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Key Facts

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $599 [$528 in 2024] +13%

Low
$75
Mid
$185
High
$750

Key Facts

Cover art featuring classic monsters made famous by Universal Pictures

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $900 [$800 in 2023] +13%

Key Facts

$0.49 edition (1976)

Comic book adaptation based on a true story about a Czechoslovakian girl named Maria Hirschmann who became a Nazi during WWII and eventually found her way to America and the Christian faith

Three editions exist: $0.39 (1973) / $0.39 (1976) / $0.49 (1976)

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $499 [$445 in 2023] +12%

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1966

Price Trend
Low
$85
Mid
$250
High
$850

Key Facts

Golden Record Reprint

First reprint of 'The Fantastic Four' #1 sold with a vinyl record narration of the story text

Cover does not display price or issue number nor are there any advertising pages inside of the comic

Values reflect comic book sold without the accompanying record

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $2,000 [$1,800 in 2021] +11%

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $750 [$675 in 2023] +11%

The CGC Census reports eight copies in 9.4, and just three higher

Marvel ⋅ 1990

Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$3

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,275 [$1,150 in 2024] +11%

For value context, In November a 9.6 sold for $26

Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k

Key Facts

Cover art by L. B. Cole

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $780 [$705 in 2023] +11%

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $165 [$150 in 2024] +10%

Low
$25
Mid
$80
High
$250

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Lizard League: King Lizard, Iguana, Komodo Dragon, Salamander

1st appearance of Shrinking Ray

1st appearance of Monster Girl

1st cameo appearance of Bulletproof

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,086

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,375 [$1,250 in Aug] +10%

9.2 sold for $319 [$309 in Sep] +3%

Charlton ⋅ 1952

Low
$105
Mid
$315
High
$1.1k

Key Facts

Premiere issue of Golden Age horror series

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $750 [$704 in 2023] +7%

1:100 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2013

Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Ryan Ottley

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $575 [$540 in Jun] +6%

Low
$2.8k
Mid
$9.1k
High
$28k

Key Facts

One of the comic books used during the cross-examination of EC publisher William Gaines during hearings in front of the Senate Committee

Tap cover and swipe to view excerpts from the testimony

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $6,386 [$6,000 in 2024] +6%

Low
$975
Mid
$4.3k
High
$12.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker featuring South Sea Girl, Alani

Atomic bomb story

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $3,600 [$3,452 in 2024] +4%

Image ⋅ 2003

Low
$10
Mid
$40
High
$115

Key Facts

1st appearance of Black Samson

1st appearance of Reanimen

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,464

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $365 [$350 in May] +4%

Chesler Dynamic ⋅ 1938

Low
$140
Mid
$420
High
$1.4k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $336 [$323 in 2024] +4%

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Jim Lee featuring Saturn Girl

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $310 [$300 in 2019] +3%

2nd Print ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2020

Low
$35
Mid
$90
High
$330

Key Facts

Variant second printing cover art by Eryk Donovan

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,240 [$1,200 in Nov] +3%

Low
$70
Mid
$190
High
$700

Key Facts

First solo titled series featuring Ghost Rider

1st cameo appearance of Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan, multiple panels in shadows

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $200 [$195 in 2023] +3%

Key Facts

First Punisher limited series part 2

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $455 [$446 in 2024] +2%

For value context, last month a 9.8 Direct sold for $151

Low
$30
Mid
$85
High
$465

Key Facts

Collected reprints of early key issues

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $575 [$564 in 2021] +2%

1:100 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

Low
$15
Mid
$55
High
$175

Key Facts

Sketch cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $430 [$425 in 2024] +1%

Image ⋅ 2009

Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$85

Key Facts

Conclusion of the Conquest story arc

Copies ordered by retailers: 15,525

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $450 [$445 in Apr] +1%

Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Veronica as Vampironica

Veronica parodies Vampirella as Betty parodies Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Copies ordered by retailers: 2,737

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $400 [$399 in 2023] +0%

Low
$12
Mid
$40
High
$120

Key Facts

1st appearance of Conquest, a Viltrumite who monitored Mark's progress on Earth

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $500 [$499 in Mar] +0%

Star Publications ⋅ 1950

Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4k
High
$12k

Key Facts

Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Cover art by L.B. Cole

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $11,000 [No Previous Data]

Harvey ⋅ 1942

Low
$420
Mid
$1.3k
High
$4.2k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $8,700 [No Previous Data]

Marvel ⋅ 1954

Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Cover art by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $4,800 [No Previous Data]

Low
$4.5k
Mid
$14.5k
High
$82k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Spider-Man

1st appearance of J. Jonah Jameson

First meeting of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four

1st appearance of Chameleon, Dmitri Smerdyakov, half-brother of Kraven the Hunter

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

COVER INKS FADED 1.5 sold for $4,795 [No Previous Data]

Fiction House ⋅ 1944

Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

First published interior art in the comic book industry by Matt Baker, the first known black artist in comics

Baker is credited as having illustrated the first graphic novel, It Rhymes With Lust

Baker's name is synonymous with the term 'Good Girl Art' which referred to stimulating illustrations of women

Baker defined the classic Phantom Lady imagery which caused him to be a target of Dr. Frederic Wertham, author of "Seduction of the Innocent"

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $4,200 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$830
Mid
$2.1k
High
$8.3k

Key Facts

Ma Hunkel becomes Red Tornado, one panel unnamed - a much different version than the android version introduced in Justice League of America #64

2nd appearance of Al Pratt, first appearance in costume as the Atom

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $4,100 [No Previous Data]

St. John ⋅ 1952

Low
$250
Mid
$750
High
$2.5k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $3,501 [No Previous Data]

Low
$160
Mid
$550
High
$1.6k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Brain Wave, a powerful telepath

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $1,800 [No Previous Data]

Holyoke ⋅ 1943

Low
$2k
Mid
$8k
High
$20k

Key Facts

World War II cover art featuring Hitler

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

0.5 sold for $1,800 [No Previous Data]

Price Trend
Low
$280
Mid
$875
High
$2.8k

Key Facts

1st appearance of John Carter Warlord of Mars in a standard comic book

Adaptation of 'A Princess of Mars' by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $1,440 [No Previous Data]

Low
$40
Mid
$125
High
$410

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Arizona Kid and his horse Arrow

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $1,140 [No Previous Data]

Star ⋅ 1952

Low
$120
Mid
$360
High
$1.2k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $1,080 [No Previous Data]

Key Facts

1st appearance of Rex the Wonder Dog

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Eastern Color ⋅ 1941

Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Invisible Scarlett O'Neil, one of the earliest female superpowered females

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Gerona / Top[ Spot Publishing ⋅ 1945

Low
$65
Mid
$190
High
$640

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $900 [No Previous Data]

Key Facts

Kraven's Last Hunt story arc part 5

Death of Kraven the Hunter, by self-inflicted gunshot wound

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

MARK JEWELERS INSERT 9.8 sold for $795 [No Previous Data]

For value context, in 2024 a standard 9.8 Newsstand sold for $700 and last month a Direct sold for $221

DC ⋅ 1943

Low
$1.1k
Mid
$3.4k
High
$11.3k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

INCOMPLETE 0.5 sold for $720 [No Previous Data]

Timely ⋅ 1943

Low
$250
Mid
$975
High
$2.3k

Key Facts

Parody of Hitler

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $690 [No Previous Data]

Low
$600
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6k

Key Facts

Cover art by Steve Ditko

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $680 [No Previous Data]

Torchy #4

Non-Key

Quality ⋅ 1950

Low
$220
Mid
$660
High
$2.2k

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $675 [No Previous Data]

Holyoke ⋅ 1945

Low
$850
Mid
$3.5k
High
$11.3k

Key Facts

Cover art by L.B. Cole

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.0 sold for $660 [No Previous Data]

Marvel ⋅ 1950

Low
$30
Mid
$95
High
$310

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $660 [No Previous Data]

Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $619 [No Previous Data]

The CGC Census reports two copies in 9.8, and none higher

Key Facts

1st appearance of Daisy Duck in an interior pin-up - her first in-story appearance occurs in the next issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

COVERLESS / INCOMPLETE / NO GRADE sold for $552 [No Previous Data]

DC ⋅ 1950

Low
$30
Mid
$95
High
$310

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $528 [No Previous Data]

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