80
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$200

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Variant cover art by Salvador Larroca

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$410
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$1.6k
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$6.3k

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1st team appearance of the Sinister Six: Doctor Octopus, Kraven, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio, Sandman

3rd appearance of Kraven, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio and Sandman

Reprinted in Marvel Tales #150

Character profiles of Dr. Doom, the Lizard and others

Additional pages explain how Spider-Man's powers and gadgetry work

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$150
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$500
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$1.5k

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First consumer-facing cover image of Miles Morales, predates Ultimate Fallout #4 by three months

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$1.2k
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$4k
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$12k

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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

Marvel ⋅ 1980

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$25
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$60
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$280

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Standard-sized comic book appearances:

1st appearance of Boba Fett, a bounty hunter

1st cameo appearance of Dengar, Bossk, IG-88 and Zuckuss - bounty hunters

1st cameo appearance of Emperor Palpatine aka Darth Sidious

Debut of Slave I, a pursuit craft

Reprinted from Marvel Comics Super Special Magazine, adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back

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$6.2k
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$14k
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$85k

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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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$3.5k
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$11k
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$32k

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1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom

1st appearance of a Doombot

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