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Young Men #28
Non-Key

Atlas ⋅ 1954

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Young Men #28
 
Low
$280
Mid
$840
High
$2.8k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,549 [$1,348 in 2022] +15%

5.5 sold for $920 [$451 in 2018] +104%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

3rd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$5
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $120 [$105 in Mar] +14%

All-Flash #5

DC ⋅ 1942

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All-Flash #5
 
Low
$105
Mid
$315
High
$1.1k
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Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Three Dimwits: Winky, Blinky, Noddy

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $495 [$435 in 2021] +14%

Invincible #7

Image ⋅ 2003

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Invincible #7
 
Low
$10
Mid
$35
High
$115
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Bi-Plane

1st appearance of Kursk

1st team appearance and death of the Guardians of the Globe: Immortal (later resurrected), Darkwing, Martian Man, Red Rush, Aquarus, Green Ghost, War Woman

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,091

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $275 [$245 in Oct] +12%

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]

9.4 sold for $350 [$312 in 2022] +12%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

4th Print • Gold ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35
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Key Facts

Limited to 2,500 copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $145 [$130 in Sep] +12%

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$45
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Key Facts

Reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977), indicated by the word 'REPRINT' in the upper left corner box

Distributed in $0.99 polybagged multipacks

Labeled by CGC as REPRINT/Multi-Pack Edition

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

REPRINT/WHITMAN/MULTI-PACK 9.0 sold for $167 [$150 in 2024] +11%

Absolute Batman #1

2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25
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Key Facts

Second printing

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $150 [$135 in Nov] +11%

Absolute Batman #1

NYCC ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$15
Mid
$50
High
$160
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Key Facts

2024 New York Comic Con exclusive

Limited to 1,000 copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $765 [$690 in Mar] +11%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

NYCC ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40
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Key Facts

Limited to 800 copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $209 [$189 in Dec] +11%

9.6 sold for $188 [$63 in Feb] +198%

Claw the Unconquered #1

DC ⋅ 1975

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Claw the Unconquered #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Claw the Unconquered

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $330 [$300 in 2023] +10%

The CGC Census reports fourteen copies in 9.8

DuckTales #1

Gladstone ⋅ 1988

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DuckTales #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of a comic book series based on the animated DuckTales cartoon that were inspired by the stories of Carl Barks

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $495 [$450 in Oct] +10%

For value context, in September a 9.8 Direct sold for $209

Invincible #4

Image ⋅ 2003

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Invincible #4
 
Low
$15
Mid
$50
High
$150
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Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 7,558

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $495 [$450 in May] +10%

Strange Adventures #1

DC ⋅ 1950

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Strange Adventures #1
 
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of ongoing series

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $660 [$600 in 2021] +10%

Wolverine #145

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Wolverine #145
 
Low
$65
Mid
$190
High
$650
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Key Facts

Variant cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

Proof-of-purchase, mail-away offer from Nabisco snack foods

Thought to be scarce due to its distribution, the Nabisco exclusive registers approximately 600 graded copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $1,100 [$1,000 in 2023] +10%

Star Trek #6
Non-Key

Western ⋅ 1969

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Star Trek #6
 
Low
$12
Mid
$40
High
$130
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $375 [$343 in 2022] +9%

G.I. Combat #87

Quality ⋅ 1961

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G.I. Combat #87
 
Low
$150
Mid
$450
High
$1.8k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of the Haunted Tank

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $650 [$595 in 2024] +9%

Miss Fury #3

Timely ⋅ 1943

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Miss Fury #3
 
Low
$340
Mid
$780
High
$1.9k
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Key Facts

3rd appearance Miss Fury

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $2,400 [$2,200 in 2024] +9%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

Store Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $326 [$299 in Apr] +9%

Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1
Non-Key

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

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Absolute Batman Annual 2025 #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $90 [$85 in Dec] +6%

Shock Suspenstories #12

EC ⋅ 1953

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Shock Suspenstories #12
 
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k
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Key Facts

Drug abuse cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $825 [$780 in 2023] +6%

1.8 sold for $307 [$299 in 2024] +3%

Superman #55

DC ⋅ 1948

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Superman #55
 
Low
$100
Mid
$300
High
$1.1k
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Key Facts

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

Reason: a policeman is shot in the mouth with a water pistol and also advertisements for B-B guns

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $325 [$309 in 2024] +5%

Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies Comics #25
Non-Key

Dell ⋅ 1943

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Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies Comics #25
 
Low
$40
Mid
$125
High
$415
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

FILE COPY 8.5 sold for $600 [$575 in 2023] +4%

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1

Marvel ⋅ 1982

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #1
 
Low
$18
Mid
$60
High
$180
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Key Facts

1st team appearance of G.I. Joe

1st appearance of Snake-Eyes, an Arashikage-trained ninja (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Scarlett, an intel officer (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Grunt, an infantry trooper (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Breaker, a communications officer (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Rock 'N Roll, a machine gunner (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Stalker, a ranger (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Zap, a bazooka soldier (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Short-Fuze, a mortar soldier (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Clutch, a Vamp operator (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Laser, a rifle trooper (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Steeler, a tank commander (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Hawk, a field commander (G.I. Joe)

1st appearance of Grand Slam, an artillery specialist (G.I. Joe)

1st team appearance of Cobra, a terrorist organization

1st appearance of Cobra Commander, leader and founder of Cobra

1st appearance of Baroness, an intel officer (Cobra)

Writer and Vietnam veteran Larry Hama intended to create a Nick Fury series but after being approached by Hasbro to launch their 3.75-inch action figures, the Fury Force concept was applied to G.I. Joe

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $127 [$122 in 2022] +4%

For value context, in August a 6.5 Direct sold for $63

Batman #163
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1964

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Batman #163
 
Low
$35
Mid
$105
High
$345
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $415 [$399 in 2024] +4%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

1:50 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $145 [$140 in 2024] +4%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

8th Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$6
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $155 [$150 in Oct] +3%

DC: All In Special #1

DC ⋅ 2024

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DC: All In Special #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35
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Key Facts

Introduction of Absolute Superman

Introduction of Absolute Batman

Introduction of Absolute Wonder Woman

Introduction of the Absolute Universe

Debut of the Justice League satellite

Death of Kalibak

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $186 [$180 in Dec] +3%

Absolute Batman #1
Non-Key

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$80
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $170 [$165 in Nov] +3%

Detective Comics #298

DC ⋅ 1961

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Detective Comics #298
 
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of the second Clayface, Matt Hagen, a scuba diver who had come into contact with a clay-like substance that compromised his molecular structure

[October 2024 - Alan Tudyk will voice Clayface in Creature Commandos / November 2024 - a Clayface movie is in development with writer Matt Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House)]

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $1,125 [$1,105 in Oct] +2%

Amazing Fantasy #15
Non-Key

UK Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1962

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Amazing Fantasy #15
 
Low
$6.7k
Mid
$20.1k
High
$67.1k
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Spider-Man

1st appearance and death of Uncle Ben

1st appearance of Aunt May

1st appearance of Flash Thompson

1st appearance of Liz Allan, later marries Harry Osborn

💰 In Sept. 2021, a 9.6 sale of $3.6 million surpassed the previous record in this grade of $1.1 million from 2011

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

0.5 sold for $8,338 [No Previous Data]

Astonishing #8
Non-Key

Atlas ⋅ 1951

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

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $7,200 [No Previous Data]

Haunted Thrills #6

Farrell ⋅ 1953

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Haunted Thrills #6
 
Low
$800
Mid
$2k
High
$8k
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Key Facts

Skull cover art, published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $3,900 [No Previous Data]

4.5 sold for $4,320 [$3,977 in 2023] +9%

Terrifying Tales #12
Non-Key

Star ⋅ 1953

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Terrifying Tales #12
 
Low
$100
Mid
$295
High
$980
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $2,500 [No Previous Data]

More Fun Comics #32
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1938

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More Fun Comics #32
 
Low
$900
Mid
$2.7k
High
$9k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $2,220 [No Previous Data]

There is an advertisement for Action Comics #1 on the inside front cover but this issue was published after the on sale date of Superman's first appearance

Feature Book

David McKay ⋅ 1936

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Feature Book
 
Price Trend
Low
$1.2k
Mid
$4.8k
High
$12.6k
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Key Facts

First Dick Tracy headlining title

First comic book to feature just one character throughout the entirety of the issue

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

INCOMPLETE 0.5 sold for $1,600 [No Previous Data]

Silver Streak Comics #10

Lev Gleason ⋅ 1941

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Silver Streak Comics #10
 
Price Trend
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Captain Battle

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $1,320 [No Previous Data]

Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4

DC ⋅ 1952

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Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4
 
Low
$445
Mid
$1.4k
High
$4.5k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Detective Chimp

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $1,250 [No Previous Data]

Amazing Spider-Man #5
Non-Key

UK Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Amazing Spider-Man #5
 
Low
$270
Mid
$810
High
$2.7k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $1,200 [No Previous Data]

Batman #33
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1946

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Batman #33
 
Low
$170
Mid
$510
High
$1.7k
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Key Facts

Holiday cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

DOUBLE COVER 7.5 sold for $1,140 [No Previous Data]

Vampirella 666 #672
Non-Key

Metal ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2024

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Vampirella 666 #672
 
Price Trend
Low
$35
Mid
$900
High
$380
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Key Facts

Limited to 30 copies

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.9 sold for $1,133 [No Previous Data]

Blue Beetle #47
Non-Key

Fox ⋅ 1947

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Blue Beetle #47
 
Low
$170
Mid
$510
High
$1.7k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Eagle, The #2

Fox ⋅ 1941

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Eagle, The #2
 
Low
$600
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6k
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Spider-Queen, an ally of the Nazis

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $1,025 [No Previous Data]

Damsels #1

Sketch ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2012

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Damsels #1
 
Price Trend
Low
$80
Mid
$200
High
$800
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Spirit Section, The #12-1-40
Non-Key

Register and Tribune Syndicate ⋅ 1940

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Spirit Section, The #12-1-40
 
Low
$460
Mid
$1.4k
High
$4.6k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

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

Thundercats #14
Non-Key

Star Comics ⋅ 1987

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Thundercats #14
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$3
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 9.8 sold for $790 [No Previous Data]

Invincible #60

2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Invincible #60
 
Low
$50
Mid
$150
High
$500
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Key Facts

Second printing

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $737 [No Previous Data]

Underdog #7
Non-Key

Charlton ⋅ 1971

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Underdog #7
 
Low
$8
Mid
$25
High
$80
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $725 [No Previous Data]

Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow #19

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2012

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Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow #19
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$200
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Key Facts

Cover art inspired by the 1984 Prince film and album 'Purple Rain'

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $700 [No Previous Data]

Astonishing #5
Non-Key

Atlas ⋅ 1951

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Astonishing #5
 
Low
$110
Mid
$330
High
$1.1k
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Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $676 [No Previous Data]

This is the final Marvel Boy cover published during the Golden Age

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