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DC ⋅ 1970

Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Neal Adams inspired by Detective Comics #31 (1939)

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $600 [$550 in Aug] +9%

Sketch ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2013

Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$100

Key Facts

Limited to 100 copies with Certificate of Authenticity

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $513 [$475 in Feb] +8%

Marvel ⋅ 1973

Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$45

Key Facts

1st appearance of Man-Killer, later becomes Amazon

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $700 [$660 in Feb] +6%

St. John ⋅ 1948

Price Trend
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

Premiere issue, drug story

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $430 [$408 in 2020] +5%

Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Thoth-Amon, a powerful sorcerer and the main antagonist of Conan

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $789 [$750 in 2015] +5%

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1979

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $375 [$360 in 2023] +4%

EC ⋅ 1954

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Key Facts

Flying saucer cover and stories

The term 'flying saucer' originated in 1947 when pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed he saw the ships as he flew his airplane above Washington State

While the flying saucers were initially speculated to be secret military or Soviet operations, after the Roswell incident later that year the public was swept up in extra-terrestrial alien hysteria

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $350 [$340 in Aug] +3%

Key Facts

1st cameo appearance of Invincible, Mark Grayson in story

1st cameo appearance of Firebreather, later adapted into a Cartoon Network movie

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $410 [$400 in Apr] +3%

Low
$90
Mid
$280
High
$915

Key Facts

Cover art by Jay Scott Pike

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $492 [$480 in Mar] +3%

Archie ⋅ 1951

Low
$600
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Bob Montana

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $1,560 [$1,549 in 2021] +1%

Sirius/Cry For Dawn ⋅ 1989

Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$100

Key Facts

1st appearance of Dawn, a goddess of life and protector of witches

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,500 [$1,495 in 2022] +0%

The CGC Census reports 28 in 9.8, and none higher

Zip Comics #28

Non-Key

Archie ⋅ 1942

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,886 [No Previous Data]

Atlas ⋅ 1953

Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k

Key Facts

Cover art by Jay Scott Pike

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $1,680 [No Previous Data]

St. John ⋅ 1953

Low
$530
Mid
$1.6k
High
$5.3k

Key Facts

Cover and interior art by Matt Baker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $1,560 [No Previous Data]

GT Interactive Software ⋅ 1996

Low
$40
Mid
$110
High
$475

Key Facts

Promotional issue given away at a gaming convention in 1996

First printing can be identified by the black warning banner at the top of the cover with red text fully italicized

First printing can also be identified by the issue number '#1' NOT italicized

Second printing is nearly identical except that the two aforementioned criteria are reversed with the issue number '#1' italicized and the red banner text NOT italicized

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $1,530 [No Previous Data]

Low
$45
Mid
$135
High
$450

Key Facts

Adaption of the film, The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968)

Pin-up poster included

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

FILE COPY 9.4 sold for $1,200 [No Previous Data]

Dell ⋅ 1963

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,020 [No Previous Data]

Scarce, the CGC Census reports just one copy in 7.5, and only one higher

2nd Print ⋅ Fantagraphics ⋅ 1987

Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$65

Key Facts

$3.50 cover price

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,000 [No Previous Data]

The CGC Census reports just one copy in 9.8, and none higher

St. John ⋅ 1954

Low
$500
Mid
$1.5k
High
$5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $900 [No Previous Data]

1:10 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2011

Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

Variant cover art by James Silvani

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $875 [No Previous Data]

Essankay ⋅ 1948

Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

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

Reason: a couple is shown with bullet holes in their heads and stab wounds in their chests

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $840 [No Previous Data]True Love Pictorial 1952

St. John ⋅ 1954

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $840 [No Previous Data]

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

Price Trend
Low
$1
Mid
$3
High
$12

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $700 [No Previous Data]

The CGC Census reports three in 9.8, and none higher

Marvel ⋅ 1976

Low
$25
Mid
$90
High
$250

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Bullseye

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

DOUBLE COVER 9.4 sold for $660 [No Previous Data]

Torchy #4

Non-Key

Quality ⋅ 1950

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $564 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Cover art by Dick Sprang featuring the Joker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

PGS 18-24 MISSING / INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $500 [No Previous Data]

Fantagor Press ⋅ 1970

Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300

Key Facts

Anthology of horror/adventure stories written, illustrated and published by Richard Corben

Oversized measuring 8.5 in. x 11 in.

Print run: 1,500

First printing has no price listed on the cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $500 [No Previous Data]The CGC Census reports four copies in 9.6, and two higher

Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35

Key Facts

3rd appearance of Ahsoka Tano in a standard comic book

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $500 [No Previous Data]

Batman #17

Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1943

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Key Facts

Cover art by Jerry Robinson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

0.5 sold for $473 [No Previous Data]

Atlas ⋅ 1956

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Key Facts

Premiere issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $433 [No Previous Data]

Harvey ⋅ 1974

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $425 [No Previous Data]

Blue Bolt #1

Non-Key

Novelty ⋅ 1943

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Key Facts

World War II cover art featuring Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

INCOMPLETE 4.0 sold for $414 [No Previous Data]

Dell ⋅ 1962

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $408 [No Previous Data]

The CGC Census reports one copy in 6.5, and five higher

Christian Anti-Communism Crusade ⋅ 1961

Price Trend
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

Giveaway published by the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, distributed to schools and libraries

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MANUFACTURED WITH PROMOTIONAL COVER / 4.5 sold for $408 [No Previous Data]

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2024

Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

10.0 sold for $400 [No Previous Data]

Batman #158

Non-Key

Foil ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$8

Key Facts

Foil cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.9 sold for $350 [No Previous Data]

Variant ⋅ Udon ⋅ 2005

Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$45

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Skottie Young

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $350 [No Previous Data]

The CGC Census reports four copies in 9.8, none higher

Lovers #50

Non-Key

Atlas ⋅ 1953

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $336 [No Previous Data]

Pines ⋅ 1948

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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $335 [No Previous Data]

Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15

Key Facts

Published late in the run

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MARK JEWELERS 8.5 sold for $100 [No Previous Data]

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