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House of Mystery #251
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1977

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House of Mystery #251
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$70
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,200 [$166 in 2016] +623%

Weird War Tales #97

DC ⋅ 1981

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Weird War Tales #97
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25
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Key Facts

2nd appearance of the Creature Commandos

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $384 [$69 in 2021] +457%

Hanna-Barbera Spotlight #4
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Hanna-Barbera Spotlight #4
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$30
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $350 [$94 in Dec] +272%

Action Comics #17

DC ⋅ 1939

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Action Comics #17
 
Low
$1.6k
Mid
$4.7k
High
$15.5k
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Key Facts

6th cover appearance of Superman on the Action Comics title

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $3,770 [$1,016 in 2012] +271%

1.8 sold for $3,600 [$1,950 in 2018] +85%

The Hulk! #11
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 1978

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The Hulk! #11
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25
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Key Facts

Backup stories featuring Moon Knight begin

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $535 [$200 in Dec] +168%

Nintendo Comics System #4
Non-Key

Valiant ⋅ 1991

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Nintendo Comics System #4
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$3
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $390 [$149 in 2016] +162%

War Fury #1

Comic Media ⋅ 1952

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War Fury #1
 
Low
$450
Mid
$1.3k
High
$4.5k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Don Heck featuring extreme violence, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Man with a bullet in his head on this cover is featured on the cover of Horrific #3 (1953)

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $1,250 [$525 in 2019] +138%

Superman #11

DC ⋅ 1941

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Superman #11
 
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Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Fred Ray

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $1,581 [$700 in 2020] +126%

Secret Six #1

DC ⋅ 1968

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Secret Six #1
 
Low
$15
Mid
$50
High
$150
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Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Secret Six: August Durant, Carlo di Rienzi, Crimson Dawn, King Savage, Lili de Neuve, Tiger Force

1st appearance of Mockingbird, leader of the Secret Six

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $1,000 [$450 in 2008] +122%

Crime Suspenstories #6

EC ⋅ 1951

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Crime Suspenstories #6
 
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k
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Key Facts

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

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $960 [$476 in 2019] +102%

Four Color #1341
Non-Key

Dell ⋅ 1962

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Four Color #1341
 
Low
$35
Mid
$110
High
$370
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Key Facts

Cover photo features an eight year old Ron Howard, Academy Award winning director of Splash, Willow, Apollo 13 among others

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $500 [$250 in 2020] +100%

Laff-A-Lympics #2

Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Laff-A-Lympics #2
 
Low
$5
Mid
$10
High
$35
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Key Facts

2nd appearance of Captain Caveman

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $420 [$210 in 2020] +100%

Invincible #12

Image ⋅ 2004

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Invincible #12
 
Low
$20
Mid
$85
High
$220
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Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,547

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $390 [$200 in 2023] +95%

Amazing Spider-Man #135

Marvel ⋅ 1974

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Amazing Spider-Man #135
 
Low
$25
Mid
$90
High
$260
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Key Facts

3rd appearance of the Punisher

Sources often refer to this issue as the second full appearance of the Punisher despite the character fully appearing in The Amazing Spider-Man #134

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MARK JEWELERS INSERT 6.5 sold for $319 [$166 in 2022] +92%

For value context, earlier this month a standard Newsstand 6.5 sold for $125

Famous Funnies #216

Eastern Color ⋅ 1955

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Famous Funnies #216
 
Low
$250
Mid
$850
High
$2.5k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Frank Frazetta featuring Buck Rogers

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $1,750 [$930 in Apr] +88%

Superman #243

DC ⋅ 1971

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Superman #243
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Rija, an alien, depicted on cover

Iconic cover art by Neal Adams

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $2,000 [$1,080 in 2022] +85%

Strange Adventures #79

DC ⋅ 1957

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Strange Adventures #79
 
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k
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Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Gil Kane

Story: two boys build snowmen who become avatars for aliens seeking to destroy Earth

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $450 [$248 in Mar] +81%

Leading Comics #2

DC ⋅ 1942

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Leading Comics #2
 
Low
$140
Mid
$450
High
$1.4k
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Key Facts

2nd team appearance of the Seven Soldiers of Victory

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $456 [$270 in 2017] +69%

Superman #18

DC ⋅ 1942

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Superman #18
 
Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5.5k
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Key Facts

Advertisement for Wonder Woman #1, published prior to the issue's release

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $1,300 [$779 in Jun] +67%

Crackajack Funnies #9

Dell ⋅ 1939

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Crackajack Funnies #9
 
Low
$155
Mid
$470
High
$1.7k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Red Ryder

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $850 [$518 in 2004] +64%

Phantom Stranger, The #26
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1973

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Phantom Stranger, The #26
 
Low
$2
Mid
$10
High
$30
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $500 [$305 in 2024] +64%

Captain Marvel Adventures #21

Fawcett ⋅ 1943

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Captain Marvel Adventures #21
 
Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5k
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Key Facts

World War II cover art

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $819 [$500 in 2021] +64%

Wonder Comics #2

Nedor ⋅ 1944

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Wonder Comics #2
 
Low
$2.2k
Mid
$810
High
$2.2k
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Key Facts

Origin of the Grim Reaper

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $828 [$508 in 2009] +63%

The Sandman #50

Platinum ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 1993

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The Sandman #50
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$75
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Key Facts

Platinum edition, retailer exclusive with silver stars

Winner of the 1993 Squiddy Award for Favorite Single-Issue Story in a Series

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $357 [$230 in 2023] +55%

Wings Comics #91
Non-Key

Fiction House ⋅ 1948

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Wings Comics #91
 
Low
$90
Mid
$315
High
$1.1k
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Key Facts

Bondage cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $500 [$324 in 2021] +54%

Terrors of the Jungle #9
Non-Key

Star ⋅ 1954

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Terrors of the Jungle #9
 
Low
$65
Mid
$190
High
$635
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $350 [$228 in 2020] +54%

Adventures of the Super Mario Bros. #4

Valiant ⋅ 1991

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Adventures of the Super Mario Bros. #4
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20
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Key Facts

Reprinted cover art from Super Mario Bros. #3 (1990)

Reprinted stories from Super Mario Bros. #3 and #4 (1990) and Captain N: The Game Master #5 (1990)

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $519 [$340 in 2021] +53%

Comics, The #1

Dell ⋅ 1937

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Comics, The #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Tom Mix, a western hero

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $900 [$599 in 2023] +50%

Wonder Woman #95

DC ⋅ 1958

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Wonder Woman #95
 
Low
$170
Mid
$550
High
$1.7k
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Key Facts

Cover art depicting an atomic bomb

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $384 [$258 in 2022] +49%

Vault of Horror #37

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #37
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Drusilla, female host of the anthology title

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

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $900 [$618 in 2024] +46%

Tim Holt #30

Magazine Enterprises ⋅ 1952

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Tim Holt #30
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k
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Key Facts

In 1970, a San Francisco reporter received a Halloween greeting card from the real-life Zodiac serial killer with the words "by fire, by gun, by knife, by rope”

Later, a comic collector noticed the wording was eerily similar to 1952’s “Death Wheel" on the cover of this book

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $1,375 [$949 in 2020] +45%

Tales From the Crypt #41

EC ⋅ 1954

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Tales From the Crypt #41
 
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k
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Key Facts

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

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,200 [$834 in 2022] +44%

America's Greatest Comics #1

Fawcett ⋅ 1941

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America's Greatest Comics #1
 
Low
$380
Mid
$1.2k
High
$3.8k
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Key Facts

First cover to feature Fawcett's major superheroes all together: Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet, Spy Smasher

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $500 [$350 in 2008] +43%

Radioactive Man #1

Bongo ⋅ 1993

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Radioactive Man #1
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20
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Key Facts

Six-issue limited series

Glow-in-the-dark cover, polybagged with a poster

Origin of Radioactive Man

Fictional publishing date (1952), each comic in the series parodies a different era in comic book history - issues that follow display a fictional issue number

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $539 [$400 in 2024] +35%

For value context, in June a 9.8 Direct sold for $235

Silver Streak Comics #1

Lev Gleason ⋅ 1939

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Silver Streak Comics #1
 
Low
$900
Mid
$2.7k
High
$13k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of The Claw

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.5 sold for $1,550 [$1,160 in 2022] +34%

Speed Comics #24

Harvey ⋅ 1942

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Speed Comics #24
 
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k
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Key Facts

World War II cover art featuring Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $1,560 [$1,200 in 2024] +30%

Cerebus the Aardvark #1

Counterfeit ⋅ Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1977

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Cerebus the Aardvark #1
 
Low
$35
Mid
$90
High
$350
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Key Facts

Counterfeit edition - tap cover and view additional images to identify which is real and which is fake

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $500 [$388 in 2021] +29%

The CGC Census reports twelve copies in 9.0, and 21 graded higher

For value context, in April a legitimate 9.0 sold for $9,000, and for the real version the CGC Census reports five copies in 9.0, and four graded higher

Batman #8

DC ⋅ 1941

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Batman #8
 
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4k
High
$12k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Fred Ray

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $3,950 [$3,120 in Jun] +27%

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 #1

1:50 ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2014

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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 #1
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$85
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Key Facts

Variant cover art by Mike Mignola

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $501 [$400 in 2014] +25%

Comics Journal #117

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1989

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Comics Journal #117
 
Low
$25
Mid
$80
High
$250
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Key Facts

Cover art by Dave Stevens

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $430 [$350 in Feb] +23%

Mary Marvel Comics #1

Fawcett ⋅ 1945

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Mary Marvel Comics #1
 
Low
$190
Mid
$790
High
$1.9k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Georgia Sivana, daughter of Dr. Sivana

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,100 [$900 in Feb] +22%

Labyrinth #1

Marvel ⋅ 1986

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Labyrinth #1
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of a limited series based on the Labyrinth film starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $315 [$259 in 2024] +22%

Tales From the Crypt #27

EC ⋅ 1951

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Tales From the Crypt #27
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k
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Key Facts

Decapitation cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $840 [$695 in 2024] +21%

Murderous Gangsters #1
Non-Key

Avon ⋅ 1951

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Murderous Gangsters #1
 
Low
$130
Mid
$390
High
$1.3k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $432 [$359 in 2014] +20%

Shadow Comics #1

Street and Smith ⋅ 1940

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Shadow Comics #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$1.8k
Mid
$6k
High
$18k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of the Shadow in a standard comic book

1st appearance of Doc Savage in a standard comic book

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.5 sold for $1,799 [$1,500 in 2021] +20%

Comedy Comics #9

Timely ⋅ 1942

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Comedy Comics #9
 
Price Trend
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Comedy Kids

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,860 [$1,560 in 2019] +19%

Sub-Mariner Special #1
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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Sub-Mariner Special #1
 
Low
$8
Mid
$25
High
$85
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $310 [$260 in Apr] +19%

Amazing Spider-Man #300

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Amazing Spider-Man #300
 
Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600
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Key Facts

1st full appearance of Venom

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

PAGES BOUND UPSIDE-DOWN 6.0 sold for $560 [$470 in 2024] +19%

Invincible #2

Image ⋅ 2003

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Invincible #2
 
Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300
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Key Facts

1st cameo appearance of Allen the Alien

1st full appearance of Atom Eve

1st appearance of the Mauler Twins

1st appearance of Robot

1st appearance of Rex-Splode

1st appearance of Dupli-Kate

Origin of Omni-Man

Copies ordered by retailers: 8,506

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $250 [$221 in 2021] +13%

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1

DC ⋅ 1958

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Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1
 
Low
$270
Mid
$1.1k
High
$6.8k
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of Superman spin-off featuring Lois Lane and Superman

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $1,680 [$1,500 in 2024] +12%

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