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X-Factor #92

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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X-Factor #92
 
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Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10
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1st appearance of Exodus, an Omega Level mutant

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.9 sold for $425 [$44 in 2004] +866%

The CGC Census reports two copies in 9.9, and none higher

Funny Pages #1
Non-Key

Centaur ⋅ 1937

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Funny Pages #1
 
Low
$690
Mid
$2.1k
High
$6.9k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $1,080 [$121 in 2002] +793%

Voodoo #8
Non-Key

Farrell ⋅ 1953

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Voodoo #8
 
Low
$330
Mid
$990
High
$3.3k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $1,320 [$203 in 2007] +550%

Spider-Man #1

Platinum ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990

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Spider-Man #1
 
Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600
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Key Facts

Platinum edition

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $438 [$80 in 2007] +448%

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
Non-Key

Foil • Facsimile ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2024

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$5
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.9 sold for $1,200 [$275 in Oct] +336%

9.9 sold for $400 [$275 in Oct] +45%

Noted, there is a large disparity between these two sales that occurred four days apart with 14 copies registered as 9.9

Batman #3

DC ⋅ 1940

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Batman #3
 
Low
$2k
Mid
$8k
High
$20k
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Key Facts

Debut of the first Catwoman costume, a mask resembling an actual cat

1st appearance of Puppet Master

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

CENTERFOLD MISSING / INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $3,000 [$1,100 in 2020] +173%

Batman #47

DC ⋅ 1948

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Batman #47
 
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$3.6k
High
$11.5k
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Key Facts

Origin of Batman, specifically the murder of the Waynes and the hunt for their killer

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

CANADIAN EDITION 6.5 sold for $3,550 [$1,409 in 2024] +152%

Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #1

Archie ⋅ 1971

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Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #1
 
Low
$35
Mid
$100
High
$350
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of the first Sabrina solo series

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $1,980 [$837 in 2007] +137%

The CGC Census reports six copies in 9.4 and four higher

Legion of Super-Heroes #1

2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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Legion of Super-Heroes #1
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20
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Key Facts

Second printing featuring Saturn Girl

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $300 [$150 in 2023] +100%

Teen-Age Romances #38

St. John ⋅ 1954

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Teen-Age Romances #38
 
Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $899 [$463 in 2019] +94%

Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics #1

Eastern Color ⋅ 1933

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Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics #1
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k
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Key Facts

Second published comic book in a modern-sized format, previous comics were published in larger tabloid-sized formats

This comic was a 64-page one-shot of reprinted newspaper comics strips distributed through department stores

Funnies On Parade published prior to this issue is considered the first modern format comic book but was only eight pages of reprinted newspaper comic strips

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $1,560 [$805 in 2004] +94%

Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff #1
Non-Key

Harvey ⋅ 1962

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Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff #1
 
Low
$18
Mid
$55
High
$185
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Key Facts

Premiere issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $336 [$176 in 2011] +91%

Batman #4

DC ⋅ 1940

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Batman #4
 
Low
$2.1k
Mid
$8.7k
High
$21k
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Key Facts

Batman's code of ethics to not kill is established

First mention of Gotham City

1st appearance of Jack of Diamonds aka Dr. Deegan

1st appearance of Jimmy McCoy, a gangster

[August 2025 - Jimmy McCoy is seen on a newspaper prop used in the Clayface movie]

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.0 sold for $3,450 [$1,825 in 2019] +89%

Pep Comics #42
Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1943

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Pep Comics #42
 
Low
$330
Mid
$990
High
$3.3k
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Key Facts

Cover promoting the debut of the new NBC Radio show featuring Archie

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $2,640 [$1,499 in 2021] +76%

Peacemaker, The #4

Charlton ⋅ 1967

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Peacemaker, The #4
 
Low
$12
Mid
$40
High
$120
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Key Facts

Origin of Peacemaker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $500 [$288 in 2023] +74%

Secrets of Haunted House #5

DC ⋅ 1975

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Secrets of Haunted House #5
 
Low
$35
Mid
$100
High
$350
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Key Facts

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $1,300 [$749 in 2023] +74%

The CGC Census reports eight copies in 9.6, and just three higher

Black Cat Comics #32
Non-Key

Harvey ⋅ 1951

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Black Cat Comics #32
 
Low
$35
Mid
$105
High
$355
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $676 [$400 in 2020] +69%

Brave and the Bold, The #3

DC ⋅ 1955

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Brave and the Bold, The #3
 
Low
$95
Mid
$280
High
$925
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Key Facts

3rd appearance of the Silent Knight

3rd appearance of the Viking Prince

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $319 [$189 in 2024] +69%

Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee

Thoughts & Images ⋅ 1947

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Secrets Behind the Comics by Stan Lee
 
Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600
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Key Facts

Advice, insights and anecdotes written by Stan, intended to advise aspiring writers and artists

Multiple reprints exist, check copyright date for the publication year, 1947

Included is a detailed explanation of how Captain America was created

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $520 [$317 in 2023] +64%

Adventure Comics #53

DC ⋅ 1940

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Adventure Comics #53
 
Low
$240
Mid
$715
High
$2.6k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Jimmy Martin and the Minutemen of America

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $675 [$414 in 2024] +63%

Strange Adventures #207

DC ⋅ 1967

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Strange Adventures #207
 
Low
$20
Mid
$85
High
$190
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Key Facts

3rd appearance Deadman

Iconic cover by Neal Adams that won an Alley Award for best cover art in 1967

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $450 [$287 in 2023] +57%

Panic #2
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1954

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Panic #2
 
Low
$40
Mid
$115
High
$390
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $360 [$234 in 2024] +54%

Jurassic Park #1

Chromium ⋅ Topps ⋅ 1993

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Jurassic Park #1
 
Low
$15
Mid
$50
High
$150
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Key Facts

'Amberchrome' gold holo-foil cover, limited to 7,500 numbered copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,397 [$910 in Nov] +54%

The CGC Census reports 22 copies in 9.8, and none higher which means less than 0.3% of the print run has been graded NM/M

DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #4

DC ⋅ 1971

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DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #4
 
Low
$20
Mid
$65
High
$335
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Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,100 [$720 in Nov] +53%

This is the fourth all-time high sale we have seen in November for this Wrightson classic

Amazing Spider-Man #20

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Amazing Spider-Man #20
 
Price Trend
Low
$160
Mid
$575
High
$1.6k
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Scorpion, Mac Gargan appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #19

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

PGS 3,15,16 MISSING / INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $220 [$145 in 2023] +52%

Marvel Mystery Comics #22

Timely ⋅ 1941

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Marvel Mystery Comics #22
 
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k
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Key Facts

Prototype of the Savage Land

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $1,800 [$1,200 in 2021] +50%

Heavy Metal #54

Heavy Metal ⋅ 1981

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Heavy Metal #54
 
Low
$25
Mid
$80
High
$250
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Key Facts

1st cover appearance of Taarna

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.0 sold for $385 [$267 in 2024] +44%

For value context, in 2024 a 9.0 Direct sold for $280

Phantom Stranger, The #13
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1971

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Phantom Stranger, The #13
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$75
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $319 [$226 in 2022] +41%

Batman #232

DC ⋅ 1971

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Batman #232
 
Low
$80
Mid
$250
High
$800
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Ra's al Ghul

2nd appearance of Talia al Ghul

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $350 [$250 in 2022] +40%

Blue Ribbon Comics #2
Non-Key

St. John ⋅ 1949

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Blue Ribbon Comics #2
 
Low
$80
Mid
$240
High
$800
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Key Facts

Published as Diary Secrets #1

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $840 [$600 in 2021] +40%

Uncanny X-Men #6

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Uncanny X-Men #6
 
Low
$180
Mid
$650
High
$1.8k
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Key Facts

Namor is confirmed to be a mutant in this issue making him the first mutant to appear in Marvel Comics having been introduced in 1939

3rd team appearance of The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Mastermind, Toad

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

CENTERFOLD MISSING / INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $145 [$105 in 2023] +38%

Wonder Woman #70

DC ⋅ 1954

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Wonder Woman #70
 
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Low
$100
Mid
$300
High
$1k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Angle Man, possesses a reality-warping angle

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $399 [$294 in 2022] +36%

Crime Does Not Pay #46
Non-Key

Lev Gleason ⋅ 1946

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Crime Does Not Pay #46
 
Low
$210
Mid
$630
High
$2.1k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $750 [$559 in 2018] +34%

Flaming Carrot Comics

Killian Barracks ⋅ 1981

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Flaming Carrot Comics
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$200
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Key Facts

First solo title featuring Flaming Carrot

Print run: 6,500

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $315 [$242 in 2022] +30%

Something Is Killing the Children #1

NYCC • Diamond Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2019

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Something Is Killing the Children #1
 
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Low
$30
Mid
$100
High
$300
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Key Facts

New York Comic Con 2019 retailer exclusive, given away to attendees of the Diamond Retailer Breakfast

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $175 [$135 in 2021] +30%

Invincible #51

2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2008

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Invincible #51
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$200
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Key Facts

Introduction of blue Invincible suit

Cover art inspired by Invincible #1

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,146 [$900 in 2024] +27%

9.4 sold for $600 [$75 in 2019] +700%

Amazing Adventures #4

Ziff-Davis ⋅ 1951

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Amazing Adventures #4
 
Low
$220
Mid
$815
High
$2.2k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Allen Anderson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $5,160 [$4,080 in 2020] +26%

Batman #222

DC ⋅ 1970

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Batman #222
 
Low
$45
Mid
$160
High
$575
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Key Facts

Cover art featuring the Beatles, unnamed

Story inspired by the Sgt. Peppers album artwork that was rumored to symbolize a Beatle had died

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $720 [$575 in 2022] +25%

Batman #33
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1946

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Batman #33
 
Low
$180
Mid
$540
High
$1.8k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $450 [$360 in 2023] +25%

Absolute Batman #1

DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
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$10
Mid
$30
High
$100
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of an ongoing series in the Absolute Universe, a dimension built on Darkseid energy

Introduction of Alfred Pennyworth, an M16 agent

Introduction of Black Mask

Introduction of Waylon Jones, Killer Crock in the mainstream universe

Introduction of Martha Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Harvey Bullock

Introduction of Selina Kyle, Oswald Cobblepot, Edward Nygma, Harvey Dent - as children in a photograph

Introduction of Matches Malone

Introduction of Joker, first cameo appearance

Introduction of Julia Pennyworth, cameo appearance

Introduction and death of Thomas Wayne

1st team appearance of the Party Animals, led by Black Mask

Absolute Batman #1 preceded by a 16-page black and white ashcan preview

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $401 [$336 in Nov] +19%

9.6 sold for $237 [$125 in Nov] +90%

This week thirteen copies in 9.8 eclipsed the previous all time high of $336 set just last week

BRZRKR #1
Non-Key

Store Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021

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BRZRKR #1
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $180 [$151 in 2021] +19%

Worlds of Fear #3
Non-Key

Fawcett ⋅ 1952

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Worlds of Fear #3
 
Low
$110
Mid
$330
High
$1.1k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $400 [$336 in 2020] +19%

Haunt of Fear #12
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1952

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Haunt of Fear #12
 
Low
$100
Mid
$300
High
$1k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $2,280 [$1,920 in 2024] +19%

Uncanny X-Men #266

Mark Jewelers ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990

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Uncanny X-Men #266
 
Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300
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Key Facts

1st cover and 2nd appearance of Gambit

4-page interior Mark Jewelers advertisement, printed on paper stock and bound into the centerfold

Distributed to stores near military bases or on-site

Approximately only 5% of the print run included these advertisements

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MARK JEWELERS INSERT 9.2 sold for $800 [$675 in Sep] +19%

For value context, last month a standard 9.8 Newsstand sold for $133 and a Direct sold for $155

Cage #2

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Cage #2
 
Low
$15
Mid
$60
High
$180
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Key Facts

Variant cover art by Bruce Timm

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $449 [$379 in Mar] +18%

Marvel Mystery Comics #92

Timely ⋅ 1949

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Marvel Mystery Comics #92
 
Low
$350
Mid
$1k
High
$4.2k
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Key Facts

Origin of the Human Torch

1st appearance of Witness

Final issue of Marvel Mystery Comics, retitled Marvel Tales

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $3,725 [$3,161 in 2023] +18%

Punch Comics #13
Non-Key

Chesler Dynamic ⋅ 1945

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Punch Comics #13
 
Low
$230
Mid
$690
High
$2.3k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $810 [$691 in 2024] +17%

Hanna-Barbera Scooby Doo... Mystery Comics #30

Western ⋅ 1975

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Hanna-Barbera Scooby Doo... Mystery Comics #30
 
Low
$25
Mid
$75
High
$255
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Key Facts

Final issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $350 [$300 in 2023] +17%

The CGC Census reports five copies in 9.2, and thirteen higher

Forbidden Love #1
Non-Key

Quality ⋅ 1950

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Forbidden Love #1
 
Low
$85
Mid
$255
High
$855
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $625 [$537 in 2021] +16%

Amazing Spider-Man #1
Non-Key

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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Amazing Spider-Man #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$115
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $325 [$285 in Jun] +14%

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