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- 1st full appearance of Knull, part of the Venom/Carnage mythology, he is the creator of the Symbiote alien race
- Knull's first cameo appearance is in Jason Aaron's 'Thor: God of Thunder #6'
- The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology
- Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe
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- 🏅 #6 on the Hot 10
- 1st appearance and origin of Doctor Doom
- It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when and the prevailing theory is that Doom will be introduced in the Black Panther sequel
- THIS WEEK’S RECORD BREAKERS:
- 7.5 sold for $17k [previous high: $13k in 2018] +31%
- 9.2 sold for $72k [previous sale: $65k] +11%
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- 🏅 #3 on the Hot 10
- 1st team appearance of the X-Men: Cyclops, Jean Grey aka Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Professor X and Magneto
- Homo Superior concept, coined by Magneto to describe humans born with special abilities introduced in this issue
- Many collectors who are interested in purchasing high-end keys know that the big Blue Chip books are going to become far more unattainable rather than head in the other direction
- X-Men #1 is one such key
- Take a look the trajectory of X-Men #1 for average sales of books graded 8.0:
- 2002-2005 sold for $4,500
- 2006-2008 sold for $6,500
- 2009-2017 sold for $12k
- 2018 - 2020 sold for $25k
- 2021 sold for $50k
- This week a Heritage Auction sale closed at $50,400 which is an astounding 68% increase over the all-time high of $30k in 2019
- Also this week, a 9.0 graded copy with white/off white pages sold for $78,000, +50% higher than the previous record of $52k
- CGC 2.5 sold for $7,200, +22% higher than 2020’s all-time high sale of $5,880
- And a 1.0 graded copy inched up $100 from December’s $3,100 sale
- 10 years ago a 1.0 had a high sale of $523
- 5 years ago a 1.0 hit $1,000 for the first time
- 2020 and 2021 both posted $3k+ sales
- But this book is still charging up and when it’s ready to take-off, it’s going to be a rocket
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- 1st appearance of Thanos, an Eternal from Titan born with the Deviants gene
- 1st cameo appearance of Eros (Starfox), brother of Thanos
- 1st appearance of Kronos, Grandfather of Thanos
- 1st appearance of Mentor, father of Thanos
- 1st appearance of Drax the Destroyer, created by Kronus to kill Thanos
- 1st appearance of the Blood Brothers
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- 1st full appearance of Venom
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- 1st full appearance of Carnage, one of a race of extraterrestrial parasites known as the Symbiotes
- Carnage is the offspring of Venom
- Carnage will make his on-screen debut in Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson
- 📈 Twice as many sales this week versus the previous week
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- 1st appearance of the Green Goblin
- First battle of Spider-Man versus The Hulk
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- 1st appearance & origin of Captain America
- 1st appearance of James Buchanan Barnes aka Bucky, later becomes the Winter Soldier
- 1st appearance of the Red Skull,George Maxon, an agent of the true Red Skull
- 1st appearance of Hurricane, later becomes Makkari
- 1st appearance of Tuk the Cave Boy, first offspring of the Inhumans
- The CGC census has tracked approx. 90 copies ever given a universal grade with another 80 given the less desirable restored grade
- While incredibly small these numbers are still larger than than those for the big 3 of collecting: Action Comics #1 (41 universal grade copies exist), Detective Comics #27 (32 universal grade copies exist) and Marvel Comics #1 (just 30 universal grade copies exist
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- 1st full appearance of Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier
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- 1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter
- 2nd appearance of the Chameleon
- 1st mention of Mary Jane Watson, after Aunt May arranged a date for her and Peter
- [July 2019 - a trusted source informs Key Collector Comics that a Kraven movie is confirmed]
- [May 2020 - a Deadline article reports Richard Wenk is attached to write the Kraven film
- August 2020 - Deadline reports director JC Chandor (Triple Frontier) is a strong contender to helm the Kraven film]
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- 1st appearance and origin of Electro
- [July 2021 - there is supposedly an Electro movie in development at Sony - unconfirmed]
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- 1st appearance of Nathaniel Richards as Kang the Conqueror, previously Rama-Tut and later Immortus
- Nathaniel is the father of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four
- [December 2020 - Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country) is confirmed to play Kang in Ant-Man 3: Quantumania and will reportedly appear briefly in Loki]
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- 1st appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government
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- 1st appearance of Rhino