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Patches #1
Rural Home ⋅ 1945
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Patches #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Cover art by L. B. Cole

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $1,200 [$67 in 2005] +1,691%

Weird Science #10
EC ⋅ 1951
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Weird Science #10
 
Low
$115
Mid
$355
High
$875

Key Facts

Science-fiction cover art by Wally Wood

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $520 [$128 in 2014] +306%

Betty and Me #137
Archie ⋅ 1984
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Betty and Me #137
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

Key Facts

Cover art inspired by the film 'Flashdance'

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $700 [$184 in 2019] +280%

Flash Gordon #1
Harvey ⋅ 1950
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Flash Gordon #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600

Key Facts

Premiere issue of first ongoing Flash Gordon headlining series

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $552 [$150 in 2012] +268%

Dark Horse Presents #4
Dark Horse ⋅ 2011
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Dark Horse Presents #4
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40

Key Facts

Premiere of Resident Alien, a story about an alien that crashes to earth and becomes fascinated by studying human beings (story runs through #5 and #6)

Resident Alien premiered on the SyFy channel January 2021

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $335 [$110 in 2020] +205%

Vampirella #1
1:21 ⋅ Dynamite ⋅ 2010
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Vampirella #1
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Alex Ross

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $850 [$287 in 2018] +196%

Leading Comics #2
DC ⋅ 1942
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Leading Comics #2
 
Price Trend
Low
$140
Mid
$450
High
$1.4k

Key Facts

2nd team appearance of the Seven Soldiers of Victory

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $761 [$300 in 2014] +154%

Tim Holt #17
Magazine Enterprises ⋅ 1950
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Tim Holt #17
 
Price Trend
Low
$250
Mid
$900
High
$2.5k

Key Facts

Cover art by Frank Frazetta

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $1,600 [$670 in 2019] +139%

Superman #18
DC ⋅ 1942
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Superman #18
 
Price Trend
Low
$450
Mid
$1.4k
High
$4.5k

Key Facts

Advertisement for Wonder Woman #1

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $2,040 [$896 in 2016] +128%

Airboy Comics #8
Non-Key
Hillman ⋅ 1947
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Airboy Comics #8
 
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Key Facts

Cover art by Art Peddy

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $1,700 [$780 in 2023] +118%

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2013
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1
 
Low
$50
Mid
$150
High
$500

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of She-Ra in a standard U.S. comic book

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,615 [$750 in 2022] +115%

Inside Crime #1
Fox ⋅ 1950
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Inside Crime #1
 
Low
$25
Mid
$80
High
$260

Key Facts

Premiere issue labeled on interior cover as #3

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $840 [$402 in 2022] +109%

Adventure Comics #286
DC ⋅ 1961
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Adventure Comics #286
 
Low
$20
Mid
$60
High
$200

Key Facts

1st appearance of Bizarro Kltpzyxm

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $348 [$181 in Dec] +92%

Four Color #16
Dell ⋅ 1942
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Four Color #16
 
Low
$150
Mid
$600
High
$1.5k

Key Facts

First Porky Pig headlining title issue

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $450 [$236 in 2020] +91%

Tales From the Crypt #35
EC ⋅ 1953
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Tales From the Crypt #35
 
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

GAINES FILE COPY 9.2 sold for $7,500 [$1,815 in 2021] +313%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $895 [$470 in 2020] +90%

Batman #61
DC ⋅ 1950
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Batman #61
 
Low
$105
Mid
$320
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

1st cover appearance and origin of the second Batplane

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $550 [$294 in 2013] +87%

Flash Comics #3
DC ⋅ 1940
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Flash Comics #3
 
Low
$875
Mid
$1.9k
High
$8.7k

Key Facts

3rd appearance of The Flash

1st appearance of King Standish, a master of disguise

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $1,800 [$1,020 in 2021] +76%

Batman Annual #1
DC ⋅ 1961
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Batman Annual #1
 
Low
$45
Mid
$140
High
$835

Key Facts

Origin of the Batcave

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $700 [$400 in 2021] +75%

Western Team-Up #1
Marvel ⋅ 1973
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Western Team-Up #1
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$60

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Dakota Kid, Cliff Morgan

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $550 [$325 in 2022] +69%

Mighty World of Marvel #198
International ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Mighty World of Marvel #198
 
Low
$65
Mid
$180
High
$650

Key Facts

Reprint of the first half of The Incredible Hulk #181

The cover art of this issue features the Hulk's face as it was originally drawn which differs from the originally published U.S. edition

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $480 [$288 in Dec] +67%

Haunt of Fear #2 (16)
EC ⋅ 1950
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Haunt of Fear #2 (16)
 
Low
$190
Mid
$860
High
$2.1k

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Old Witch, the host of multiple horror anthology titles

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,900 [$1,156 in Mar] +64%

Batman #35
DC ⋅ 1946
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Batman #35
 
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Debut of the first official Catwoman costume that would become iconic to her character

Selina Kyle's hair is blonde in this issue

Batman and Robin fight the mechanical T-Rex that would later decorate the Batcave for decades

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $492 [$315 in 2017] +56%

Strange Worlds #2
Avon ⋅ 1951
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Strange Worlds #2
 
Low
$135
Mid
$400
High
$1.4k

Key Facts

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

Reason: the hero slashes a giant across the eyes with a sword

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $500 [$321 in 2021] +56%

Rulah Jungle Goddess #22
Fox ⋅ 1949
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Rulah Jungle Goddess #22
 
Low
$75
Mid
$225
High
$830

Key Facts

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

Reason: 'The First Americans' story, under the guise of history, shows a woman restrained who is soon to have her heart cut out by a Native American

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $660 [$427 in 2018] +55%

Ghost Rider, The #1
Magazine Enterprises ⋅ 1950
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Ghost Rider, The #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

First solo series of the Golden Age Ghost Rider aka Rex Fury, previously the Calico Kid

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $2,750 [$1,788 in 2022] +54%

Mad #1
EC ⋅ 1952
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Mad #1
 
Low
$650
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.6k

Key Facts

Premiere issue of the long-running satirical magazine that ceased new content publications in 2019

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.8 sold for $915 [$598 in 2021] +53%

DNAgents #24
Eclipse ⋅ 1985
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DNAgents #24
 
Price Trend
Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$115

Key Facts

Cover art by Dave Stevens

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $875 [$819 in Mar] +7%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $395 [$259 in Feb] +53%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $299 [$259 in Feb] +15%

Evil Ernie #2
Eternity ⋅ 1992
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Evil Ernie #2
 
Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300

Key Facts

1st cover and second appearance of Lady Death

2nd appearance of Evil Ernie

1st appearance of Smiley the Psychotic Button

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $179 [$118 in Nov] +52%

Batman #55
DC ⋅ 1949
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Batman #55
 
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Cover art by Dick Sprang featuring the Joker

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $2,640 [$1,560 in 2018] +69%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $1,395 [$960 in Sep] +45%

Marvel Chillers #7
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Marvel Chillers #7
 
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Key Facts

Final issue

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $562 [$400 in 2022] +41%

Brenda Starr Comics #4
Four Star ⋅ 1948
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Brenda Starr Comics #4
 
Low
$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.5k

Key Facts

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

Reason: the cover 'has nothing to do with medicine and is unmistakably sadistic'

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $576 [$432 in 2021] +33%

Tales From the Crypt #22
EC ⋅ 1951
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Tales From the Crypt #22
 
Price Trend
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $2,300 [$1,725 in Dec] +33%

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4
 
Low
$18
Mid
$60
High
$180

Key Facts

3rd appearance of Mysterio in costume, disguised in The Amazing Spider-Man #2 and #24

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $415 [$312 in Aug] +33%

Delivery-Boy Man #1
Bongo ⋅ 2010
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Delivery-Boy Man #1
 
Low
$18
Mid
$60
High
$180

Key Facts

San Diego Comic Con 2010 promotional exclusive

Issue featured in an August 2010 episode of Futurama, written and illustrated by the main character Philip J. Fry

Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $999 [$760 in Jan] +31%

Space Ghost #1
Western ⋅ 1967
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Space Ghost #1
 
Low
$100
Mid
$300
High
$900

Key Facts

1st appearance of Space Ghost in comics

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $339 [$258 in 2023] +31%

Detective Comics #181
Non-Key
DC ⋅ 1952
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Detective Comics #181
 
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Key Facts

1st appearance of the Human Magnet

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $494 [$384 in Dec] +29%

Batman #227
DC ⋅ 1970
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Batman #227
 
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $2,150 [$1,700 in Oct] +26%

Batman #38
DC ⋅ 1946
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Batman #38
 
Low
$300
Mid
$1k
High
$3k

Key Facts

Cover art by Dick Sprang featuring the Penguin

1st art on Batman by Jim Mooney

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $985 [$850 in 2022] +16%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.0 sold for $525 [$420 in 2022] +25%

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

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $6,900 [$4,800 in 2019] +44%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $1,525 [$1,262 in Jun] +21%

Sonic the Hedgehog #157
Archie ⋅ 2006
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Sonic the Hedgehog #157
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 7,818

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $360 [$300 in Apr] +20%

House of Secrets #106
Non-Key
DC ⋅ 1973
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House of Secrets #106
 
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Key Facts

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $710 [$600 in 2022] +18%

Planet Comics #1
Blackthorne ⋅ 1988
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Planet Comics #1
 
Low
$18
Mid
$60
High
$180

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Dave Stevens

Resurrection of the Planet Comics title originally published in the 1940s

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $400 [$350 in Apr] +14%

Batman #244
DC ⋅ 1972
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Batman #244
 
Low
$55
Mid
$165
High
$550

Key Facts

Battle of Batman and Ra's al Ghul

Iconic panel of Batman kissing Talia al Ghul

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $8,400 [$3,840 in Jul] +119%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $1,920 [$1,700 in Jan] +13%

Pink Panther #1
Western ⋅ 1971
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Pink Panther #1
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Pink Panther in a standard U.S. comic book

1st appearance of Inspector Clouseau in a standard U.S. comic book

[November 2020 - MGM is developing a live-action/CGI hybrid of The Pink Panther with the director of Sonic The Hedgehog / May 2023 - Eddie Murphy likely to portray Inspector Clouseau in the film]

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $365 [$325 in Oct] +12%

Batman #10
DC ⋅ 1942
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Batman #10
 
Low
$400
Mid
$1.2k
High
$4k

Key Facts

Bruce Wayne spanks Dick Grayson in celebration of his birthday

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $2,000 [$1,801 in 2022] +11%

Startling Terror Tales #11
Star ⋅ 1952
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Startling Terror Tales #11
 
Low
$2k
Mid
$8k
High
$25k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by L.B. Cole, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $10,200 [$4,560 in 2021] +124%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

1.0 sold for $2,600 [$2,350 in Dec] +11%

Wonder Woman #2
DC ⋅ 1942
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Wonder Woman #2
 
Low
$1k
Mid
$3k
High
$10k

Key Facts

1st appearance of Mars, the Roman mythology equivalent of Greek mythology's Ares

1st appearance of the Duke of Deception

1st appearance of Lord Conquest

1st appearance of Earl of Greed

📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

SOLICITATION COPY 9.6 sold for $84,000 [$27,633 in 2020] +204%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $2,340 [$2,150 in 2019] +9%

All-Star Comics #36
DC ⋅ 1947
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All-Star Comics #36
 
Low
$470
Mid
$1.4k
High
$4.7k

Key Facts

First time Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman appeared in the same story together and on the same cover

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $910 [$840 in Dec] +8%

Teen Titans #1
DC ⋅ 1966
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Teen Titans #1
 
Low
$45
Mid
$115
High
$510

Key Facts

Premiere issue featuring the Teen Titans

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $1,500 [$1,395 in 2015] +8%

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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $811 [$760 in 2020] +7%

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