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Wonder Woman #204

DC ⋅ 1973

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Wonder Woman #204
 
Low
$50
Mid
$150
High
$500

Key Facts

1st appearance of Nubia, Wonder Woman's sister and the first black super-powered female in DC Comics

Death of I-Ching, killed by a sniper

Return of Wonder Woman's classic costume which had been absent since issue #179

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $8,000 [$500 in 2017] +1,500%

Ghost Rider, The #10
Non-Key

Magazine Enterprises ⋅ 1952

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Ghost Rider, The #10
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $504 [$134 in 2008] +276%

Sensation Comics #22

DC ⋅ 1943

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Sensation Comics #22
 
Price Trend
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of the Cheetah

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,800 [$550 in 2010] +227%

Jumbo Comics #9

Fiction House ⋅ 1939

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Jumbo Comics #9
 
Low
$720
Mid
$2.1k
High
$9k

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of Sheena Queen of the Jungle

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $1,560 [$478 in 2007] +226%

Negro Heroes #1

Parents' Magazine Press ⋅ 1947

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Negro Heroes #1
 
Low
$440
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4.5k

Key Facts

Biographies of famous and influential African Americans including George Washington Carver, Charles Thomas and Paul Robeson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $840 [$263 in 2011] +219%

House of Mystery #179

DC ⋅ 1969

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House of Mystery #179
 
Low
$18
Mid
$75
High
$225

Key Facts

First interior art by Bernie Wrightson

Cover art by Neal Adams

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $1,750 [$595 in 2020] +194%

World's Finest Comics #2

DC ⋅ 1941

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World's Finest Comics #2
 
Price Trend
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k

Key Facts

Formerly titled World's Best Comics

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $3,600 [$1,275 in 2004] +182%

3.0 sold for $1,320 [$775 in 2019] +70%

House of Secrets #1

DC ⋅ 1956

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House of Secrets #1
 
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

Horror and science fiction series that introduced Swamp Thing in issue #92

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,860 [$677 in 2010] +175%

Horrific #1

Comic Media ⋅ 1952

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Horrific #1
 
Low
$625
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.2k

Key Facts

Horror cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $1,320 [$500 in 2019] +164%

Tales of Horror #8

Toby ⋅ 1953

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Tales of Horror #8
 
Low
$620
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.2k

Key Facts

Cover art by Mel Keefer

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $1,200 [$471 in 2020] +155%

Richie Rich #2
Non-Key

Harvey ⋅ 1961

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Richie Rich #2
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $1,200 [$472 in 2021] +154%

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1

DC ⋅ 1987

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Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1
 
Low
$2
Mid
$4
High
$8

Key Facts

Debut of new Green Arrow costume

1st appearance of Shado, the half sister of Oliver Queen and mother of Red Arrow

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $500 [$206 in 2016] +143%

This record-breaking sale is excessively high considering the issue was published in 1987 and there are 178 copies graded 9.8s reported to the CGC Census

Detective Comics #118

DC ⋅ 1946

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Detective Comics #118
 
Low
$260
Mid
$900
High
$3k

Key Facts

Cover art by Dick Sprang featuring the Joker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $900 [$387 in 2014] +133%

Cannonball Comics #2

Rural Home ⋅ 1945

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Cannonball Comics #2
 
Low
$400
Mid
$890
High
$2.7k

Key Facts

Cover art by Charles Quinlan featuring the Devil

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $312 [$150 in 2018] +108%

Marvel Mystery Comics #23

Timely ⋅ 1941

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Marvel Mystery Comics #23
 
Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5k

Key Facts

Origin of the Vision in a text story

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.5 sold for $1,800 [$898 in 2021] +100%

Vault of Horror #35

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #35
 
Low
$310
Mid
$1.1k
High
$3.1k

Key Facts

Christmas horror story adapted for a 1972 Tales from the Crypt film

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $1,150 [$600 in 2023] +92%

Adventure Comics #47

DC ⋅ 1940

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Adventure Comics #47
 
Low
$590
Mid
$1.8k
High
$7.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Creig Flessel

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $2,575 [$1,370 in 2014] +88%

Journey Into Mystery #83

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Journey Into Mystery #83
 
Low
$4.2k
Mid
$20k
High
$81k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Thor

Introduction of Thor's hammer, Mjolnir

1st team appearance of the Kronans, a race of rock-like aliens

1st appearance of Donald Blake, the human host of Thor

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NO GRADE / COVERLESS / INCOMPLETE sold for $900 [$484 in 2020] +86%

Vampirella vs. Pantha #1

Variant ⋅ Harris ⋅ 1997

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Vampirella vs. Pantha #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$18

Key Facts

Cover art by Mark Texeira featuring Pantha

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $345 [$192 in 2023] +80%

Classic Comics #13

Gilberton ⋅ 1943

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Classic Comics #13
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.6k

Key Facts

First comic book to feature a horror story throughout

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comic Code Authority

Reason: Mr. Hyde beats a little girl to death with his cane

[March 2022 - Eddie Izzard to play Dr. Nina Jekyll, who fears self-destruction from Mr. Hyde in reboot of classic horror production house, Hammer Studios]

HRN stands for Highest Re-order issue Number on back cover - the lower the number the earlier the printing. Generally a first printing will have an HRN that matches the issue number on the front

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $755 [$430 in 2016] +76%

Exciting Comics #64
Non-Key

Pines ⋅ 1948

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Exciting Comics #64
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $900 [$520 in 2018] +73%

Weird War Tales #93

DC ⋅ 1980

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Weird War Tales #93
 
Low
$25
Mid
$90
High
$250

Key Facts

1st team appearance of Creature Commandos: Matthew Shrieve, Elliot 'Lucky' Taylor, Vincent Velcro, Warren Griffith

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $2,500 [$1,500 in 2023] +67%

NEWSSTAND 9.0 sold for $395 [$225 in 2023] +76%

8.0 sold for $250 [$150 in 2023] +67%

Our Gang Comics #1

Dell ⋅ 1942

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Our Gang Comics #1
 
Low
$420
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Tom & Jerry - Tom is depicted as a brown-colored cat in this comic instead of the more traditional gray

1st appearance of Barney Bear

1st team appearance of Our Gang

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $1,283 [$800 in 2019] +60%

Swamp Thing #9

DC ⋅ 1974

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Swamp Thing #9
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$60

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,000 [$630 in Jul] +59%

Kid Colt Outlaw #1

Marvel ⋅ 1948

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Kid Colt Outlaw #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Kid Colt

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $950 [$625 in May] +52%

Hulk #14

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Hulk #14
 
Low
$18
Mid
$60
High
$180

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Ed McGuinness

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $340 [$225 in 2010] +51%

Batman #9

DC ⋅ 1942

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Batman #9
 
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4.1k
High
$16.8k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Jack Burnley

First Christmas story in the Batman title

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $7,100 [$4,800 in 2023] +48%

3.0 sold for $2,750 [$2,350 in 2021] +17%

Batman #44

DC ⋅ 1947

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Batman #44
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

Cover art by Jim Mooney featuring the Joker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.0 sold for $600 [$409 in 2020] +47%

Shocking Mystery Cases #50

Star ⋅ 1952

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Shocking Mystery Cases #50
 
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Frankenstein cover art by L. B. Cole

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $365 [$250 in 2019] +46%

Weird Science #16

EC ⋅ 1952

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Weird Science #16
 
Low
$80
Mid
$350
High
$910

Key Facts

Artwork from this cover inspired the 1962 trading card set 'Attack From Space' later renamed 'Mars Attacks' and decades later, spawned a multimedia franchise

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,225 [$840 in 2021] +46%

Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #10

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #10
 
Low
$15
Mid
$45
High
$220

Key Facts

1st appearance of Captain Savage as the Skipper

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $500 [$350 in 2022] +43%

Batman #198

DC ⋅ 1968

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Batman #198
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$80

Key Facts

Oversized issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $479 [$336 in 2021] +43%

Detective Comics #73

DC ⋅ 1943

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Detective Comics #73
 
Low
$2.2k
Mid
$7.7k
High
$22k

Key Facts

1st cover and 2nd appearance of the Scarecrow

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $7,000 [$4,950 in Nov] +41%

This is the third record-breaking sale for this issue in November, another 3.5 sold for $5,950 and a 2.5 sold for $4,300

Rangers Comics #26

Fiction House ⋅ 1945

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Rangers Comics #26
 
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $1,020 [$725 in 2018] +41%

Detective Comics #149
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1949

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Detective Comics #149
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,440 [$1,040 in 2019] +38%

Batman #21

DC ⋅ 1944

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Batman #21
 
Low
$165
Mid
$500
High
$1.9k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Alfred Pennyworth redesigned as a thin man

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $700 [$517 in 2022] +35%

Strange Worlds #5

Avon ⋅ 1951

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Strange Worlds #5
 
Price Trend
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

Bondage cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $312 [$233 in 2020] +34%

Doom Patrol #89

DC ⋅ 1964

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Doom Patrol #89
 
Low
$5
Mid
$12
High
$45

Key Facts

1st appearance of Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $350 [$264 in 2021] +33%

Emergency! #1
Non-Key

Charlton ⋅ 1976

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Emergency! #1
 
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Key Facts

Magazine-sized black and white comic book series inspired by the 1972 NBC television series of the same name

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $284 [$219 in 2021] +30%

Sea Devils #1

DC ⋅ 1961

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Sea Devils #1
 
Low
$45
Mid
$200
High
$650

Key Facts

Cover art by Russ Heath

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $4,440 [$3,500 in 2012] +27%

Six copies exist in 9.4 and only two copies graded higher in 9.6

DNAgents #24

Eclipse ⋅ 1985

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DNAgents #24
 
Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$115

Key Facts

Cover art by Dave Stevens

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $138 [$109 in 2023] +27%

Emergency! #1
Non-Key

Charlton ⋅ 1976

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Emergency! #1
 
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Key Facts

Comic book series inspired by the 1972 NBC television series of the same name

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $140 [$114 in Feb] +23%

Crime Suspenstories #11

EC ⋅ 1952

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Crime Suspenstories #11
 
Low
$110
Mid
$300
High
$1.1k

Key Facts

Hanging cover, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,199 [$980 in 2021] +22%

Hulk #16

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Hulk #16
 
Low
$30
Mid
$120
High
$315

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Ed McGuinness

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $975 [$811 in May] +20%

Challenger, The #2

Interfaith ⋅ 1945

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Challenger, The #2
 
Price Trend
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

Published by the Interfaith Committee of the Protestant Digest, the series confronted anti-racism themes

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $660 [$550 in 2023] +20%

Journey Into Mystery #1

Marvel ⋅ 1952

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Journey Into Mystery #1
 
Low
$1.5k
Mid
$5k
High
$15k

Key Facts

Premiere issue of Marvel horror series

Interior panels depict hanging

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $2,640 [$2,200 in 2016] +20%

Journey Into Mystery #78

Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Journey Into Mystery #78
 
Low
$30
Mid
$100
High
$510

Key Facts

Prototype of Doctor Strange

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $336 [$280 in 2018] +20%

Tales to Astonish #62

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Tales to Astonish #62
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

1st cameo appearance of the Leader, hooded

1st cameo appearance of Humanoid

1st cover appearance of the Chameleon

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $1,440 [$1,200 in 2023] +20%

Wizard: Official Comic Book Pocket Price Guide #11

Wizard ⋅ 1992

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Wizard: Official Comic Book Pocket Price Guide #11
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15

Key Facts

Cover art by Todd McFarlane

Polybagged with a Spawn trading card

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $600 [$500 in Jun] +20%

San Diego Comic Con Comics #2

Dark Horse ⋅ 1993

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San Diego Comic Con Comics #2
 
Low
$35
Mid
$90
High
$250

Key Facts

1st appearance of Hellboy, in a black and white 4-page story, co-written by John Byrne

1st team appearance of Monkeyman and O'Brien

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $179 [$150 in 2019] +19%

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